Archived international visitor lecture series
The school is committed to being one of the premier research schools in accounting. Part of our research strategy is to conduct our distinguished international visitor lecture series - a series of full-day lectures on selected topics by leading international researchers. These lecture series are aimed at academics, PhD students and outstanding honours students who are committed to research.
39th lecture series
30 January 2012
"Future Directions for Financial Accounting Research".
Presenter: Professor S.P Kothari (MIT Sloan School of Management)
31 January 2012
"Accounting Choice Research".
Presenter: Professor Joseph P. Weber (MIT Sloan School of Management)
38th lecture series
21 February 2011
"Analysts' Use of Qualitative Earnings Information: Evidence from the IPO Prespectus's Risk Factors Section".
Presenter: Professor Eli Bartov (Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University)
37th lecture series
31 January - 1 February 2011
"Recent Research in Earnings Management and Earnings Quality".
"The Interface Between Tax and Financial Accounting Research"
Presenter: Professor Terrence Shevlin (University of Washington)
36th lecture series
24 November 2010
"A Framework for Understanding and Researching Audit Quality".
Presenter: Professor Jere R. Francis (Trulaske College of Business, University of Missouri)
35th lecture series
31 March 2010
"Overview of Current Capital Markets Research in Financial Accounting".
Presenter: Professor Paul Griffin (Graduate School of Management, University of California)
34th lecture series
1-2 February 2010
"Current Issues in Financial Accounting".
Presenter: Professor Katherine Schipper (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University)
33rd lecture series
2-3 February 2009
"The Disciplining Role of Accounting Information: Corporate, Debt and Regulatory Governance".
Presenter: Professor Robert Bushman (Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina)
32nd lecture series
19 November 2008
"Executive Compensation: Executive Stock Options and Market Efficiency" and "Accounting Information: Post Earnings Announcement Drift".
Presenter: Professor Eli Bartov (Stern School of Business, New York University)
31st lecture series
18-19 August 2008
"Performance Measurement and Organization Design: Perspectives from Quantitative Field-Based Research".
Presenter: Professor Dennis Campbell (Harvard Business School)
30th lecture series
4-5 February 2008
"Issues Related to Financial Analysts and Regulations"
Presenter: Professor Paul M. Healy (Harvard Business School)
29th lecture series
31 May - 1 June 2007
"Mixed Methods Research in Accounting"
Presenter: Professor Sven Modell (The University of Manchester)
28th lecture series
15-16 March 2007
"Corporate Governance and Firms' Financing Costs"
"SOX Internal Control Weaknesses, Accrual Quality and Cost of Capital"
Presenter: Professor Daniel W. Collins (University of Iowa)
27th lecture series
29-30 November 2006
"On Choosing and Executing Outstanding Research Projects: Lessons from Seminal Work in Accounting, Economics, Finance and Law"
Presenter: Professor Baruch Lev (New York University)
26th lecture series
26-27 October 2006
"Earnings, Earnings Growth and Value"
Presenter: Professor James Ohlson (Arizona State University)
25th lecture series
2-3 March 2006
"Equity Valuation and Accounting Data"
Presenter: Professor Eli Bartov (New York University)
24th lecture series
6-7 February 2006
"Financial Reporting in Global Capital Markets"
Presenter: Professor Mary E. Barth (Stanford University)
23rd lecture series
24 February 2005
"Approaches to Case Research in Management Accounting and Publishing Internationally in Accounting"
Presenter: Professor Kari Lukka (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland)
22nd lecture series
8 February 2005
"Analyst Forecast Behavior and Capital Markets Research"
Presenter: Professor Jennifer Francis (Duke University)
21st lecture series
7 February 2005
"Earnings Quality"
Presenter: Dr Katherine Schipper (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
20th lecture series
30 November 2004
"Issues in Financial Accounting and the 2004 CAR Conference Papers"
Presenter: Professor Gordon Richardson (University of Toronto)
19th lecture series
14 October 2004
"Researching Management Accounting Change Processes: Approaches, Problems and Future Directions"
Presenter: Professor Markus Granlund (Turku School of Economics and Business Administration)
18th lecture series
27-28 May 2004
"Equity Incentives and Contracting, Stock Option Valuation Issues, Risk Management and Accounting-Based Cost of Capital"
Presenter: Assistant Professor Wayne Guay (University of Pennsylvania)
17th lecture series
18-19 March 2004
"Equity Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis"
Presenter: Professor James Ohlson (New York University)
16th lecture series
29-30 January 2004
"Financial Accounting and Corporate Governance"
Presenter: Professor Robert Bushman (The University of North Carolina)
15th lecture series
22-23 January 2004
"Design Science and REA Modeling"
Presenter: Professor William E. McCarthy (Michigan State University)
14th lecture series
14-15 August 2003
"Earnings Quality, Conservatism, Corporate Governance and Accounting and Behavioural Finance"
Presenter: Professor S. P. Kothari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
13th lecture series
3-4 Feb 2003
"Valuation and Financial Statement Analysis"
Presenter: Professor Stephen Penman (Columbia University)
12th lecture series
6 Aug 2002
"Financial Reporting and Payout Policies"
Presenter: Professor Doug Skinner (University of Michigan)
11th lecture series
6-7 Mar 2002
"Financial Reporting and Disclosure"
Presenter: Professor Paul Healy (Harvard University)
10th lecture series
28 Feb 2002
"Accounting Knowledge Creation and Transfer"
Presenter: Professor Sue Haka (Michigan State University)
9th lecture series
5 Feb 2002
"Research on the Relevance and Informativeness of Financial Statement Information"
Presenter: Professor Katherine Schipper (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
8th lecture series
4 Feb 2002
"Research on security Analysts"
Presenter: Professor Jennifer Francis (Duke University)
7th lecture series
19-20 Jul 2001
"Current Issues in Accruals, Earnings Management, Valuation and Market Efficiency"
Presenter: Professor S. P. Kothari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
6th lecture series
26-27 Mar 2001
"The Economic Analysis of Accounting Information in Markets and Organizations"
Presenter: Professor Gerald Feltham (The University of British Columbia)
5th lecture series
5-6 Feb 2001
"Earnings Management and Audit Market Research"
Presenter: Professor Mark DeFond (University of Southern California)
4th lecture series
7-8 Feb 2000
"Current Issues in Financial Accounting"
Presenter: Professor S. P. Kothari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
3rd lecture series
3-4 Sept 1999
"Competition in Auditing Revisited, Research on Production Efficiency in Auditing, Fraud and Fraud Detection, and the Effects of Variations in the Precision of Auditing Standards"
Presenter: Professor Dan Simunic (The University of British Columbia)
2nd lecture series
30-31 Jul 1998
"Development of Research Skills in Financial Accounting"
Presenter: Professor S. P. Kothari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
1st lecture series
27-28 Jul 1998
"Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Audit Research"
Presenter: Professor Jere Francis (University of Missouri-Columbia)
