American Accounting Association

Research Forum Papers

Wednesday, August 6, 2003 — 10:15 am–11:45 am

Accounting, Behavior and Organizations

Table 01: A History of the Acounting, Behavior and Organizations (ABO) Section of AAA. Dale L. Flesher, University of Mississippi; Tonya K. Flesher, University of Mississippi;

Table 02: Allocating Resources to Workplace Health Promotion Programs: The Role of Controllers, Senior Management and Human Resources Management. Angela M Downey, University of Lethbridge; David J. Sharp, University of Western Ontario;

Table 03: The Effect of a Computerized Decision Aid on the Development of Knowledge. Richard G. Brody, University of New Haven; John M. Coulter, Western New England College; Tamara K. Kowalczyk, Western Washington University;

Table 04: Does Investment Expertise Exist? Kinsun Tam, SUNY at Albany; James Bierstaker, University of Massachusetts Boston; Inshik Seol, Clark University;

Table 05: Statistical Choices and Apparent Work Outcomes in Auditing. Picheng Phil Lee, Pace University; Gary Kleinman, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck;

Table 06: Effect of Machistic Tendencies on Budgeting: A Cross-cultural Study. Frank Collins, Schreiner University; Oscar Holzmann, University of Miami; Roberto Mendoza, Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas;

Table 06a: Accountants' commitment to their profession: considering multiple dimensions of professional commitment and opportunities for future research. Matthew R. Hall, Monash University; David A. Smith, Monash University; Kim M. Langfield-Smith, Monash University;

American Taxation Association

Table 07: Tax Decision Making under the New Burden of Proof Rules. Anne M Magro, University of Oklahoma; Beth Stetson, University of Oklahoma;

Table 08: The Impact of Personal Income Taxes on Returns and Rankings of Canadian Equity Mutual Funds. Amin Mawani, York University; Moshe Milevsky, York University; Kam Panyagometh, York University;

Table 09: Estimates of the Magnitude of Financial and Tax Reporting Conflicts. George A. Plesko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;

Auditing

Table 10: The Role of the Auditor in Managing Public Disclosures: Potentially Misleading Information in Documents Containing Audited Financial Statements. Cindy Eakin, University of the Pacific; Tim Louwers, Louisiana State University; Stephen Wheeler, University of the Pacific;

Table 11: Analytical Procedures: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach. Ehsan H. Feroz, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Sungsoo Kim, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Raymond L. Raab, University of Minnesota, Duluth;

Table 12: Stakeholders and Auditor's Industry Specialization. Ilias G. Basioudis, Aston University ;

Table 13: Internal Control Evaluation and Interference Effects. Janet Morrill, University of Manitoba; Cameron Morrill, University of Manitoba; Lori Kopp, University of Lethbridge;

Table 14: The Auditor to Client Revolving Door and Earnings Management. Marshall A Geiger, University of Richmond; Brendan T. O'Connell, Deakin University; David S. North, University of Richmond;

Faculty Diversity and Initiatives

Table 15: The Quality of Financial Reporting on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Danielle Milton, University of Missouri–Columbia; Jenice J. Prather-Kinsey, University of Missouri–Columbia;

Table 16: The Relationship Between the Number of CPA Exam Candidates and the State Requirements for CPA Certification in the Presence of the 150-hour Requirement? Cheryl L. L. Allen, Morehouse College;

Financial Accounting and Reporting

Table 17: Differential Response Of Small Versus Large Traders To 10-K Filings On The Internet Via EDGAR. Sharad C. Asthana, Temple University; Steven Balsam, Temple University; Srinivasan Sankaraguruswamy, Georgetown University;

Table 18: The Perceived Value of Voluntary Disclosure Items and Firms' Disclosure Practice. Simon S.M. Ho, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Kar Shun Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;

Table 19: Debt Reclassification: Earnings Persistence and Economic Consequences. Jeffrey D. Gramlich, University of Hawaii at Manoa; William Mayew, The University of Texas at Austin; Mary Lea McAnally, Texas A&M University;

Table 20: Accounting Fundamentals and Executive Compensation. Scott B Jackson, University of South Carolina; Austin Reitenga, The University of Texas at San Antonio;

Table 21: The Usefulness of Accrual Earnings, Cash Flows, and Working Capital in the Construction of Accounting-Based Investment Strategies. Jeong Bon Kim, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Roland Lipka, Temple University; Heibatollah Sami, Temple University;

Table 22: Accounting for Inflation and Equity Valuation. John Hughes, University of California, Los Angeles; Jing Liu, University of California, Los Angeles; Mingshan Zhang, University of California, Los Angeles;

Table 23: Using The Edward-Bell-Ohlson Model to Value Small and Entrepreneurial Type Businesses. Michael F. Spivey, Clemson University; Jeffrey J. McMillan, Clemson University;

Table 24: The Relation Between Earnings Changes and Discretionary Disclosure in Periods of Bad Economic Performance. John J. Shon, University of Chicago;

