Accounting Summer Camp

The 2026 Accounting Summer Camp will be held on August 13th to 14th at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Gunn Building, Room G101 (655 Knight Way, Stanford 94305).

Faculty Coordinators

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Schedule

Thursday, August 13, 2026
12:00pm - 1:20pm Registration at G101 and Lunch at GSB Bowl
1:20pm - 1:30pm Welcoming Remarks
Ed deHaan, Stanford University
1:30pm - 2:40pm Speaker: Daphne Armstrong, University of Michigan
Title: The Effects of Fiscal Policy through the Banking Sector: Evidence from Deferred Tax Assets  
Discussant: Marcel Olbert, University of Mannheim
2:40pm - 3:00pm Break
3:00pm - 4:10pm Speaker: Fabian Nagel, Stanford University
Title: The Transmission of Corporate Tax Cuts to Consumer Loans: Evidence from the TCJA
Discussant: Stephen Ryan, New York University
4:10pm - 4:30pm Break
4:30pm - 5:40pm Speaker: Kendall Lynch, University of Washington
Title: When the Cat’s Away: United States Attorney Departures and Insider Opportunism
Discussant: Jonas Heese, Harvard Business School
5:40pm - 5:50pm Shuttle pick-up along Jane Stanford Way
6:00pm - 9:00pm Reception at 6:00pm
Dinner served at 6:45pm
MacArthur Park, Palo Alto
   
Friday, August 14, 2026
8:30am - 9:30am Breakfast at G101
9:30am - 10:40am Speaker: Maureen McNichols, Stanford University
Title: SOX 404(b) Audits, Corporate Innovation and Reporting Quality: Re-examining Compliance Costs and Real Effects
Discussant: Richard Frankel, Washington University in St. Louis
10:40am - 11:10am Break
11:10am - 12:20am Speaker: Christine Cuny, New York University
Title: How Information Frictions Shape Tax-Motivated Giving
Discussant: Maria Correia, London School of Economics and Political Science
12:20pm - 2:00pm Lunch at GSB Bowl
2:00pm - 3:10pm Speaker: Phil Stocken, Dartmouth College
Title: Costly Financial Information Processing, Investor Heterogeneity, and Investment Efficiency
Discussant: Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
3:10pm - 3:40pm Break
3:40pm - 4:50pm Speaker: Joseph Moran, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: Emissions Reduction Targets and Internal Carbon Pricing
Discussant: Ranjani Krishnan, Michigan State University
4:50pm - 5:00pm Concluding Remarks
Suzie Noh, Stanford University
5:00pm - 5:10pm Transition Time
5:10pm - 5:15pm Shuttle pick-up along Jane Stanford Way
5:30pm - 8:30pm Reception and Dinner at Becky Lester’s Home
8:30pm Shuttle pick-up from dinner to Sheraton

Registration

Registration for this conference is now closed.

 

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 “2026 Accounting Summer Camp Conference” in order to receive the group rate. The reservation cut-off date is on Monday, July 13th.

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

Contact

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