2005 Program Schedule

October 13-15, 2005

Thursday, October 13


Reception – 7:00 - 9:00 PM (106 Student Athletic Building—Legends Grille, upstairs)
  • Refreshments and informal introductions
  • Welcome—Kevin Stocks, Director of the School of Accountancy and Information Systems
  • Special Guest— LaVell Edwards, Former BYU Football Head Coach
  • BYU Sports Highlights Video

Friday, October 14


  • Breakfast –7:45 - 8:15 AM (260 Tanner Building)

  • Accounting Research Symposium Introduction –8:15 - 8:30 AM (260 Tanner Building)

  • Session 1 – 8:30 - 10:00 AM (260 Tanner Building)

    “Does Earnings Management Impact the Timeliness on Reporting,” research proposal by Richard Cazier
    Presented by Richard Cazier , University of Iowa

    “Earnings Management in banks to Adjust for an Exogenous Interest Rate Innovation” research proposal by Kristian Allee, Gregory Sierra, James Wahlen
    Presented by Kristian D Allee, Indiana Univeristy

    ”Detecting Revenue Management,” by Stephen Stubben
    Presented by Steve Stubben, Stanford University

    Session 2 – 8:30 - 10:00 AM (230 Tanner Building)

    “Information Pursuit in Financial-Statement Analysis: Effects of Disaggregation, Choice and Effort,” by Mark W Nelson and William Tayler
    Presented by William Tayler , Cornell University

    "Using the Investment Opportunity set to make sense of Restricted Stock Versus Options” by Kyle Peterson
    Presented by Kyle Peterson, University of Michigan

    ”Information Asymmetry, Managerial Myopia,” by Steve Smith, Brooke Elliott and Kevin Jackson
    Presented by Steve Smith, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  • Break – 10:00 - 10:15 AM

  • Session 3 – 10:15 - 11:45 AM (260 Tanner Building)

    “Earnings Warnings: What role does lack of balance sheet flexibility play?” by James Hansen and Sean McGuire
    Presented by James Hansen, University of Illinois at Chicago

    “The Impact of Incentive Compensation Contracts on Performance Reporting and the Accuracy of Accounting Information” by Robert M Cornell
    Presented by Robert Cornell, University of Utah

    “Analysts’ Forecasting Goal: Managed vs. Pre-managed Earnings,” research proposal by Jason Porter
    Presented by Jason Porter, University of Georgia

    Session 4 – 10:15 - 11:45 AM (230 Tanner Building)

    “Auditor Changes across Regulatory Regimes: An Empirical Analysis” research proposal by Jason L Smith
    Presented by Jason Smith, University of Arizona

    “Corporate Charitable Contributions: A Corporate Social Performance or Legitimacy Strategy” by Jennifer C Chen
    Presented by Jennifer Chen, Brigham Young University - Hawaii

    “Implications of Cash Hoarding for Shareholders,” by Derek Oler and Marc Picconi
    Presented by Derek Oler, University of Indiana

  • Lunch – 12:00 - 1:30 PM (Legends Grille)

  • Session 5 – 1:30 - 3:00 PM (260 Tanner Building)

    “Earnings Benchmarks and CEO and CFO Turnover,” by Rick Mergenthaler
    Presented by Rick Mergenthaler, University of Washington

    “Informal Trust and Departmental Loyalty in Cross-Functional Groups” research proposal by Ron Guymon
    Presented by Ron Guymon, University of Iowa

    ”Restoring credibility after Restatement: The Effect of Corporate Governance changes on Stock Prices,” research proposal by Kurt Bennion
    Presented by Kurt Bennion, Cornell University

    Session 6 –1:30 - 3:00 PM (230 Tanner Building)

    “Accrual Manipulation Versus Real Activities Manipulation: The Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley On Earnings Management,” by George Wilson
    Presented by George Wilson, University of Georgia

    "The Financial Impact of Critical Access Hospital Regulation on Rural Hospitals” by Brenda Rees
    Presented by Brenda Rees, University of Nebraska

    ”Do Managers Manipulate Labor Levels to Meet Earnings Thresholds?” by Chad Larson
    Presented by Chad Larson, University of Michigan

  • Break – 3:00 - 3:15 PM

  • Session 7 – 3:30 - 4:45 PM (260 Tanner Building)

    “Aggressive Financial Reporting and Investor Uncertainty” research proposal by Nathan Sharp
    Presented by Nathan Sharp, University of Texas at Austin

    “The Persistence of Low Market – to – Book Firms” a research proposal by Mitch Oler
    Presented by Mitch Oler, University of Washington

    “Accounting Conservatism and the Asymmetry in Current and Lagged Returns,” by Richard Price
    Presented by Richard Price, Rice University

    Session 8 – 3:30 - 4:45 PM (230 Tanner Building)

    “What Can Non-financial Performance Measures Tell Us About the Likelihood of Fraud?” by Joe Brazel, Keith Jones, Mark Zimbleman
    Presented by Keith Jones, George Mason University

    “Are the Risk Factors in SAS No. 99 Useful for Detecting Fraud” by Christopher Skousen and Charlotte J Wright
    Presented by Chris Skousen, University of Texas at Arlington

    “The Role of Net Asset Overvaluation in Detecting Fraud,” by Daniel Bryan, Vincent Chen, and Troy Janes
    Presented by Troy Janes, University of New York at Buffalo

  • Dinner – 6:00 - 8:00 PM (710 Tanner Building )
  • Saturday, October 15


  • Breakfast – 8:00 - 9:00 AM (710 Tanner Building )

  • Publishing Your Research: Linda and E. Michael Bamber – JM Tull School of Accounting, University of Georgia


    Bamber Workshop Part 1 – 9:00 - 10:30 AM (260 Tanner Building)



  • Break – 10:30 - 10:45 AM

  • Bamber Workshop Part 2– 10:45 - 12:15 AM (260 Tanner Building)



  • Lunch – 12:15 - 1:30 PM (710 Tanner Building)