(Note 1: the program is organized along time slots and not according to common theme)
(Note 2: at the end of each session questions and discussions will follow)
Monday 8 July 2024
07.45-08.30
Registration
08:30-08:45
Opening and Welcoming Remarks:
- Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER.
08:45-10:30 Session 1
Moderator: Nicholas Marudas, Head, Accounting Unit, the Athens Institute & Associate Professor, Mercer University, USA
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- Willie Reddic, Associate Dean of Business Education, Syracuse University, USA.
Patricia Crawford, PhD Student, University of Rhode Island, USA.
Susan Albring, Professor, Syracuse University, USA.
Title: Do Underserved an Underrepresented Communities Pay a Higher Rate Premium in Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Coverage?
- Susan Albring, Professor, Syracuse University, USA.
Kang Ho Cho, Assistant Professor, Manhattan College, USA.
Xiaolu Xu, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA.
Title: Macroeconomic Uncertainty, Audit Fee Premiums and Audit Quality.
- Ching-Chieh Lin, Professor, National Pingtung University, Taiwan.
Title: The Effects of Audit Committee Tenure on Earnings Quality and Audit Timeliness.
- Andrea Karayianni Tsentides, Associate Professor, Marymount Manhattan College, USA.
Title: ESG Assurance Characteristics and Stakeholder Judgment and Decision-making – An Experimental Approach.
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10:30-12:00 Session 2
Moderator: Douglas Barney, Professor, Indiana University Southeast, USA.
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- Nicholas Marudas, Associate Professor, Mercer University, USA.
Title: Improved Evidence on the Extent of Excessive or Insufficient Fundraising among U.S. Nonprofit Organizations.
- A. J. Stagliano, Professor, Saint Joseph’s University, USA.
Title: Pricing Emitted CO2: Placing a Financial Cost on a Seemingly Unalterable Externality.
- Zhi Wang, Associate Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.
Title: The Power of Babel Tower: Language Diversity and Corporate Green Innovation.
- Lingwei Li, Lecturer, The Australian National University, Australia.
Weixiao Wang, PhD Student, The Australian National University, Australia.
Lijuan Zhang, Senior Lecturer, The Australian National University, Australia.
Title: Customers’ Non-GAAP Disclosures and Suppliers’ Investment Efficiency.
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12:00-13:30 Session 3
Moderator: A. J. Stagliano, Professor, Saint Joseph’s University, USA.
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- Jimmy Hilliard, Harbert Eminent Scholar and Professor, Auburn University, USA.
Jitka Hilliard, Professor, Auburn University, USA.
Yufei Wu, PhD Student, Auburn University, USA.
Title: Does the Behavior of Short-Lived Options Suggest Information Asymmetry? Signals from Open Interest and Volume Measures.
- Milos Milosavljevic, Associate Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Katarina Nedovic, Student, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Zeljko Spasenic, Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Title: Predicting Stock Prices Using Deep Learning Algorithms: A Case of Food-Processing Industry.
- Pieter van der Spuy, Lecturer, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Remerta Basson, Lecturer, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Title: Slicing Up the Cake: Top Management’s Segment Review Behaviour and Corporate Tax Avoidance – Implications for Corporate Governance.
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13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Session 4
Moderator: Susan Albring, Professor, Syracuse University, USA.
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- Omar Esqueda, Professor, Tarleton State University, USA.
Title: Payout Policy and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Firms with Gender Diverse Boards.
- Walid Saffar, Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Title: Private Firm Disclosures and Public Firms’ Debt Choice.
- Jing Zeng, Lecturer, Chongqing University, China.
Shijun Guo, Assistant Professor, Chongqing University, China.
Fang Hu, Lecturer, Griffith University, Australia.
Title: Proactive Enforcement of Information Disclosure and Stock Price Synchronicity.
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16:00-17:30 Session 5
Moderator: Omar Esqueda, Professor, Tarleton State University, USA.
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- Geng Chen, Professor, Chongqing University, China.
Title: Selection of a Listing Criterion, Signal Mechanism and IPO Pricing: A Study Based on the Science and Technology Innovation Board Market of China.
- Zeng Hong, Professor, Chongqing University, China.
Title: Myopia or Foresight: Evidence from CEO’s Divorces for Reduction of Restrained Shares in China.
- Yuxiang Li, Professor, Chongqing University, China.
Title: Research on Valuation of Diversified Insurance Companies: A Case Study of ZGPA.
