2009 CAPANA Conference
July 2-3, 2009
Beijing, China

The Chinese Accounting Professors' Association of
North America's Second Annual Research Conference

Conference Schedule

July 1, 2009

5:00pm - 8:00pm Conference Reception and Registration
Venue: TBD

July 2, 2009

Conference Venue: TBD
(Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day)

8:30am - 9:00am Conference Registration at the Conference Venue

9:00am - 10:15am Paper 1
Bondholder Activism and Delay in Financial Reporting
Presenter: Yu Gao (University of Minnesota)
Discussant: Shyam Sunder (Northwestern University)

10:45am - 12:00pm Paper 2
Internal Control Weakness and Bank Loan Contracting: Evidence from SOX Section 404 Disclosures
Presenter: Yang (Byron) Song (Concordia University)
Discussant: Mozaffar Khan (MIT)

12:00pm - 1:45pm Lunch
Venue: TBD

1:45pm - 3:00pm Paper 3
The insurance effect of audit service in a regulated market: A case analysis of Big 4 clients in China
Presenter: Xijia Su (City University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Kevin Chen (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

3:30pm - 4:45pm Paper 4
Relative Performance Evaluation and Related Peer Groups in Executive Compensation Contracts
Presenter Guojin Gong (Penn State University)
Discussant: Mary Ellen Carter (Boston College)

5:.00pm - 6:00pm
Poster Paper Session

6:.45pm - 8:45pm Banquet and other social activities

July 3, 2009

Conference Venue: TBD
(Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day)

8:30am - 9:00am Conference Registration at the Conference Venue

9:00am - 10:15am Paper 5
Banks’ Asset Securitization and Information Uncertainty
Presenter Mei Cheng (University of Arizona)
Discussant: Mark Kohlbeck (Florida Atlantic University)

10:45am - 12:00pm Paper 6
Relationship-Specific Investment and Accounting Conservatism: Effect of Customers and Suppliers
Presentor: Yiwei Yao (City University of Hong Kong)
Discussant: Dan Givoly (Penn State University)

12:00pm - 1:45pm Lunch
Venue: TBD

1:45pm - 3:00pm Paper 7
Earnings Smoothing Activities of Firms to Manage Credit Ratings
Presentor: Sunny Yang (UT-Austin)
Discussant: Daniel Cohen (New York University)

3:30pm - 4:45pm Paper 8
The Spillover Effect of Fraudulent Financial Reporting on Peer Firms’ Investment Efficiency
Presentor: Jiewei Yu (Southern Methodist University)
Discussant: Mark Bradshaw (University of Chicago)

6:.30pm - 8:30pm Banquet and other social activities

End of the Conference

(last update May 20, 2009 )