The Cherry Blossom Conference

The GW School of Business (GWSB) Department of Accountancy hosts the Cherry Blossom Conference to bring together scholars in accounting research, broadly defined.

The 11^th Annual Cherry Blossom Conference will be held at the George Washington University on Friday, April 4 – Saturday, April 5, 2025. 

Speakers

• Mark Lang, University of North Carolina (Keynote Speaker)
• Jung Ho Choi, Stanford University
• Elia Ferracuti, Duke University
• Matthew Kubic, University of Texas at Austin
• Annika Wang, University of Houston
• TBA, The George Washington University

Program and Participants

2025 program and participant information coming soon! 

 

2024 conference attendees with keynote speaker Partha Mohanram.

 

2023 conference attendees with keynote speaker Mark Bradshaw.

Registration

Registration for the Cherry Blossom Conference is on an invite-only basis. If you would like to request an invitation to the 2025 conference, please contact Professor Edward Sul at [email protected] (space permitting).

Conference Organizing Committee

• Robin Tarpley
  Conference & Department Chair
• Edward Sul
  Associate Professor
• Kyle Welch
  Associate Professor
• Jenny Zha Giedt
  Assistant Professor
• Keehea Moon
  Assistant Professor
• Riddha Basu
  Assistant Professor

Past Conferences

2024 Program & Participants

 

The 10^th Annual Cherry Blossom Conference

April 12–13, 2024 | Washington, D.C.

 

Day 1 Program | Friday, April 12

11:30 a.m. ‐ 12:25 p.m. Duquès Hall, 6th Floor	Lunch
12:25 p.m. ‐ 12:35 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 652	Welcome from GW School of Business Vice Dean Jiawen Yang
12:35 p.m. ‐ 1:35 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 652	John Heater, Duke University Passive Funds, Ownership Dynamics, and Corporate Governance
1:50 p.m. ‐ 2:50 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 652	Sorabh Tomar, Southern Methodist University Short-Term Climate Cycles, Forecasts, and Operating Performance
3:15 p.m. ‐ 4:15 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 652	Nicholas Guest, Cornell University Institutional Investors and Echo Chambers: Evidence from Social Media Connections and Political Ideologies
4:30 p.m. ‐ 5:30 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 652	Partha Mohanram, University of Toronto (keynote address) Research on Valuation in Accounting: Future Directions
6:15 p.m. Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab 750 15th St. NW Washington, D.C. 20005	Reception and Dinner

 

Day 2 Program | Saturday, April 13

8:30 a.m. ‐ 9:30 a.m. Funger Hall, Room 620	Breakfast
9:30 a.m. ‐ 10:30 a.m. Duquès Hall, Room 652	Kristen Valentine, University of Georgia Strategic Scientific Disclosure: Evidence from the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
10:50 a.m. ‐ 11:50 a.m. Duquès Hall, Room 652	Riddha Basu, George Washington University Spillover Effects of Accelerated Depreciation on Small Business Investment
11:50 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 652	Closing Remarks by Department Chair Robin Tarpley
12:00 p.m.	Boxed Lunch

 

2024 Participants

 

Riddha Basu
The George Washington University

Sean Cao
University of Maryland

Bobby Carnes
University of Florida

Stephanie Cheng
Tulane University

Michael Dambra
University at Buffalo

Dina El Mahdy
The George Washington University (visiting scholar)

Tati Fontana
Boston University (Ph.D. student)

Angela Gore
The George Washington University

Nicholas Guest
Cornell University

John Heater
Duke University

Gilles Hilary
Georgetown University

Runwu Jia
The George Washington University (Ph.D. student)

Bret Johnson
George Mason University

Chris Jones
The George Washington University

Sok-Hyon Kang
The George Washington University

 

Susan Kulp
The George Washington University

Ganbing Li
The George Washington University (Ph.D. student)

Partha Mohanram
University of Toronto

Simmi Mookerjee
University of Virginia

Keehea Moon
The George Washington University

Bugra Ozel
University of Texas Dallas

Jing Pan
Penn State University

Jihwon Park
Baruch College

James Potepa
American University

Tharindra Ranasinghe
American University

Vivek Raval
University of Illinois Chicago

Hyun Jung Rim
The George Washington University (Ph.D. student)

Oded Rozenbaum
The George Washington University

Thomas Ruchti
Office of Financial Research

Gil Sadka
University of Texas Dallas

Mani Sethuraman
Cornell University

Suhas Sridharan
Emory University

Han Stice
George Mason University

Edward Sul
The George Washington University

Robin Tarpley
The George Washington University

Xiaoli Tian
Georgetown University

Sorabh Tomar
Southern Methodist University

Kristen Valentine
University of Georgia

Annika Wang
University of Houston

Emma Wang
Cornell University

Kyle Welch
The George Washington University

Yanfeng Xue
The George Washington University

Ha Young Yoon
Southern Methodist University

Jenny Zha Giedt
The George Washington University

Yun Zhang
The George Washington University

Donny Zhao
Emory University

2023 Program & Participants

 

The 9^th Annual Cherry Blossom Conference

March 31 – April 1, 2023 | Washington, D.C.

