The broad topics include: Finance: Corporate finance, asset pricing, derivatives, market microstructure, financial intermediation, international finance, etc. Accounting: Financial accounting, disclosure, valuation, forecasting, earnings management, strategic cost, corporate governance,...

Our economic forecasting experts, along with local industry and business leaders, will address the following questions: U.S Economy Local froth or national bubble? How will real estate impact the US economy over the next two years? Will the Fed continue to tighten? When will this finally be felt...

It has been the SMS’s intent to hold the 2005 annual international meeting in Europe, as part of the normal cycling of meetings from North America to Europe. After an extensive search for venues over the past two years, your Board, very reluctantly, has concluded that it was not possible to...

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The theme of the 2005 conference is “The Accounting Profession in Transition: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Change." Concurrent paper sessions will address both historical and public policy issues related to recent and continuing change in the accounting profession and its...

The conference will focus on research that addresses the roles of financial reporting, internal control, and auditing in corporate governance in the U.S. and internationally. We particularly seek research that - Examines the economic determinants of accruals and the pricing of accruals -...

The conference will focus on research that addresses the roles of financial reporting, internal control, and auditing in corporate governance in the U.S. and internationally.

A growing 43% of the Southern California population identify themselves as Hispanic, and many demographers believe this number to be even higher. The Hispanic contribution to the Southern California economy is rising significantly, with a 50% increase in aggregate income between 1990 and 2003....

The Ninth University of Illinois Tax Research Symposium will be held on the Urbana-Champaign campus on Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17, 2005. This is a biannual symposium designed to bring together leading tax scholars from accountancy, economics, finance and related fields. Authors...