Call for Papers

CAR Conference for 2005
Building a Better Understanding of Accounting:
Celebrating Diversity in Accounting Research
November 5th and 6th, 2005

The Canadian Academic Accounting Association announces the 20th CAR Conference. It will take place in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on November 5th and 6th, 2005. In addition, there will be a Doctoral Consortium on November 4th.

The 20th Anniversary CAR Conference will look back at the founding of CAR and the diverse streams of research that have ebbed and flowed through the twenty conferences. Hence, the CAR editorial team invites research papers in any area of accounting research, broadly defined (financial, managerial, assurance, and tax) and employing any method (analytical, archival, case, empirical, and survey). We hope to have a set of accounting papers that encompass the major topic areas and methods, which demonstrate the synergy that can be achieved by understanding what other perspectives have to offer, either methodologically or substantively.

Submissions to the conference also constitute submissions to CAR. Therefore, submissions should follow CAR's editorial guidelines. These require submission of one hard copy and one electronic copy (Word or PDF), with a cheque payable to the CAAA in the amount of $100 for CAAA members and CAR subscribers, or $165 for others (dollar amounts are in Canadian funds in Canada and in US funds elsewhere). Both hard and electronic copies must arrive at the CAR office no later than April 22, 2005.*

Papers not accepted for the conference (and submissions that come in after the deadline) will be treated the same as non-conference submissions. Papers accepted for the conference are generally published in CAR; however, the ultimate disposition of each manuscript depends on the normal review procedures employed by the journal.

Authors will be notified of the decision regarding the conference agenda by August 15, 2005 and of the outcome of the editorial process for publication in CAR in the normal course. Submissions should be directed to:

Professor Gordon Richardson, Editor
Contemporary Accounting Research
Joseph Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
105 St. George St.
Toronto, ON M5S 3E6 Canada
Phone: 416-946-8601
Fax: 416-971-3048
Email: car@caaa.ca

* Note that these submission guidelines are subject to change, as CAR plans to introduce a new web-based submission system in 2005. We will announce the change and provide updated guidelines on the CAAA website — please check www.caaa.ca before submitting.

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