4th JAAF Symposium, January 11 - 13, 2020

IIM Bangalore Campus

DAY 1: Saturday, 11th Jan 2020

Venue: MDC Conference Hall, IIM Bangalore Campus

TimeActivity
6:00 - 6:45 pm Registration
6:45 - 7:00 pm Introduction
Prof. Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore
7:00 - 8:00 pm Editor’s Address: Research Themes in Accounting
Bharath Sarath (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick)
8:00 pm Dinner - MDC Woods
TimeActivity
6:00 - 6:45 pm Registration
6:45 - 7:00 pm Introduction
Prof. Raghuram, Director, IIM Bangalore
7:00 - 8:00 pm Editor’s Address: Research Themes in Accounting
Bharath Sarath (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick)
8:00 pm Dinner - MDC Woods

DAY 2: Sunday, 12th Jan 2020

Venue: Classroom N-001, IIM Bangalore Campus

TimeActivity
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast - Peach Dining Hall
8:30 - 9:30 am Academic Keynote
CDS Channels of Influence on Discretionary Accruals

Lim Kian Guan
Vice Provost (Undergraduate Matters) and OUB Chair Professor of Finance, Singapore Management University
Introduction: Suresh Govindaraj (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick)
9:30 - 10:30 am Blockholder Heterogeneity and Corporate Textual Disclosure Quality
Xiaoxiao Yu (Monash University), Nandu Nagarajan (University of Texas at Arlington), and Bin Srinidhi (University of Texas at Arlington)
Presenter: Bin Srinidhi (University of Texas at Arlington)
Discussant: Bill Cready (University of Texas at Dallas)
10:30 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm

Rights Issues and Earnings Management: A New Evidence on Tunnelling
Varun Jindal (IIM Calcutta), Suresh Radhakrishnan (Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas), and Rama Seth (Copenhagen Business School)
Presenter: Varun Jindal (IIM Calcutta)
Discussant: Debarati Basu (XLRI - Xavier School of Management)

12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch - MDC Woods
1:30 - 2:30 pm

Did Mandatory CSR Compliance Impact Accounting Conservatism? Evidence From A Natural Experiment
Tara Shaw (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Mehul Raithatha (Indian Institute of Management Indore), Gopal V. Krishnan (Bentley University), James J. Cordeiro (The College at Brockport, State University of New York)
Presenter: Gopal V. Krishnan (Bentley University)
Discussant: Hariom Manchiraju (Indian School of Business)

2:30 - 3:30 pm

Information or Distraction: The Effect of Macro-news Announcements on Analyst Forecast Properties
Rajesh Kumar Sinha (XLRI - Xavier School of Management)
Presenter: Rajesh Kumar Sinha (XLRI - Xavier School of Management)
Discussant: Siva Nathan (Georgia State University)

3:30 - 4:00 pm Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm

Guest Talk
Mahesh Vyas, CMIE Prowess

4:30 - 6:30 pm

Corporate Fraud Panel
Ajay Bahl (AZB & Partners), PR Ramesh (Deloitte), Raghuvir Srinivasan (The Hindu), and Shyam Sunder (Yale University)
Moderator: R Narayanaswamy (IIM Bangalore)

7:30 pm Conference Dinner
TimeActivity
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast - Peach Dining Hall
8:30 - 9:30 am Academic Keynote
CDS Channels of Influence on Discretionary Accruals
Lim Kian Guan
Vice Provost (Undergraduate Matters) and OUB Chair Professor of Finance, Singapore Management University
Introduction: Suresh Govindaraj (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick)
9:30 - 10:30 am Blockholder Heterogeneity and Corporate Textual Disclosure Quality
Xiaoxiao Yu (Monash University), Nandu Nagarajan (University of Texas at Arlington), and Bin Srinidhi (University of Texas at Arlington)
Presenter: Bin Srinidhi (University of Texas at Arlington)
Discussant: Bill Cready (University of Texas at Dallas)
10:30 - 11:00 am Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm Rights Issues and Earnings Management: A New Evidence on Tunnelling
Varun Jindal (IIM Calcutta), Suresh Radhakrishnan (Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas), and Rama Seth (Copenhagen Business School)
Presenter: Varun Jindal (IIM Calcutta)
Discussant: Debarati Basu (XLRI - Xavier School of Management)
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch - MDC Woods
 1:30 - 2:30 pm Did Mandatory CSR Compliance Impact Accounting Conservatism? Evidence From A Natural Experiment
Tara Shaw (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay), Mehul Raithatha (Indian Institute of Management Indore), Gopal V. Krishnan (Bentley University), James J. Cordeiro (The College at Brockport, State University of New York)
Presenter: Gopal V. Krishnan (Bentley University)
Discussant: Hariom Manchiraju (Indian School of Business)
 2:30 - 3:30 pm Information or Distraction: The Effect of Macro-news Announcements on Analyst Forecast Properties
Rajesh Kumar Sinha (XLRI- Xavier School of Management)
Presenter: Rajesh Kumar Sinha (XLRI- Xavier School of Management)
Discussant: Siva Nathan (Georgia State University)
 3:30 - 4:00 pm  Break
4:00 - 4:30 pm Guest Talk
Mahesh Vyas, CMIE Prowess
4:30 - 6:30 pm Corporate Fraud Panel
Ajay Bahl (AZB & Partners), PR Ramesh (Deloitte), Raghuvir Srinivasan (The Hindu), and Shyam Sunder (Yale University)
Moderator: R Narayanaswamy (IIM Bangalore)
7:30 pm Conference Dinner

