Journal of Accounting and Public Policy Conference 2018

Date: 7 June 2018

Venue: The London School of Economics

Programme

The Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (JAPP) is pleased to announce the seventh of its annual conferences rotating among the IE Business School, the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Maryland’s RH Smith School of Business.  The seventh conference will be held on June 7, 2018, at the London School of Economics. The seventh conference will be focused around the theme of the Limits of Accounting Regulation. A special issue of JAPP will be published based on the papers and related discussions presented at the Conference.

Papers to be presented at the conference are listed below:

• “Does Greater User Representation Lead to More User Focused Standards? An Empirical Investigation of IASB’s Approach to Standard Setting”
  Al Bhimani (LSE), David Bond (UTS) and Prabhu Sivabalan (UTS)
• “The Joint Impact of Accountability and Transparency on Managers’ Reporting Choices and Owners’ Reaction to Those Choices”
  Lucy Ackert (Kennesaw State U.), Bryan Church (Georgia Tech), Shankar Venkataraman (Georgia Tech), and Ping Zhang (U. of Toronto)
• “Stiff Business Headwinds and Unchartered Economic Waters: The Use of Euphemisms in Earnings Conference Calls”
  Kate Suslava (Rutgers Business School) 
• “Do Investors Perceive a Change in Audit Quality Following the Rotation of the Engagement Partner?”
  Gopal Krishnan (Bentley U.) and Jing Zhang (U. of Alabama in Huntsville)
• “Limits of Tax Regulation: Evidence from the R&D Tax Credit”
  Stacie Laplante (University of Wisconsin – Madison), Hollis Skaife (UC – Davis), Laura Swenson (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee) and Daniel Wangerin (Michigan State U.)
• “The Interplay Between Mandatory Country-By-Country Reporting, Geographic Segment Reporting, and Tax Havens: Evidence from the European Union”
  Rodney Brown (UNSW), Bjorn Jorgensen (LSE) and Peter Pope (LSE)

Please find details below of hotels close to LSE

Citadines Holborn-Covent Garden (3-5 minute walk)

Club Quarters Hotel, Lincoln's Inn Fields (1-2 minute walk)

Strand Palace Hotel (7-9 minute walk)

Temple Court Hotel (8-11 minute walk)