3rd ECAS conference 2023
The 3rd ECAS (Early Career Accounting Scholars) conference will be held at the University of Bristol Business School and is organised jointly with CeFARR at Bayes Business School, City, University of London.
The conference will give early career accounting scholars an opportunity to present their research in a stimulating environment and receive constructive feedback on their papers from the audience/discussant. Early career accounting scholars are recent PhD graduates (within 5 years of graduation).
Date: Monday 9th October 2023
Venue: Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol, Lower Clifton Hill, Clifton Bristol, BS8 1BX
Format: 20 minutes presentations+10min discussion and Q&As. The presentations will be face-to-face.
Fees: Please sign up to attend here. There is no fee to attend, but participants must cover their travel and accommodation expenses.
Accommodation: These hotels are close.
Berkeley Square Hotel - Approx 5 minute walk to the University of Bristol campus. https://cliftonhotels.com/bristol-hotels/berkeley-square
Bristol Royal Marriott Hotel - Approx 15 minute walk to University of Bristol campus; close to the harbour and city centre https://www.marriott.co.uk/hotels/travel/brsry-bristol-marriott-royal-hotel/ (N.B., this is not the only Marriott hotel in Bristol)
Avon Gorge Hotel - Approx 20 minute walk to University of Bristol campus; close to Clifton Suspension Bridge https://www.hotelduvin.com/locations/bristol-avon-gorge/
Schedule
| Timings | Presenters | Affiliation | Discussant | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 11:00 | Registration | |||
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |||
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Roberto Vincenzi | Bocconi University | Xi Chen | The Influence of External Legal Counsels on Loan Contract Design and Performance |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Spyridon Gkikopoulos | AMBS | Waqar Ali | The Effect of Tax Policies on Corporate Risk-Taking: Evidence from Bonus Depreciation |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Luciana Orozco | BI | Dhanya Krishna-Kumar | Voluntary Audit in Small Private Banks |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Xi Chen | Bristol University | Ga-Young Choi | Housing Prices, Labor Markets, and Corporate Decisions: Cross-market Consequences of Disclosure Regulation |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch | |||
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Keynote: Professor Wayne Guay | The Wharton School | ||
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Ga-Young Choi | Bayes Business School | Spyridon Gkikopoulos | Perceived Firm-level Tax Audit Risk |
15:45 - 16:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Dhanya Krishna-Kumar | Warwick Business School | Luciana Orozco | Anticipating Corporate Misreporting: Leveraging the Slippery Slope Phenomenon and its Predictive Power |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Waqar Ali | HEC | Roberto Vincenzi | The Differential Impact of Financial Reporting Complexity on Public and Private Debt Contracting: Evidence from ASU 2017-12 |
| 17:00 - 17:05 | Close & depart |
We look forward to seeing you there.
Mark Clatworthy and Pawel Bilinski