The Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance Conference 2017 programme will consist of a mixture of keynote speeches, panel discussions, and concurrent paper presentation sessions.
The main sessions will be held on Monday 26 June and Tuesday 27 June in Dunedin.
A session is also planned in Queenstown, Central Otago, on Wednesday 28 June.
Conference attendees can access conference papers through the links below. The files are stored on Google Drive and are password protected. All attendees will be emailed the password.
- Parallel session papers
- Plenary session papers
- Presenter instructions (not password protected)
The schedule below outlines how the conference will run over the 2.5 days. You can also download a more comprehensive pdf programme with additional detail.
| Sunday 25 June 2017 | Activities |
|---|---|
| 5:45pm - 6:30pm | Registration - Otago Museum |
| 6:00pm - 8:30pm |
Welcome cocktail function at the Otago Museum Welcome includes "The Sky Tonight" planetarium experience. MC - Jonathan Usher
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| Monday 26 June 2017 |
Activities |
|---|---|
| 8am | Registration - St. David Building |
| 8:30am - 8:40am | Welcome - St. David Building |
| 8:40am - 9:40am |
Plenary Session 1 - Room: St David Lecture Theatre, Chair: David Lont Martin Lubberink, Victoria University of Wellington “Are Banks' Below-par Own Debt Repurchases a Cause for Prudential Concern?” Discussant: Xiao-Jun Zhang, University of California, Berkeley |
| 9:40am - 10:10am |
Editor Speech, Room: St. David Lecture Theatre, Chair: David Lont Bharat Sarath, Rutgers University |
| 10:10am - 11:00am |
Keynote - Room: St David Lecture Theatre, Chair: Ros Whiting James Ohlson, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University “Empirical Research: Dissimulation or Back to Basics?” |
| 11:00am - 11:20am | Coffee Break |
| 11:20am - 12:50pm |
Presentations (4 parallel sessions: Session A1 – A4) Rooms: St David Building, Room 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| 12:50pm - 1:40pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:40pm - 2:40pm |
Plenary Session 2 - Room: St David Lecture Theatre, Chair: Helen Roberts Daniel Wangerin, Michigan State University “Consequences of Increased Compensation Disclosure Transparency: Evidence from CEO Pay in Acquiring Firms” Discussant: Kam-Ming Wan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 2:40pm - 3:40pm |
Plenary Session 3 - Room: St David Lecture Theatre, Chair: Eric Tan Qiang Kang, Florida International University “Cross-sectional PEG Ratios, Market Equity Premium and Macroeconomic Activity” Discussant: Atif Ellahie, The University of Utah |
| 3:40pm - 4:00pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Presentations (4 parallel sessions: Section B1 – B4) Rooms: St David Building, Room 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Tuesday 27 June 2017 |
Activities |
|---|---|
| 8:40am - 9:40am |
Plenary Session 4 - Room: St David Lecture Theatre, Chair: Roger Willet Melissa Lewis-Western, Brigham Young University “How Does International Earnings Smoothing Vary with Managerial Ability?” Discussant: Theodore E. Christensen, University of Georgia |
| 9:40am - 10:40am |
Plenary Session 5 - Room: St David Lecture Theatre, Chair: Eric Tan Wenli Huang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University “Option Backdating Announcements and Information Advantage of Institutional Investors” Discussant: Andy Puckett, University of Tennessee |
| 10:40am - 11:00am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00am - 12:30am | Presentations (3 parallel sessions: Session C1 – C3) Rooms: St David Building, Room 1, 2, 3 |
| 12:30pm - 1:20pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:20am - 2:50pm | Presentations (3 parallel sessions: Session D1 – D3) Rooms: St David Building, Room 1, 2, 3 |