The 6th TJAR Conference


The 6th International Conference of
THE JAPANESE ACCOUNTING REVIEW
December 19, 2015


THE 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

We are pleased to announce the 6th International Conference of The Japanese Accounting Review (TJAR) to be held on December 19, 2015 at Rokkodai Campus of Kobe University in Japan.

REGISTRATION FEE

No registration fee will be charged.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Download the PDF Conference Program here.

PROGRAM (Japan Standard Time)

12:00 p.m. - / Big Conference Room (2nd Building, 3rd Floor)

Conference Program

Time Program
12:00 p.m. - Big Conference Room (2nd Building, 3rd Floor)
Registration
12:40 p.m. - Big Conference Room (2nd Building, 3rd Floor)
Opening Ceremony
     Hidetoshi YAMAJI, Kobe University, TJAR Editor in Chief
     Takashi KAMIHIGASHI, Director of Research Institute for
Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University
12:50 - 3:00 p.m. Big Conference Room (2nd Building, 3rd Floor)
Plenary Session
Moderator
Masumi NAKASHIMA, Chiba University of Commerce
12:50 p.m. -
Speaker
Byron Yang SONG, Hong Kong Baptist University
(Co-authors: Jeong-Bon KIM and Zheng WANG)
Title
Special Purpose Entities and Bank Loan Contracting
Discussant
Takuya IWASAKI, Kansai University
1:35 p.m. -
Speaker
Peng-Chia CHIU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
(Co-author: Tim HAIGHT)
Title
The Role of Matching in Detecting Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift: An Intertemporal Analysis
Discussant
Katsuhiko MURAMIYA, Osaka University
2:20 p.m. -
Speaker
Daniel AOBDIA, Northwestern University and PCAOB
Title
The Validity of Publicly Available Measures of Audit Quality. Evidence from the PCAOB Inspection Data
Discussant
Fumiko TAKEDA, The University of Tokyo
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Coffee Break
3:20 - 5:40 p.m. Room162 (2nd Building, 1st Floor)
Concurrent Session A
Moderator
Kazunori MIWA, Kobe University
3:20 p.m. -
Speaker
Kazunori MIWA, Kobe University
(Co-authors: Satoshi TAGUCHI and Tatsushi YAMAMOTO)
Title
Strategic Commitment and Lying: An Experimental Study on the Interaction between Entrepreneur and Underwriter
3:50 p.m. -
Speaker
Derrald STICE, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
(Co-authors: Thomas BOURVEAU and Rencheng WANG)
Title
Strategic Disclosure and Debt Covenant Violation
4:20 - 4:40 p.m. Coffee Break
4:40 p.m. -
Speaker
Yingri Julia YU, Nanyang Technological University
Title
Detecting Accounting Frauds in Publicly Traded U.S. Firms: New Perspective and New Method
5:10 p.m. -
Speaker
James ROUTLEDGE, Hitotsubashi University and Bond University
(Co-authors: Larelle CHAPPLE and Pamela KENT)
Title
Board Gender Diversity and Going Concern Audit Opinions
3:20 - 5:40 p.m. Room163 (2nd Building, 1st Floor)
Concurrent Session B
Moderator
Keishi FUJIYAMA, Kobe University
3:20 p.m. -
Speaker
Yuto YOSHINAGA, Hitotsubashi University
Title
The Market-Wide Cost of Capital Impacts on the Aggregate Earnings-Returns Relation -Evidence from Japan-
3:50 p.m. -
Speaker
Ranjan Kumar MITRA, Kobe University
Title
The Association between Earnings Quality and Firm-specific Return Volatility: Evidence from Japan
4:20 - 4:40 p.m. Coffee Break
4:40 p.m. -
Speaker
Masumi NAKASHIMA, Chiba University of Commerce
(Co-author: Saburo OTA)
Title
Is Corporate Financial Performance Associated with Corporate Social Responsibility in a Crisis?
5:10 p.m. -
Speaker
Makoto KUROKI, Yokohama City University
Title
Earnings Management toward Zero: Evidence from Japanese Private Colleges and Universities
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Restaurant Sakura
After Session

ON-LINE REGISTRATION

The last date for registration to attend the Conference is Friday, December 4th. The participants are kindly requested to register as soon as possible and preferably no later than this date. On-line registration can be made from the following address:
https://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/tjar/conference/6th/registration/registration.php

AFTER SESSION

The conference will be followed by a light meal reception between around 6:00 and 7:30pm. The event is free to attend but as numbers are limited places must be booked in advance.

ACCESS TO THE CONFERENCE VENUE

The 6th International Conference of The Japanese Accounting Review (TJAR) is to be held at Kobe University's 2nd Building (Graduate School/Faculty of Law) in Rokkdai Campus. Please check the campus map for further details HERE.

ABOUT KOBE

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CONTACT ADDRESS

For further information, please contact :
Professor Hidetoshi Yamaji
The Japanese Accounting Review, Editor in chief
Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB)
Kobe University, 2-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501 JAPAN
E-mail: yamaji@rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp
Website: https://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/tjar/