American Accounting Association

Tuesday, August 5, 2003 - 10:15 a.m.-11:45 a.m.

4.1 Emerging Role of Audit Committees (At-Large)

Moderator: Roman L. Weil, University of Chicago
Panelists:

Katherine Schipper, Financial Accounting Standards Board
Zoe-Vonna Palmrose, University of Southern California
Teresa Iannaconi, KPMG LLP
Rodrick Hills, Former Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

4.2 AACSB Accounting Accreditation Standards (Accounting Programs Leadership Group)

Moderator: Thomas Schaefer, University of Notre Dame
Panelists:

Jane Mutchler, Georgia State University
Phillip Reckers, Arizona State University
James Benjamin, Texas A&M University

4.3 Publishing in Accounting Education: The Editors Speak (Teaching and Curriculum)

Moderator: Timothy Fogarty, Case Western Reserve University
Panelists:

Tom Howard, University of Kentucky
Jim Rebele, Lehigh University
Bill Schwartz, Indiana University Fort Wayne
Dennis Bline, Bryant College

4.4 International Accounting Education (International Accounting)

Moderator: Beatrice Sanders, Director, AICPA Academic and Career Development, and US Technical Advisor on Committee
Panelists:

Michael Walsh, Director, Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants, and UK Technical Advisor on Committee
Warren Allen, Partner of Ernst & Young, New Zealand, and Chair, IFAC Education Committee

4.5 Current Issues in Financial Reporting: FASB / SEC Update (Financial Accounting and Reporting)

Moderator: Steven L. Henning, Southern Methodist University
Panelists:

G. Michael Crooch, Financial Accounting Standards Board
TBA - Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

4.6 Disclosure Theory (Financial Accounting and Reporting)

Moderator: Paul Fischer, Pennsylvania State University

Public Disclosure and Private Information Production When Firms Can Learn from Capital Markets. Derek K. Chan, University of Hong Kong;
Discussant: Russell Lundholm, University of Michigan

Financial Reporting System Choice and Disclosure Management. Phillip C. Stocken, Dartmouth College; Robert E. Verrecchia, University of Pennsylvania;
Discussant: Russell Lundholm, University of Michigan

Limited Attention, Information Disclosure, and Financial Reporting. David Hirshleifer, The Ohio State University; Siew Hong Teoh, The Ohio State University;
Discussant: Russell Lundholm, University of Michigan

4.7 Ethics and Standard Setting (Accounting, Behavior and Organizations)

Moderator: John Brierley, Sheffield University

Resolving the "Political Bias" Claims against the DIT and DIT-2: Does Political Ideology Pose a Threat to CPA Ethics Research? Charles D. Bailey, The University of Memphis; Thomas J. Phillips, Jr., Louisiana Tech University; Stephen B. Scofield (deceased), Texas A&M University;
Discussant: John M. Thornton, Washington State University

Ethical Principles versus Ethical Rules: The Effect of Code of Conduct Generality on Audit Independence Judgments. Terri L. Herron, University of Montana-Missoula; David L. Gilbertson, Western Washington University;
Discussant: Jeffrey Cohen, Boston College

How Do You Stop the Books from being Cooked? A Management Control Perspective on Financial Accounting Reporting and Standard Setting. Michael G. Alles, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Srikant S. Datar, Harvard University;
Discussant: David Sharp, University of Western Ontario

4.8 Managers' Incentives, Self-Dealing and Financial Reporting (Financial Accounting and Reporting)

Moderator: Mark Bradshaw, Harvard University

Stock Option Repricings by Any Other Name? An Examination of "6 and 1" Option Exchanges. Mary Ellen Carter, University of Pennsylvania; Luann J. Lynch, University of Virginia;
Discussant: Asis Martinez-Jerez, Harvard University

Maintaining Optimal CEO Incentives through Equity Grants and CEO Portfolio Rebalancing. Ying Li, Baruch College of the City University of New York;
Discussant: Asis Martinez-Jerez, Harvard University

Do Firms Strategically Emphasize Performance Metrics in their Earnings Press Releases? Robert M. Bowen, University of Washington; Angela K. Davis, Washington University in St. Louis; Dawn A. Matsumoto, University of Washington;
Discussant: Asis Martinez-Jerez, Harvard University

4.9 Governance, Control & Reporting: Beyond Enron (Public Interest)

Moderator: Kathryn Lancaster, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Circle Round the Wagons: An Institutional Theory Examination of the Reaction to the Recent Crisis in Accounting and Corporate Governance. Timothy J. Fogarty, Case Western Reserve University;
Discussant: Alan G. Mayper, University of North Texas

Toward an Expanded Control Environment Framework. K. E. Hughes II, Louisiana State University; Timothy J. Louwers, Louisiana State University; J. Kenneth Reynolds, Louisiana State University;
Discussant: Alan G. Mayper, University of North Texas

