163rd Seminar on Finance and Accounting

Time:October 4, 2012(Thursday)8:30-1200

 

Venue:Room 501, Jiageng Bld 2

 

Topic 1:Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling

 

Presenter:Jon Stuart Davis, Professor & Department Head& and R.C. Evans Endowed Chair in Business,UniversityofIllinoisat Urbana-Champaign

 

Presenter Introduction:

 

Prof. Davis has Ph.D. in accounting (experimental economics, judgment and decision making), master of accounting, taxation and B.S. in accounting fromUniversityofArizona. He has published papers in the Accounting Review, and Accounting, Organizations and Society, etc. His research interests include tax policy, fraud, decision making in public accounting, agent-based modeling, nonlinear dynamics, and game theory.

 

Topic 2:The Effect of “Relationship Reporting” on the Investment Behavior of Nonprofessional Current Investors

 

Presenter:Kevin Jackson, Associate Professor of accountancy and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Faculty FellowUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Presenter Introduction:

 

Prof. Jackson has Ph.D. and B.B.A. in accounting fromUniversityofTexasatAustin. He has published papers in the Accounting Review, and Contemporary Accounting Research, etc.

 

Topic 3:Organizational Structure and Gray Markets

 

Presenter:Romana Autrey, assistant professor of accountancy

 

Presenter Introduction:

 

Prof. Autrey has Ph.D. in accounting fromUniversity of Texas at Austinand B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Business Administration from California State University at Hayward. She has published papers in the Accounting Review, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, etc. Her research interests include Managerial Accounting and Internal Controls. Forensic Accounting/Fraud Prevention and Detection. Supply Chain and Distribution Channels.


Paper Download:

OrgStructureGrayMkts-06April2012

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