JATC 2015

The fifth year of the JATC was in Chicago, IL, August 9th 2015 and sponsored by the Kellogg School of Management.

Location: Kellogg downtown campus, Wieboldt Hall

7:30 - 8:30 : Coffee and light breakfast

8:30 - 8:40 : Opening address

Robert P. Magee, Keith I. DeLashmutt Professor of Accounting Information & Management at the Kellogg School of Management

Editor of The Accounting Review, 1993-1996

8:40 - 10:00 : Theory Based Estimation: A Primer

by George-Levi Gayle (Washington University)

10:00 - 10:10 : Short Break

10:10 - 11:10 : The Macro Impact of Short-Termism

by Stephen Terry (Stanford University)

11:10 - 11:30 : Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30 : The Consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for CEOs' Compensation

by Chen Li (Baruch College)

12:30 - 1:30 : Real Effects of Accounting Uniformity: A Common Understanding

by Tim Shields (Chapman University)

1:30 - 2:15 : Lunch Break

Box lunches will be provided on site

2:15 - 3:15 : Panel session - The need for Theoretical Foundations in Empirical Accounting Research

with Vincent Glode (Wharton), Joseph Gerakos (University of Chicago) and Qi Chen (Duke)

moderated by Dan Taylor (Wharton)

3:15 - 3:45 : Coffee Break

3:45 - 4:45 : Contracting with feedback

by Bo Sun (Federal Reserve Board)

4:45 - 5:45 : Are Banks Optimally Opaque? Theory and Evidence

by Sudarshan Jayaraman (University of Rochester)

List of participants