The 9th TJAR Conference

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The 9th International Conference of
THE JAPANESE ACCOUNTING REVIEW
January 5, 2019

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THE 9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

We are pleased to announce the 9th international conference of The Japanese Accounting Review (TJAR) to be held on January 5, 2019 at Rokkodai Campus of Kobe University in Japan.

REGISTRATION FEE

No registration fee will be charged.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Download the PDF Conference Program here.

**Please be reminded that there is no lunch service, also no shop or restaurant available at the venue due to Holiday Seasons.

PROGRAM (Japan Standard Time)

1:00 p.m. - / Hall on the 3rd Floor

Time	Program
1:00 p.m. -	Hall on the 3rd Floor
	Registration
1:30 p.m. -	Presentation Hall (Frontier Hall, 3rd Floor)
	Opening Ceremony 　　　　　Laixun Zhao, Kobe University, TJAR Managing Editor 　　　　　Nobuaki Hamaguchi, Director of Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University
1:40 - 2:20 p.m.	Presentation Hall (Frontier Hall, 3rd Floor)
	Plenary Session
	Moderator Masahiro Enomoto, Kobe University
1:40 p.m. -	Speaker Zili Zhuang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Co-authors: Ting-Kai Chou and Jeffrey Pittman)
	Title The Importance of Partner Narcissism to Audit Quality
2:20 - 2:30 p.m.	Photo Session (Group Photo)
2:30 - 2:50 p.m.	Coffee Break
2:50 - 3:55 p.m.	Room 303	Room 304
	Concurrent Session A	Concurrent Session B
	*The last speaker of this session will be a Session Moderator.	*The last speaker of this session will be a Session Moderator.
2:50 - 3:20 p.m.	Speaker Hitoshi Takehara, Waseda University (Co-author: Megumi Suto)	Speaker Yi Wu, Kobe University
	Title Management Forecast Bias and Corporate Social Responsibility Awareness: Evidence from Japan	Title Influence of Ownership Structure on Accounting Conservatism - Evidence from Japanese Listed Companies -
3:25 - 3:55 p.m.	Speaker Wan Wongsunwai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Speaker Xu Zhang, University of Macau (Co-authors: Jiahang Zhang)
	Title Shareholder Activism and CEO Quality	Title Public Governance and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the Anti-Corruption Campaign in China
3:55 - 4:15 p.m.	Coffee Break
4:15 - 5:20 p.m.	Room303
	Concurrent Session C
	*The last speaker of this session will be a Session Moderator.
4:15 - 4:45 p.m.	Speaker Daniel Saavedra, University of California, Los Angeles
	Title Debt Maturity, Investments, and the Choice of Covenants
4:50 - 5:20 p.m.	Speaker Angie Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
	Title Board of Directors' Cultural Proximity and Investment Efficiency of Multinational Corporations
5:50 - 7:30 p.m.	Restaurant Sakura
	After Session

AFTER SESSION

The conference will be followed by a light meal reception between around 6:00 and 7:40pm. The event is free to attend but as numbers are limited places must be booked in advance.

ACCESS TO THE CONFERENCE VENUE

The 9th International Conference of The Japanese Accounting Review (TJAR) is to be held at Kobe University's Frontier Hall for Social Sciences located in Rokkdai 1st Campus. Please check the campus map for further details HERE.

• Information about accesses to the campus
  • From Kansai International Airport or other main transportation terminals

ABOUT KOBE

For travel information on Kobe, please visit the following websites:

• Official Kobe Tourism Site - Feel KOBE