Ph.D. Seminars in Accounting
Analytical Modeling Seminar
- Principle Agent Models
- Games and Strategy
- Voluntary Disclosure Models
- Cheap Talk Models
- Reporting Standards
- Rational Expectations Models
- Arm's Length Transactions
- Herding Behavior
- Audit Models
Information and Communication in Strategic Settings
- Design and Control
- Testing Rational Choice Models
- Asset Markets, Rational Expectations, and Market Micro-Structure
- Behavioral Finance—Bounded Rationality
- Information, Communication, and Strategic Interactions
- Learning and Dynamics
- Unawareness
Empirical Capital Markets Seminar
- Conservatism in Accounting
- Accounting-Based Valuation Models: Theory and Empirical Tests
- Information Content of Earnings, Cash Flows, and Accruals
- Earnings Management and Pricing Implications of Discretionary vs. Non-discretionary Accruals
- Earnings (Accrual) Quality and Cost of Capital
- Market Anomalies and Tests of Market Efficiency
- Corporate Governance, Disclosure, and Cost of Capital
- GAAP vs. Street Earnings
- The Causes and Consequences of SOX Internal Control Weaknesses
Empirical Tax Research Seminar
- Book-Tax Tradeoffs and Earnings Management
- Information Content of Tax Information and Book-Tax Differences
- Impact of GAAP Rules Regarding Accounting for Income Taxes
- How Tax Accounts Reveal Tax Planning and Tax Sheltering
- Debt and Taxes
- Taxes and Asset Prices
Directed Readings Seminar
- Economic Writing
- General Econometric Issues
- Endogeneity
- Directed Readings on Topics Selected by Participants
