Review of Accounting Studies 2022 Conference
Location
Stanford GSB Campus
United States
Our goal is to discuss some of the most relevant issues at the forefront of academic research and wider society today.
Papers accepted for presentation at the annual RAST Conference relate to topics such as valuation, accounting quality, and fundamental analysis.
We thank Cambridge Business Publishers and Morgan Stanley for their sponsorship of the RAST conference.
This event is by invitation only.
Day 1 | December 15th
Registration Opens
Lunch
Welcome
Session 1: Real Earnings Management and the Strategic Release of New Products
Presenter: Mark Young, University of Southern California
Discussant: George Foster, Stanford University
Moderator: Kevin Smith, Stanford University
Break
Session 2: All Losses Are Not Alike: Real versus Accounting-Driven Reported Losses
Presenter: Feng Gu, University at Buffalo
Discussant: Anup Srivastava, University of Calgary
Moderator: John Kepler, Stanford University
Break
Session 3: Is Hiring Fast a Good Sign? The Informativeness of Job Vacancy Duration for Future Firm Profitability
Presenter: Laura Li, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Discussant: Rebecca Hann, University of Maryland
Moderator: Jung Ho Choi, Stanford University
Break
Session 4: Dividends, Trust, and Firm Value
Presenter: Peter Kelly, University of Notre Dame
Discussant: Zachary Kaplan, Washington University in St. Louis
Moderator: Brandon Gipper, Stanford University
Walk to Cocktail Hour and Dinner
Day 2 | December 16th
Breakfast
Session 5: Do Firms Follow the SEC’s Confidential Treatment Protocols? Evidence from Credit Agreements
Presenter: Daniel Saavedra, University of California, Los Angeles
Discussant: Regina Wittenberg Moerman, University of Southern California
Moderator: Suzie Noh, Stanford University
Break
Session 6: Is Tax Return Information Useful to Equity Investors?
Presenter: Paul Demeré, University of Georgia
Discussant: Stephanie Sikes, University of Illinois Chicago
Moderator: Rebecca Lester, Stanford University
Break
Session 7: Analyst Ability and Research Effort: Non-EPS Forecast Provision as a Forecast Quality Signal
Presenter: Tong Wang, Barclays Quantitative Portfolio Group (QPS)
Discussant: Dawn Matsumoto, University of Washington
Moderator: Jinhwan Kim, Stanford University
Lunch and Awards
Event Sponsors
Conference Organizers
Patricia Dechow
Robert R. Dockson Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Accounting, University of Southern California