Lone Star Accounting Conference
Agenda
Thursday, February 22, 2024
| Time | Event | Location |
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| 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm | Boxed Lunch | Anderson Family Commons (AFC) |
| 1:25 pm – 1:30 pm | Welcome – Brian Rountree | |
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Session I: (Moderator: William Gonzalez) | McNair Hall, Room 314 |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Presenter: Grace Gu (UT Dallas) Paper: The Effect of Government Transparency on Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from State Freedom of Information Laws |
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| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm | Presenter: John Schomburger (Texas A&M University) Paper: Do SPAC Combinations Affect Their Peers' Financial Reporting Choices? |
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| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm | Session II: (Moderator: Xinyue Cai) | McNair Hall, Room 314 |
| 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm | Presenter: Mandy Ellison (UT Austin) Paper: Investors' Reactions to Disclosure of Sustainability Performance: The Role of the Control Environment |
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| 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm | Presenter: Md Enayet Hossain (University of North Texas) Paper: Media Bias and Selective Quotations from Corporate Earnings Announcements |
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| 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Break | |
| 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Session III: (Moderator: Harrison Guo) | McNair Hall, Room 314 |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm | Presenter: William Gonzalez (Rice University) Paper: The Heterogeneous Characteristics of Accruals: Implications for the Statement of Cash Flows |
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| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Presenter: Xin Zhou (UT Arlington) Paper: Opposites Attract? The Effects of CFO/Auditor Gender Differences on Audit Outcomes |
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| 5:00 pm – 5:30 pm | Presenter: Haiyi Chen (UT San Antonio) Paper: SEOs in the Bizarro World of Meme Stocks |
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| 6:00 pm | Dinner | Anderson Family Commons (AFC) |
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Agenda
Friday, February 23, 2024
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:15 am – 8:45 am | Breakfast | Anderson Family Commons (AFC) |
| 8:50 am – 9:00 am | Welcome – K. Ramesh and Deputy Dean Jing Zhou | Shell Auditorium |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | Presenter: Jedson Pinto (UT Dallas) Paper: As-Reported Corporate Issued Guidance and Forward-Looking Information Moderator: Geoffrey Pears |
Shell Auditorium |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | Break | Anderson Family Commons (AFC) |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | Presenter: Winnie Wen (TCU) Paper: Don't Say a Word: The Impact of Auditor Disclosure on Manager Voluntary Disclosure and Efficiency Implications Moderator: Zijun Liu |
Shell Auditorium |
| 11:15 am – 11:30 am | Break | Anderson Family Commons (AFC) |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Presenter: Rick Cazier (University of North Texas) Paper: Intellectual Property Rights Assignment and R&D Disclosure Moderator: Jose Torres |
Shell Auditorium |
| 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | Boxed Lunch | Anderson Family Commons (AFC) |
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Presenter: Jivas Chakravarthy (UT Arlington) Paper: Making Talk Less Cheap: The Intrinsic Verifiability of Bad News Moderator: Marcela Aguilar |
Shell Auditorium |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm | Break | Anderson Family Commons (AFC) |
| 2:45 pm – 3:45 pm | Presenter: Sean Wang (SMU) Paper: Firm-specific Information Processing and the Delayed Discovery of Macroeconomic News: Evidence from Earnings Announcement Returns Moderator: Michelle Rieman |
Shell Auditorium |
| 3:45 pm | Concluding remarks – K. Ramesh | Shell Auditorium |