DAY 3: Monday, 13th Jan 2020

Venue: Classroom N-001, IIM Bangalore Campus

TimeActivity
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast – Peach Dining Hall
8:30 - 10:00 am Methodology Panel
Glenn Shafer (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick) and Pulak Ghosh (IIM Bangalore)
Moderator: Suresh Govindaraj (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick)
10:00 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 - 11:30 am

Natural Disasters, Loan Loss Accounting and Subsequent Lending
Sandra L. Chamberlain (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia), Rajesh Vijayaraghavan (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia), and Yuxiang Zheng (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)
Presenter: Rajesh Vijayaraghavan (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)
Discussant: Richard Crowley (Singapore Management University)

11:30 - 12:30 pm

Borrowing from Government Owned Banks and Firm’s Distress Risk
Ankit Kariya (IIM Bangalore)
Presenter: Ankit Kariya (IIM Bangalore)
Discussant: Nirupama Kulkarni (CAFRAL, Research Department, RBI)

12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch - MDC Lawns
2:00 - 3:00 pm

Does Big 4 Audit Quality Improve after a Failed Audit or is it Business as Usual? PWC-India Audit Quality before and after Satyam Revelation
Sudhir S. Jaiswall (IIM Calcutta) and K. K. Raman (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Presenter: Sudhir S. Jaiswall (IIM Calcutta)
Discussant: Michael Alles (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick)

3.00 - 4.00 pm

Internalities of Disclosure Choice : Evidence From SG&A Cost Management Decisions
Nishant Agarwal (University of Western Australia), Abdul Mohi Khizer (Indian School of Business)
Presenter: Abdul Mohi Khizer (Indian School of Business)
Discussant: Srinivasan Rangan (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore)

4:00 - 4:30 pm High Tea
TimeActivity
7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast – Peach Dining Hall
8:30 - 10:00 am Methodology Panel
Glenn Shafer (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick) and Pulak Ghosh (IIM Bangalore)
Moderator: Suresh Govindaraj (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick)
10:00 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 - 11:30 am Natural Disasters, Loan Loss Accounting and Subsequent Lending
Sandra L. Chamberlain (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia), Rajesh Vijayaraghavan (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia), and Yuxiang Zheng (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)
Presenter: Rajesh Vijayaraghavan (Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia)
Discussant: Richard Crowley (Singapore Management University)
11:30 - 12:30 pm Borrowing from Government Owned Banks and Firm’s Distress Risk
Ankit Kariya (IIM Bangalore)
Presenter: Ankit Kariya (IIM Bangalore)
Discussant: Nirupama Kulkarni (CAFRAL, Research Department, RBI)
12:30 - 2:00 pm Lunch - MDC Lawns
2.00 - 3.00 pm Does Big 4 Audit Quality Improve after a Failed Audit or is it Business as Usual? PWC-India Audit Quality before and after Satyam Revelation
Sudhir S. Jaiswall (IIM Calcutta) and K. K. Raman (University of Texas at San Antonio)
Presenter: Sudhir S. Jaiswall (IIM Calcutta)
Discussant: Michael Alles (Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick)
3.00 - 4.00 pm Internalities of Disclosure Choice : Evidence From SG&A Cost Management Decisions
Nishant Agarwal (University of Western Australia), Abdul Mohi Khizer (Indian School of Business)
Presenter: Abdul Mohi Khizer (Indian School of Business)
Discussant: Srinivasan Rangan (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore)
4:00 - 4:30 pm High Tea