Empirical Conference Schedule

Carlson School of Management, conference to be held in Hanson Hall, room 1-109.
April 21 and April 22, 2023.

Please print copies of all papers prior to coming to the conference.  Copies of the papers will not be available at the conference. 

Friday, April 21, 2023 - 

Moderators for the event: Friday - Salman Arif
11:15 am

Walk from Hotel to Hubert H. Humphrey School
Courtyard Minneapolis
1500 South Washington Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55455

12:45 pm

Welcome Guests, Pervin Shroff - Chair of Accounting

12:50-1:50 pm

Umit Gurun, University of Texas at Dallas
Title:  "Too Many Managers:  Strategic Use of Titles to Avoid Overtime Payments"
Co-Authors: N. Bugra Ozel, University of Texas at Dallas
Lauren Cohen, Harvard University

1:50-2:00 pm

Break

2:00-3:00 pm

Andy Call, Arizona State University
Title:  "Social Media Discussion of Sell-Side Analyst Research:  Evidence from Twitter"
Co-Authors: Mehmet Kara, Matt Peterson, and Eric Weisbrod, University of Kansas

3:00-3:30 pm

Break

3:30-4:30 pm

Scott Liao, University of Toronto
Title:   Federal Regulations on Fair Lending and Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Mortgage Market
Co-Authors: Helen Zhang, University of Minnesota
Lulin Song, University of Toronto

4:30-4:40 pm

Break

4:40-5:40 pm

Nan Li, University of Minnesota
Title:  "Every Vote Counts:  Mandatory Disclosure and Voting Outcomes"
Co-Author:  Yeo Sang (Johnny) Yoon, University of Minnesota
 

6:00-6:15 pm

Shuttle service to Fogo de Chao from Courtyard Minneapolis
Please make sure you on the bus by 6:15.  If you miss the bus, please take an uber
to Fogo de Chao located at 645 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403

6:30-9:30 pm

Cocktail Reception
Dinner
Shuttle back to hotel

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Moderator for the event: Helen Zhang
7:45 am

Walk to Hanson Hall from hotel

8:00–8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30–9:30 am

Urooj Khan, University of Texas at Austin
Title: "Mandatory Disclosure and Takeovers:  Evidence from Private Banks"
Co-Authors:  Doron Nissim, Columbia Business School
Jing Wen, City University of Hong Kong

9:30–9:40 am

Break

9:40–10:40 am

Jungho Choi, Stanford University
Title:  "Financial Reporting Regulation and Job Polarization"
Co-Authors:  Changyong Kim, Seoul National University
Sara Malik, University of Utah
 

10:40-10:50 am

Break

10:50-11:50 am

Rachel Geoffroy, The Ohio State University
Title: "The Effects of SEC Comment Letters on Compensation Contract Efficiency"
Co-Authors:  Sophia Hamm, Tulane University
Brent Schmidt, Pennsylvania State University

11:50 am

Lunch (box lunches)

Please schedule travel to and from CSOM using an Uber or Lyft pickup utilizing your cellphones.  Ask them to pick you up at 1925 South 4th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455.