The Dilemma of Bright Line Accounting Rules and Professional Judgment: Insights from Special Purpose Entity Consolidation Rules. Jonathan Duchac, Wake Forest University;
Discussant: Alan G. Mayper, University of North Texas

4.10 Uses of Performance Measures (Management Accounting)

Moderator: Chandra Subramaniam, The University of Texas at Arlington

Leading Indicator Variables, Performance Measurement and Long-Term versus Short-Term Contracts. Sunil Dutta, University of California, Berkeley; Stefan Reichelstein, Stanford University;
Discussant: Jon Glover, Not on List

Profit Sharing and Monitoring in Partnerships. Steven J. Huddart, Pennsylvania State University; Pierre Jinghong Liang, Carnegie Mellon University;
Discussant: Mehmet Ozbilgin, Baruch College of the City University of New York

The Effect of Career Concerns on the Contracting Use of Public and Private Performance Measures. Romana Autrey, The University of Texas at Austin; Shane Dikolli, The University of Texas at Austin; D. Paul Newman, The University of Texas at Austin;
Discussant: Thomas Hemmer, London School of Economics

4.11 Auditing and Going Concern Assessments (Auditing)

Moderator: Ken Schwartz, Boston College

The Valuation Implications of the Auditor's Going-Concern Opinion. Allen D. Blay, University of California, Riverside;
Discussant: Mary Stone, The University of Alabama

Market Underreaction to Going-Concern Audit Report Disclosures: A Paradox. Richard J. Taffler, Cranfield School of Management, U.K.; Jeffrey Lu, Cranfield School of Management, U.K.;
Discussant: Mary Stone, The University of Alabama

Corporate Governance Factors and Auditor Going Concern Assessments. Susan Parker, Santa Clara University; Gary Peters, University of Arkansas; Howard F. Turetsky, San Jose State University;
Discussant: Mary Stone, The University of Alabama

4.12 Auditing and Decision Making (Auditing)

Moderator: Theodore Mock, University of Southern California

Audit Review: The Impact of Discussion Timing and Continuity. Michael Favere-Marchesi, Simon Fraser University;
Discussant: Thomas M. Kozloski, Wilfrid Laurier University

An Experimental Investigation of Audit Decision-Making: An Evaluation Using System-Mediated Mental Model Theory. Amy K. Choy, Washington University in St. Louis; Ronald R. King, Washington University in St. Louis;
Discussant: Thomas M. Kozloski, Wilfrid Laurier University

A Cognitive Task Analysis Approach to Understanding the Acquisition of Audit Knowledge. Michael L. Roberts, The University of Alabama; Jane Dillard-Eggers, Belmont University;
Discussant: Thomas M. Kozloski, Wilfrid Laurier University

4.13 Behavioral Tax Research (American Taxation Association)

Moderator: Stacy Wade, University of Kentucky

Do Biased Tax Research Memoranda Influence Supervisors' Initial Judgments in the Reveiw Process? John A. Barrick, Brigham Young University; C. Bryan Cloyd, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Brian C. Spilker, Brigham Young University;
Discussant: Diana Falsetta, Northeastern University

Tax Compliance Behaviors and Risk: An Examination of the Impact of Risk Propensity on Taxpayer Responsiveness to Audit Flags. John J. Masselli, Texas Tech University; Robert C. Ricketts, Texas Tech University;
Discussant: Diana Falsetta, Northeastern University

Empirical Evidence on Taxpayers' Perceptions of Their Marginal Tax Rates. Pauline Downer, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Alan Macnaughton, University of Waterloo; Jeffrey A. Pittman, Memorial University of Newfoundland;
Discussant: Diana Falsetta, Northeastern University

4.14 Earnings Management in Asia (International Accounting)

Moderator: Jeannie Harrington, Middle Tennessee State University

The Effect of Changes in Consolidation Standard on Firm Restructuring Activity: Evidence From Japan. Michael J. Ferguson, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; David A. Guenther, University of Colorado at Boulder; Danqing X. Young, The Chinese University of Hong Kong;
Discussant: Roger C. Graham, Oregon State University

Chinese Tango: Government Assisted Earnings Management. Xiao Chen, Tsinghua University; Chi-Wen Jevons Lee, Tulane University; Jing Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;
Discussant: Roger C. Graham, Oregon State University

Earnings Forecasts Disclosure Regulation and Earnings Management by IPO Firms to Meet the Forecast Error Threshold. Bikki Jaggi, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Chen-Lung Chin, National Chung Cheng University; Hsiou-wei William Lin, National Taiwan University; Picheng Phil Lee, Pace University;
Discussant: Roger C. Graham, Oregon State University

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