Table 25: Evaluating the Value Relevance of Financial Information and Non-Financial Performance Information: An Interactive Perspective. Bixia Xu, Wilfrid Laurier University; Michel Magnan, Concordia University; Paul Andre, HEC-Montreal;

Government and Nonprofit

Table 26: Municipal Financial Reporting on the World Wide Web: A Survey of Financial Data Displayed on the Official Websites of the 100 Largest U.S. Municipalities. James E. Groff, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Marshall K. Pitman, The University of Texas at San Antonio;

Table 27: Boardroom Operational and Financial Control: An Insider View. Lee D. Parker, University of Adelaide, South Australia;

Information Systems

Table 28: The Relationship Between Competitive Strategy and Information System Functionality—Empirical Evidence from National Bank Web Sites. Delwyn D DeVries, University of Tennessee;

Table 29: Effectively Integrating Technology in the Audit Course: An Application and Extension of the Technology Acceptance Model. Ulric Gelinas, Bentley College; Elliott Levy, Bentley College; Jay Thibodeau, Bentley College; Catherine Usoff, Bentley College;

Table 30: Determinants of Systems Faculty within Accounting Programs. Akhilesh Chandra, The University of Akron; Charles F Malone, North Carolina A&T State University;

International Accounting

Table 31: The Impact of a Change in Interpretive Slack on the Informativeness of Earnings. Alan M. Teixeira, The University of Auckland;

Table 32: Comparing Executive Stock Options and SARs: Stock-Based Compensation and Taxation in Germany. Leonhard Knoll, University of Würzburg; Dwight M. Owsen, Louisiana State University;

Table 33: Principles Versus Rules-Based Accounting Standards and The Concept of Substance Over Form: The Case of Enron Corp. C. Richard Baker, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Rick Hayes, California State University, Los Angeles;

Table 34: Using the Study of International Accounting as the Capstone Course for a Major in Professional Accountancy. Sid R. Ewer, Southwest Missouri State University;

Table 35: Impairment Tests for Goodwill Instead of Amortisation: The Potential Impact on British Companies. C. Richard Baker, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Robert T. Wearing, University of Essex;

Table 36: Japanese Corporate Groupings (Keiretsu) and the Characteristics of Analysts' Forecasts. Edward B Douthett, George Mason University; Kooyul Jung, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Wikil Kwak, University of Nebraska at Omaha;

Table 37: Agency Costs of Corporate Political Affiliations, Management Ownership and Audit Prices. Ferdinand Gul, City University of Hong Kong; Burch T. Kealey, University of Nebraska at Omaha;

Table 38: The Life and Death of the Canadian Contingent Gains and Losses Accounting Standards Project. Brock Dykeman, University College of the Cariboo; Gary Entwistle, University of Saskatchewan;

Management Accounting

Table 39: Strategic Transfer Pricing and Organization Form. Hua Lee, Fu Jen Catholic University; Ho-Mou Wu, National Taiwan University;

Table 40: Does Option Repricing Retain Executives and Improve Future Performance? Sandra Renfro Callaghan, Texas Christian University; Chandra Subramaniam, Texas Christian University; Stuart Youngblood, Texas Christian University;

Table 41: Management Control Systems Configuration in 50/50 International Equity Joint Ventures: a Case Study from the Motor and Auto Parts Industry. Marcela Porporato, IESE Business School;

Table 42: Beyond the Balanced Scorecard: Towards a Strategic Navigation Approach to Performance Management. Chris Durden, University of Southern Queensland; Hector Perera, Massey University;

Table 43: The Effect of Disaggregated Technological Complexity on Information Sharing, Voice, and Choice. Hossein Nouri, The College of New Jersey; B Douglas Clinton, Northern Illinois University;

Public Interest

Table 44: The Impact of Disclosure Regulation on the Information Environment: Evidence from Providers and Users. Diane Janvrin, Iowa State University; James Kurtenbach, Iowa State University;

Table 45: Andersen Could Have Survived: A Textual Analysis using Image Restoration Theory. J. Lynn Reynolds, Pepperdine University; Denise P. Ferguson, Indiana University; Ken A. Smith, Pepperdine University;

Table 46: A Brief Description and Preliminary Analysis of Recent Social and Environmental Accounting Resarch Literature. Martin Reginald Mathews, Charles Sturt University;

Teaching and Curriculum

Table 47: Income Statements "By Nature" and Analysis of Company Performance -An Application to U.S. Airline Companies. C. Richard Baker, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Hervé Stolowy, HEC Groupe, Paris; Yuan Ding, HEC Groupe, Paris;

Table 48: The Effects of Group Quizzes on Performance and Motivation to Learn: Two Experiments in Cooperative Learning. B. Douglas Clinton, Northern Illinois University; James M Kohlmeyer, III, East Carolina University;

Table 49: Approaches to learning: Academic Performance and Progression of First-Year Accounting and Business Economics Undergraduates. Angus Duff, University of Paisley;

Table 50: Coverage of Criticism of Activity-Based Costing in Management and Cost Accounting Textbooks. Philip R. Beaulieu, University of Calgary; Anita Lakra, University of Calgary;

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