Schedule for 2012 Empirical Conference
Carlson School of Management in Room 2-206
April 20th and April 21st, 2012
There will be a limited number of copies of the papers available. Participants are encouraged to print them out beforehand.
Moderators for the event: Aiyesha Dey, Yu Gao, and Mo Khan
Friday, April 20th
7:00 and 7:30 a.m.
Shuttle Service from Aloft Hotel to Carlson School of Management
7:20 - 7:50 a.m.
Breakfast
7:50 - 8:00 a.m.
Welcome Guests
- Sri Zaheer, Dean, Carlson School of Management
8:00 - 9:15 a.m.
9:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Paper 1: Stephen Penman "Accounting Anomalies, Risk and Return " , Columbia University
Break
9:45 - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Paper 2: Jeffrey Ng " Management Earnings Guidance and Crash Risk " , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Break
11:30 - 12:45 p.m.
12:45 - 2:00 p.m.
Paper 3: Feng Li "A New Measure of Competition Based on 10-K Filings: Derivations and Implications for Financial Statement Analysis " , University of Michigan
Lunch
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
3:15 - 3:45 p.m.
Paper 4: Robert Bushman "Delayed Expected Loss Recognition and the Risk Profile of Banks " , University of North Carolina
Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Paper 5: Zhaoyang Gu "How Is Accruals Quality Priced by the Stock Market? " , University of Minnesota
5:00 and 5:30 p.m.
Shuttle Service to Aloft Hotel Free Time (walking to restaurant)
Sea Change Restaurant in the Guthrie Theater
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
Reception
Dinner (Please remember to wear your name badge to dinner)
Walk back to Aloft Hotel from Sea Change
A taxi sign-up sheet will be available for you during the conference. Deb will call and make the arrangements for you or you can call Airport Taxi at (952) 928-0000. Ask them to pick you up at 321 – 19th Avenue South at the Carlson School of Management.