Accounting Summer Camp

The 2025 Accounting Summer Camp will be held on August 14th to 15th at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Gunn Building, Room G101 (655 Knight Way, Stanford 94305).

Faculty Coordinators

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Associate Professor
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Schedule

Thursday, August 14, 2025
12:00pm - 1:30pm Registration at G101 and Lunch at McCoy Family Courtyard
1:30pm - 1:40pm Welcoming Remarks
John Kepler, Stanford University
1:40pm - 2:40pm Speaker: Emmanuel De George, University of Miami
Title: Signaling in the Twilight Zone: Disclosure and Credibility in the OTC Market
Discussant: Lorien Stice-Lawrence, University of Southern California
2:40pm - 3:00pm Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm Speaker:  Suzie Noh, Stanford University
Title: The Shadow Value of “Public” Information: Evidence from Mutual Fund Managers
Discussant: Teri Yohn, Emory University
4:00pm - 4:20pm Break
4:20pm - 5:20pm Speaker: Jeff Hoopes, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Title: Stock Trading by U.S Individual Investors: Evidence from Administrative Tax Data
Discussant: Anthony Welsch, The University of Chicago
5:20pm - 5:30pm Shuttle pick-up
5:40pm - 9:00pm Reception at 5:40pm
Dinner served at 6:30pm
Fleming’s Steakhouse, Palo Alto
   
Friday, August 15, 2025
8:30am - 9:30am Breakfast at G101
9:30am - 10:30am Speaker: Clare Wang, University of Colorado Boulder 
Title: The Impact of Earnings Season on Election Day
Discussant: Jeff Hales, University of Texas at Austin
10:30am - 10:50am Break
10:50am - 11:50am Speaker: Pierre Chaigneau, Queens University
Title: Motivational and Informational Financial Ratings

Discussant: Mirko Heinle, University of Pennsylvania
11:50am - 1:30pm Lunch at McCoy Family Courtyard
1:30pm - 2:30pm Speaker: Becky Lester, Stanford University
Title: Business Incentives and Economic Activity: Evidence from Alabama (Paper not yet approved for external distribution.)
Discussant: Jaron Wilde, University of Iowa 
2:30pm - 2:50pm Break
2:50pm - 3:50pm Speaker: Mihir Mehta, University of Chicago
Title: The Strategic Use of Bank Branches for Political Influence
Discussant: Maureen McNichols, Stanford University
3:50pm - 4:10pm Break
4:10pm - 5:10pm Speaker: Jinhwan Kim, Stanford University
Title: Patent Disclosures, Examiners, and Greenwashing
Discussant: Andy Leone, Northwestern University
5:10pm - 5:20pm Concluding Remarks
Ed deHaan
5:20-5:25 pm Shuttle pick-up
5:40pm - 8:30pm Reception at 5:40pm
Dinner served at 6:30pm
MacArthur Park, Palo Alto

Registration

Register here for this event. Registration closes on July 7, 2025.

 

Lodging

We have reserved a block of rooms for this conference at the Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel.

Each attendee must make his/her own reservation. If calling in for reservation, please mention “2025 Accounting Summer Camp Conference” in order to receive the group rate. The reservation cut-off date is on Monday, July 14th.

All guest speakers please coordinate with Rochelle Bagalso to book your lodging.

Contact

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