Sidney G. Winter Lecture in Accounting
April 12-13, 2013
Conference papers and slides are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
| Friday, April 12 | |
| Noon - 1:00 p.m. | Buffet Lunch (W401, W404 PBB) |
| 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. |
The Power of Voice: Managerial Affective States and Future Firm Performance Speech Analysis in Financial Markets Voice Pitch and the Labor Market Success of Male Chief Executive Officers |
| 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
Identification of Fraudulent Financial Statements Using Linguistic Credibility Analysis |
| 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. | An 'Iowa' Buffet plus open bar (North Room 181 IMU) |
| Saturday, April 13 (W401 PBB) | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
IPO First-Day Returns, Offer Price Revisions, Volatility, and Form S-1 Language |
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Panel (all speakers) |
| 12:15 p.m. | Box Lunches |
February 24-26, 2011
| Thursday, February 24 | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner with Ron Dye, SP Kothari, and selected faculty |
| Friday, February 25 (W401 PBB) | |
| 8:00-8:45 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | Welcome remarks by Dean Sa-Aadu |
| 9:00-10:30 a.m. |
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| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Ron Dye, Northwestern University (Part II) |
| 12:15-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30-3:00 p.m. | SP Kothari, (UI Ph.D. 1986)MIT (Part I) |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Coffee break |
| 3:30-5:00 p.m. | SP Kothari, MIT (Part II) |
| 6:00-9:00 p.m. | Dinner - Konomi |
| Saturday, February 26 (W401 PBB) | |
| 8:15-9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:45 a.m. | Dave Folsom, (UI Ph.D. 2009) LeHigh University |
| 9:45-10:30 a.m. | Discussion by Ron Dye, Northwestern University |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Coffee break |
| 10:45-11:30 a.m. | John McInnis, (UI Ph.D. 2008) University of Texas at Austin |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Discussion by SP Kothari, MIT |
| 12:00 p.m. | Box lunches & depart |
Conference Papers and Slides
All documents are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format
Ron Dye
An Evaluation of "Essays on Disclosure" and the Disclosure Literature in Accounting
Reputation Management and the Disclosure of Earnings Forecasts
SP Kothari
Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting (Session 1)
The Benefits of Financial Statement Comparability (Session 2)
John McInnis
Dave Folsom
Principles-Based Standards and the Informativeness of Earnings
October 31 - November 1, 2008
| Friday, October 31 | |
| 8:00-8:45 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | Welcome Remarks |
| 9:00-10:30 a.m. | Mary Barth, Stanford University |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Mary Barth, Stanford University |
| 12:15-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30-3:00 p.m. | Robert Bloomfield, Cornell University |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. | Robert Bloomfield, Cornell University |
| 6:30 p.m. | Dinner |
| Saturday, November 1 | |
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. | Hollis Ashbaugh-Skaife, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m-12:15 p.m. | Shiva Rajgopal, University of Washington |
| 12:15-12:45 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:45-1:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| 1:00 p.m. | Box Lunch |
October 12-14, 2006
| Thursday, October 12 | |
| 6:30-8:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception (C410 Pomerantz Center) |
| Friday, October 13 | |
| 8:00-8:45 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45-9:00 a.m. | Curt Hunter, Dean, Tippie College of Business |
| 9:00-10:30 a.m. | Joel SlemrodUniversity of Michigan (Session 1) |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Terry ShevlinUniversity of Washington (Session 1) |
| 12:15-1:45 p.m. | Lunch (South Room, IMU) |
| 1:45-3:15 p.m. | Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan (Session 2) |
| 3:15 - 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break |
| 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Terry Shevlin, University of Washington (Session 2) |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner (State Room, IMU) |
| Saturday, October 14 | |
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Brad Badertscher, University of Iowa Discussant: Terry Shevlin, University of Washington |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:45-12:15 a.m. | Edward Maydew, University of North Carolina Discussant: Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan |
| 12:15 p.m. | Box Lunch |
Conference Papers and Slides
All documents are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format
Joel Slemrod
Terry Shevlin
Empirical Tax Research in Accounting
Brad Badertscher
Do Firms Manage Earnings Downward in a Book-Tax Conforming Manner?
