Seventh Accounting Research Workshop

June, 10-11, 2011

Universität Fribourg

The next Accounting Research Workshop will take place at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) on June 10-11, 2011. The purpose is to promote the exchange and discussion of state-of-the-art research in accounting. We invite papers analyzing issues in Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting and Auditing from an economic perspective. The focus of the workshop is on papers that use economic modelling. Empirical and experimental papers testing economic models are also welcome. As in previous years each accepted paper will be assigned a discussant..

Possible Topics

• Performance measurement and incentive design
• Transfer pricing and budgeting
• Corporate governance and executive compensation
• Financial disclosure, earnings management and cost of capital
• Economics of financial reporting and standard setting
• Economic consequences of accrual accounting
• Economic roles of auditing

We are glad to announce, that the following accounting scholars have agreed to act as keynote speakers for the conference

John S. Hughes
Anderson School of Management
UCLA
Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Tim Baldenius
Columbia Business School
Columbia University
New York, U.S.A.

As in previous years complementary classes for PhD students will be offered in the week of the conference (June, 6-9 2011).

Call for Papers

An electronic version of the submitted paper should be sent to Robert Göx & Ulf Schiller, Email: submissions.arw@iuc.unibe.ch. The deadline for paper submission is March 01, 2011. To allow for an early travel planning, a final acceptance decision will be made a.s.a.p. after the submission deadline but no later than March 31, 2011.

Robert Göx and Ulf Schiller
Conference Organizers and Chairpersons
May 2010