The Rice Accounting PhD Alumni Conference facilitates networking and intellectual exchange between our accomplished doctoral alums and our current doctoral students. The conference is open to accounting area faculty, alums, and doctoral students. At the conference, doctoral alumni, current doctoral students, and junior faculty will present their research. Current doctoral students will act as discussants, providing feedback and analysis on the research, with mentoring and guidance from alumni and junior faculty. This year's conference will include a pre-luncheon speech by Professor Steve Zeff.
Rice Accounting PhD Alumni Conference | ||
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Date: | June 2-3, 2025 | |
Location: | McNair Hall, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 | |
Organizers: | K. Ramesh (rameshk@rice.edu) and Marcela Aguilar (kma6@rice.edu) |
Past Conferences
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Agenda
Monday, June 3, 2024
Time Event Location 8:00 am – 8:55 am Breakfast AFC 8:55 am – 9:00 am Welcome - K. Ramesh McNair 217 9:00 am – 10:15 am Alum Presentation - Daniela De la Parra
Facts versus Opinions: The Role of Analysts in Shaping Climate-Related Disclosure Practices
PhD Student Discussants - Xinyue Cai and Harrison Guo, Mentor - Patricia Naranjo
PhD Student Moderator - William Gonzalez
20/25 min presentation, 15/20 min discussion, remaining time Q&AMcNair 217 10:15 am – 10:30 am Break / Snacks 10:30 am – 11:45 am Faculty Presentation - Leila Peyravan
Strategic Cross-Market Participation of Financial Institutions
Alum Discussant - Geoffrey Pears
PhD Student Moderator - David Wilson
20/25 min presentation, 15/20 min discussion, remaining time Q&AMcNair 217 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch AFC 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm PhD Student Presentation - Zijun Liu
Real Effects of Overconfidence and Debt Covenants
PhD Student Moderator - Xinyue Cai
Workshop formatMcNair 217 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Break / Snacks 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm Alum Presentation - Rafael Copat
Front-Loaded Equity Awards: An Efficient Contracting or Rent Extraction Tool?
Alum Discussant - Maclean Gaulin
PhD Student Moderator - Marcela Aguilar
20/25 min presentation, 15/20 min discussion, remaining time Q&AMcNair 217 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Dinner AFC Agenda
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Time Event Location 8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast AFC 9:00 am – 10:15 am Alum Presentation - Gary Lind
Central Bank Economic Transparency and Managerial Learning
PhD Student Discussant - William Gonzalez, Alum Mentor - Rustam Zufarov
PhD Student Moderator - Xinyue Cai
20/25 min presentation, 15/20 min discussion, remaining time Q&AMcNair 217 10:15 am – 10:30 am Break / Snacks 10:30 am – 11:45 am PhD Student Presentation - David Wilson
PhD Student Moderator - Harrison Guo
Workshop formatMcNair 217 11:45 am – 12:05 pm Presentation - Stephen A. Zeff
University of Chicago’s Ph.D. Graduates Lead the Way
Stephen A. Zeff Digital LibraryMcNair 217 12:05 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch AFC 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Faculty Presentation - Hailey Ballew
Are Banks Committed to Social Responsibility in Lending in the Absence of Enforcement?
PhD Student Discussant - Jose Torres
PhD Student Moderator - William Gonzalez
20/25 min presentation, 15/20 min discussion, remaining time Q&AMcNair 217 2:15 pm – 2:20 pm Closing Remarks - William Gonzalez McNair 217 A Nonrandom Sample of Rice Accounting PhD Alumni and Gustavo