New Scholar Session
Tuesday August 4, 2009
10:15 am – 11:45 am

Table 1: Does a Magnitude Effect Motivate Deceptive Performance Reporting?
Robert M Cornell, Oklahoma State University
Senior Faculty Mentor: Dan N. Stone, University of Kentucky
PARTICIPATION CANCELLED

Table 1: More than Money: The Effects of Social Status and Narcissism on Manager Reporting Behavior.
Jessen Hobson, Florida State University; Robert J. Resutek, Dartmouth
Senior Faculty Mentor: Eric Johnson, Indiana University/Purdue University – Indianapolis

Table 1: The Effects of Accounting Information, its Format, and the Affective Likeability of its Source on Managers' Judgments.
Kirsten Fanning, University of Massachusetts; M. David Piercey, University of Massachusetts
Senior Faculty Mentor: Carol Jessup, University of Illinois at Springfield

Table 2: The Effect of Foreign Ownership on the Association of Dividend Changes and Future Earnings.
Lee Chang Woo; Tae Goo Kang, Oklahoma State University; Hye-Jeong Nam, Dongguk University
Senior Faculty Mentor: Heibatollah Sami, Lehigh University

Table 2: The Impact of Industry Concentration on the Market’s Ability to Anticipate Future Earnings: International Evidence.
In-Mu Haw, Texas Christian University; Bingbing Hu, Hong Kong Baptist University; Jay Junghun Lee, Hong Kong Baptist University; Woody Wu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Senior Faculty Mentor: Heibatollah Sami, Lehigh University

Table 3: History and Culture: The Long View of Accounting Convergence.
John E. Simms, University of Saint Thomas
Senior Faculty Mentor: Timothy S. Doupnik, University of South Carolina
PARTICIPATION CANCELLED

Table 3: The Provision of Incentives and the Impact of National Culture.
Andreas Feichter, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
Senior Faculty Mentor: Timothy S. Doupnik, University of South Carolina

Table 4: Outside Directors, Litigation Environment and Management Earnings Forecasts.
Surjit Tinaikar, University of Florida
Senior Faculty Mentor: Raynolde Pereira, University of Missouri–Columbia

Table 4: The Determinants and Consequences of Higher IFRS Compliance Following Mandatory IFRS Adoption in Emerging Markets.
Francesco Bova, University of Toronto
Senior Faculty Mentor: Raynolde Pereira, University of Missouri–Columbia

Table 5: Can Market Effects of Mandatory IFRS Adoption be Attributed to Quality Effects or Convergence Effects?
Lijie Yao, Tsinghua University
Senior Faculty Mentor: Ole-Kristian Hope, University of Toronto

Table 5: Foreign Private Issuers Exempted from Filing with the SEC and Markets Reactions.
Giorgio Gotti, University of Massachusetts Boston; Stacy Mastrolia, University of Tennessee
Senior Faculty Mentor: Ole-Kristian Hope, University of Toronto

Table 6: Earnings Management Contagion in Multinational Corporations.
Christof Beuselinck, Tilburg University; Marc Deloof, Antwerp University and Universite Catholique de Louvain; Ann Vanstraelen, Antwerp University and Maastricht University
Senior Faculty Mentor: Carol Ann Frost, Unitversity of North Texas

Table 6: Legal Institutions, Accounting Standards, and Real Earnings Management.
Xiaochuan Huang, University of Arkansas; Tony Kang, Oklahoma State University; Raynolde Pereira, University of Missouri–Columbia; Changjiang Wang, Florida International University
Senior Faculty Mentor: Carol Ann Frost, Unitversity of North Texas

Table 7: Performance Evaluation in an Information-Rich Balanced Scorecard Environment.
Eric N. Johnson, Indiana University – Indianapolis; Philip M. J. Reckers, Arizona State University; Geoffrey D. Bartlett, Arizona State University
Senior Faculty Mentor: R. Lynn Hannan, Georgia State University

Table 7: Preference for Balanced Scorecard Measures: The Effects of Compensation and Strategy Formulation.
Linghua Wang, The University of Hong Kong; Amy H. L. Lau, The University of Hong Kong; Chris W. Chan, The University of Hong Kong
Senior Faculty Mentor: Kristy L Towry, Emory

Table 8: CEO Risk-Related Incentives and Income Smoothing.
Julia Grant, Case Western Reserve University; Garen Markarian, IE Business School; Antonio Parbonetti, University of Padova
Senior Faculty Mentor: Kenneth Merchant, University of Southern California

Table 8: Managerial Incentives, Dividend Policies, and Risk-Taking.
Jen-Hsin Chen, FU JEN Catholic University ; Yu-Shun Hung, FU JEN Catholic University
Senior Faculty Mentor: William Lanen, University of Michigan

Table 9: Bankruptcy, CEO Retention and the Evolution of Contractual Practices.
John Harry Evans III, University of Pittsburgh; Shuqing Luo, University of Pittsburgh; Nandu J. Nagarajan, University of Pittsburgh
Senior Faculty Mentor: Ella Mae Matsumura, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Table 9: Human Capital and CEO Turnover in Private Equity Sponsored Leveraged Buyouts.
Jianxin Gong, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; Steve Wu, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Senior Faculty Mentor: Ella Mae Matsumura, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Table 10: Like Moths Attracted to Flames: Executives and Financial Reporting Frauds.
Michel Magnan, Concordia University; Denis Cormier, Université du Québec à Montréal; Pascale Lapointe-Antunes, Brock University
Senior Faculty Mentor: Brian Shapiro, University of St. Thomas

Table 10: Organizational Justice, Trust, and Whistle-Blowing.
Deborah L Seifert, Illinois State University; William W. Stammerjohan, Louisiana Tech University
Senior Faculty Mentor: Peggy Dwyer, University of Central Florida

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