Edward Maydew
October 22-24, 2004
| Friday, October 22 | |
| 6:30-9:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception at the Iowa Memorial Union, Room 217 |
| Saturday, October 23 | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, Andersen Galleria, Pappajohn Business Building |
| 8:30-10:15 a.m. | Bill Kinney, Experimental Research in Financial Accounting, room C107 Background Reading: "The Auditor As Gatekeeper: A Perilous Expectations Gap," "Accounting Scholarship: What Is Uniquely Ours," and "Auditor Independence, Non-Audit Services, and Restatements: Was the U.S. Government Right?" |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30-Noon | Bob Libby, Experimental Research in Financial Accounting Background Reading: "Experimental Research in Financial Accounting,"Sections 1 through 3.26 and Sections 4 through 5 |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Lunch, Richey Ballroom Reception Area, 3rd Floor, Iowa Memorial Union |
| 1:30-3:00 p.m. | Bob Libby, room C107 "Financial Reporting Transparency and Earnings Management" |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Bill Kinney "Evaluating Financial Reporting Regulations" |
| 6:00-8:00 p.m. | Cocktails and Dinner at Givannis |
| Sunday, October 24 | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-10:00 a.m. | Hollis Ashbaugh "Corporate Governance and the Cost of Equity Capital" (Discussant: Bill Kinney) |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m.-Noon | Scott Vandervelde "Does Auditor Provided Nonaudit Service Improve Audit Effectiveness or Impair Independence" (Discussant: Bob Libby) |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Box Lunch and Departure |
September 27-29, 2002
| Friday, September 27 | |
| 6:30-9:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception at the Sheraton Hotel 210 South Dubuque Street |
| Saturday, September 28 | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, W401 PBB |
| 8:30-10:15 a.m. | Stephen Penman, Valuation Overview Background Reading: "Modeling Sustainable Earnings and PIE Ratios with Financial Statement Analysis" |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30-Noon | Charles Lee, The Magic of Markets Background Reading: "The State of Long-Term Expectation," "The Use of Knowledge in Society," and "Market Efficiency and Accounting Research" |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Lunch, South Room, Iowa Memorial Union |
| 1:30-3:00 p.m. | Stephen Penman "Financial Statement Analysis of Leverage and How It Informs About Profitability and Price-to-Book Ratios" |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Charles Lee "Analysts Forecast Revisions and Market Price Discovery" |
| 6:00-8:00 p.m. | Cocktails and Dinner at Givannis |
| Sunday, September 29 | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, W401 PBB |
| 8:30-10:00 a.m. | Guojin Gong "Investor Sophistication and the Mispricing of Accruals" (Discussant: Charles Lee) |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30-Noon a.m. | Shivaram Rajgopal "The Accrual Anomaly: International Evidence" (Discussant: Stephen Penman) |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Box Lunch and Departure |
November 3-5, 2000
| Friday, November 3 | |
| 6:30-9:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception at the Sheraton Hotel 210 South Dubuque Street |
| Saturday, November 4 | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, W401 PBB |
| 8:30-8:45 a.m. | Welcome, Gary Fethke, Dean |
| 8:45-10:15 a.m. | Srikant Datar: Overview of Theoretical Research in Managerial Accounting |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30-Noon | David Larcker: Overview of Empirical Research in Managerial Accounting |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Lunch in the River Room I (105) IMU |
| 1:30-3:00 p.m. | Workshop: Srikant Datar "Balancing Performance Measures" |
| 3:00-3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30-5:00 p.m. | Workshop: David Larcker "Determinants of Performance Measure Choices in Worker Incentive Plans" |
| 6:30-9:00 p.m. | Cocktails and Dinner at the Ox Yoke Inn in Main Amana |
| Sunday, November 5 | |
| 7:30-8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast, W401 PBB |
| 8:30-10:00 a.m. | Presentation by Michael Peterson, discussed by David Larcker "On the Behavior of Labor Cost in Therapy Clinics" (Discussant: Charles Lee) |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30-Noon a.m. | Presentation by Geoffrey Sprinkle, discussed by Srikant Datar "The Simultaneous Use of Budgets for Performance Evaluation and Resource Allocation: Effects on Budget Proposals, Budget Levels, Budget Slack, and Performance" |
| Noon-1:30 p.m. | Box Lunch and Departure |


Bill Mayew and Mohan Venkatachalam
Judee Burgoon
Bill McDonald and Tim Loughran
Ron Dye
SP Kothari, (UI Ph.D. 1986)
Joel Slemrod
Terry Shevlin