- Anastasios Elemes, Associate Professor, ESSEC Business School, France.
Travis Chow, Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Kenneth Klassen, Professor University of Waterloo, Canada.
Title: Local Tax Advisory Firm Boundaries and Client Tax-Motivated Income Shifting: Evidence from PwC Europe.
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20:30-22:30
Athenian Early Evening Symposium (includes in order of appearance: continuous academic discussions, dinner, wine/water, music)
Tuesday 9 July 2024
08:30-10:00 Session 6
Moderator: Jitka Hilliard, Professor, Auburn University, USA.
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- Troy Pollard, Associate Professor, University of Alabama, USA.
Thomas Lopez, Professor, University of Alabama, USA.
Matthew Evans, PhD Student, University of Alabama, USA.
Robert (Tucker) Davis, Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming, USA.
Title: Income Smoothing: The Influence of Manager Equity Incentives.
- Doron Nissim, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School, USA.
Title: EBITDA, EBITA or EBIT?
- Chen Zhao, Associate Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.
Yizhen Jia, Student, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.
Shuo Feng, Associate Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China.
Title: Regulatory Minority Shareholders and Accounting Conservatism: Evidence from CSISC.
- Lijuan Zhang, Senior Lecturer, The Australian National University, Australia.
Weixiao Wang, PhD Student, The Australian National University, Australia.
Title: Customers’ SEC Comment Letters and Suppliers’ Investment Efficiency.
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10:00-11:30 Session 7
Moderator: Zhimin Yu, Assistant Professor, University of Houston-Downtown, USA.
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- Qiang Kang, Associate Professor, Florida International University, USA.
Title: Does Climate-Related Information in Stock Price Affect Firm Investment?
- AbderRaouf Birem, PhD Student, Université Paris-Est Creteil/ERUDITE, France.
Title: Gain the Trading Edge: Leveraging Machine Learning for Streaming Market Stock Ups and Downs Predictions.
- Rodney Sullivan, Executive Director, University of Virginia Darden School of Business, USA.
Title: Global Macro and Managed Futures Hedge Fund Strategies: Portfolio Differentiators?
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11:30-13:00 Session 8
Moderator: Lijuan Zhang, Senior Lecturer, The Australian National University, Australia.
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- Douglas Barney, Professor, Indiana University Southeast, USA.
Michael Wieck, Assistant Professor, Indiana University Southeast, USA.
Title: Where are They Now?
- Zhimin Yu, Assistant Professor, University of Houston-Downtown, USA.
Title: Institutional Investment and Spill-Over Effects of Sino-U.S. Geopolitical Uncertainty.
- Yuxin Song, Master’s Graduate, University of Saskatchewan / Banking Advisor, RBC Royal Bank of Canada, Canada.
Title: Wall Street’s Attitude toward the CEO-to-Employee Pay Ratio: Evidence from M&As.
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13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 9
Moderator: Qiang Kang, Associate Professor, Florida International University, USA. |
- Nancy Feng, Professor, Suffolk University, USA.
Janet S. Greenlee, Emeritus Professor, University of Dayton, USA.
Title: Empirical Nonprofit Research Literature Review by Major Accounting Areas.
- Imran Hosein, Lecturer, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago.
Title: The Role of Accountants in Driving Information Technological Change in the Board Room.
- Hannah Pham, Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Title: Tight Budgetary Control in Early-Stage Organizations Facing High Uncertainty and Under-Resourced Environments: Causes and Effects.
- Tracey Niemotko, Chair of the Department of Accounting, Director of the MS in Public Accountancy Program, Marist College, USA.
Title: The Accounting (CPA) Evolution in the United States and the Focus on Professional Ethics.
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17:30-20:30 Session 10
Old and New-An Educational Urban Walk |
| The urban walk ticket is not included as part of your registration fee. It includes transportation costs and the cost to enter the Parthenon and the other monuments on the Acropolis Hill. The urban walk tour includes the broader area of Athens. Among other sites, it includes: Zappion, Syntagma Square, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Ancient Roman Agora and on Acropolis Hill: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, and the Parthenon. The program of the tour may be adjusted, if there is a need beyond our control. This is a private event organized by ATINER exclusively for the conference participants. |
20:30-22:00
Dinner
Wednesday 10 July 2024
An Educational Visit to Selected Islands
or Mycenae Visit
Thursday 11 July 2024
Visiting the Oracle of Delphi
Friday 12 July 2024
Visiting the Ancient Corinth and Cape Sounion
