Call for Papers - Journal of Accounting Research Conference

2008 JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH CONFERENCE

Regulation of Securities Markets:  Perspectives from Accounting, Law, and Financial Economics

May 9-10, 2008

Graduate School of Business
University of Chicago

We are pleased to announce the 2008 Journal of Accounting Conference. In a departure from prior years, the 2008 conference will bring together scholars from accounting, economics, finance, and law to discuss current issues relating to the regulation of global securities markets. All four fields have advanced our understanding of the area, but the advances often have been disjointed across the fields. The goal of the conference is to encourage dialogue across these fields to broaden our understanding of this important topic. A special emphasis will be given to issues that arise from the globalization of capital markets.

Keynote Speakers

To reinforce the cross-functional idea of the conference, we have invited an eminent speaker from each of the four fields to give a keynote lecture. We are pleased to announce that the following speakers have accepted our invitation:

            Ray Ball, University of Chicago

            Paul Mahoney, University of Virginia

            Rene Stulz, Ohio State University

            Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago

Topics

We invite the submission of theoretical, empirical, and clinical studies related to the conference topic. We encourage scholars from accounting, economics, finance and law to submit papers. For example, we are interested in papers that provide insights into any of the following issues:

  • Regulation of global securities markets
  • Competition among national regulators versus a global regulator
  • Costs and benefits of disclosure and securities regulation
  • Competitiveness of U.S. securities markets (e.g., vis-à-vis UK or other markets)
  • Regulating corporate governance
  • Enforcement issues, in particular, in international securities markets and across jurisdictions
  • Complementarities among securities market regulation, corporate law and institutional infrastructure generally
  • Unintended consequences of securities regulation and firms' avoidance strategies, especially in global markets and across countries
  • Exchange-based regulation and competition among exchanges
  • Professional standard setting versus government regulation
  • International financial reporting

Conference Editors

            Christian Leuz, University of Chicago

            Douglas Skinner, University of Chicago

            Abbie Smith, University of Chicago

Submission Procedure

Papers should be submitted to the JAR Electronic Office .  The submission fee is $400.00.  The deadline for submission of papers is November 15, 2007. Submissions will be reviewed in a two-stage process; the first stage will be an editorial decision based on fit with the conference theme. Fifty percent of the submission fee will be refunded for submissions that do not proceed to the second stage.  The submissions will be peer-reviewed in the second stage.

Participation

Participation in the conference is by invitation only, and will include a mix of scholars drawn from each of the four fields.