2010 RAST Conference
2010 RAST Conference
Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation:
Forecasting Firm and Industry Fundamentals
October 22-23, 2010
University of Notre Dame
| Friday, October 22, 2010 | ||
| Session 1 |
Maria Ogneva, Stanford University |
Author Slides Discussant Slides |
| Session 2 | Florin Vasvari, London Business School The Debt Market Relevance of Management Earnings Forecasts: Evidence From Before and During the Credit Crisis Authors: Florin Vasvari, Shiva Shivakumar, Oktay Urcan and Li Zhang Discussant: Scott Richardson Moderator: Andriy Bodnaruk, University of Notre Dame |
Discussant Slides are not available for this session |
| Saturday, October 23, 2010 | ||
| Session 3 | Shankar Venkataraman, Georgia Tech Do Managers Use Earnings Guidance to Influence Street Earnings Exclusions? Authors: Theodore Christensen, Kenneth Merkley, Jennifer Tucker, Shankar Venkataraman Discussant: Mark Bradshaw, Boston College Moderator: Marco Rossi, University of Notre Dame |
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| Session 4 | Michael Kimbrough, University of Maryland The Impact of Intangible Investment on the Relative Importance of Firm-Specific Factors Versus Market- and Industry-Level Factors in the Determination of Firm-Level Earnings Authors: Michael Kimbrough and Nerissa Brown Discussant: Darren Roulstone, Ohio State University Moderator: Jeremy Griffin, University of Notre Dame |
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| Session 5 | Mary Billings, Stern School of Business, NYU The Option Market's Anticipation of Information Content in Earnings Announcements Authors: Mary Billings and Robert Jennings Discussant: Jeff Burks, University of Notre Dame Moderator: Brad Badertscher, University of Notre Dame |
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| Session 6 | Ke Li, University of Toronto How Well Do Investors Understand Loss Persistence? Author: Ke Li Discussant: Robert Resutek, Dartmouth College Moderator: Stephannie Larocque, University of Notre Dame |
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Please contact Lorie Marsh at lmarsh1@nd.edu if you have questions regarding the conference.
We gratefully thank our generous sponsors:
for their sponsorship and support
for their sponsorship of a cash prize for the best paper
for the Morgan Stanley prize for the best discussion