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Day 1 Program | Friday, March 31

12:00 p.m. ‐ 1:00 p.m. Elliott School, State Room	Lunch
1:00 p.m. ‐ 1:10 p.m. Elliott School, State Room	Greetings from GW School of Business Dean Anuj Mehrotra
1:10 p.m. ‐ 2:10 p.m. Elliott School, State Room	Salman Arif, University of Minnesota The Value of Values: Does Focusing on ESG Provide a Competitive Advantage in Forecasting Earnings?
2:30 p.m. ‐ 3:30 p.m. Elliott School, State Room	Jonathan Jona, University of New Mexico Digital Insiders and Informed Trading Before Earnings Announcements
3:50 p.m. ‐ 4:50 p.m. Elliott School, State Room	Mark Bradshaw, Boston College (*keynote address*)
5:30 p.m. Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab 750 15th St. NW Washington, D.C. 20005	Reception and Dinner

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Day 2 Program | Saturday, April 1

8:30 a.m. ‐ 9:30 a.m. Elliott School, State Room	Breakfast
9:30 a.m. ‐ 10:30 a.m. Elliott School, State Room	Bobby Carnes, University of Florida The Role of High-Skilled Foreign Accounting Labor in Shaping U.S. Startup Outcomes
10:45 a.m. ‐ 11:45 a.m. Elliott School, State Room	Lisa Liu, Columbia University (In)Consistent Internal-External Communication? How Internal Communication Technology Affects Voluntary Disclosure
12:00 p.m. ‐ 1:00 p.m. Elliott School, State Room	Keehea Moon, The George Washington University Straight From the Horse's Mouth: Determinants and Consequences of Managers' Conference Call Participation
1:00 p.m. ‐ 1:05 p.m. Elliott School, State Room	Closing Remarks by Department Chair Robin Tarpley
1:05 p.m.	Boxed Lunch

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2023 Participants

 

Salman Arif
Univeristy of Minnesota

Bill Baber
Georgetown University

Riddha Basu
George Washington University

Mark Bradshaw
Boston College

Francois Brochet
Boston University

Bobby Carnes
University of Florida

Dina El Mahdy
Morgan State University

Elia Ferracuti
Duke University

Angela Gore
George Washington University

John Heater
Duke University

Bret Johnson
George Mason University

Jonathan Jona
University of New Mexico

Chris Jones
George Washington University

Sok-Hyon Kang
George Washington University

Seil Kim
Baruch College

Shawn Kim
University of Pennsylvania (PhD Student)

Susan Kulp
George Washington University

Abdullah Kumas
University of Richmond

Lisa Liu
Columbia University

Keehea Moon
George Washington University

Jim Naughton
University of Virginia

Jing Pan
Penn State University

Jedson Pinto
University of Texas - Dallas

James Potepa
American University

Tharindra Ranasinghe
American University

Hyun Jung Rim
George Washington University (PhD Student)

Oded Rozenbaum
George Washington University

Thomas Ruchti
Office of Financial Research - U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mani Sethuraman
Cornell University

Mike Stein
Old Dominion University

Edward Sul
George Washington University

Robin Tarpley
George Washington University

Xiaoli Tian
Georgetown University

Ayung Tseng
Georgetown University

Kyle Welch
George Washington University

Yifang Xie
Georgetown University

Yanfeng Xue
George Washington University

Jenny Zha Giedt
George Washington University

2022 Program & Participants

The 8^th Annual Cherry Blossom Conference

April 1, 2022 | Held virtually via Zoom and Remo Conferencing

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Program

10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.	Welcome
10:40 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.	Sean Wang, Southern Methodist University
11:50 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.	Aaron Yoon, Northwestern University
12:50 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.	Lunch Break
1:40 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.	Riddha Basu, The George Washington University
2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.	Lorien Stice-Lawrence, University of Southern California
3:50 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Virtual Networking via Remo Conferencing

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2022 Participants

• JK Aier - George Mason University
• Mona Almatouq - George Washington University
• Riddha Basu - George Washington University
• Sam Bonsall - Penn State University
• Francois Brochet - Boston University
• Donal Byard - Baruch College
• Jeff Chen - Texas Christian University
• Xiangpei Chen - Montana State University
• Diana Choi - Purdue University
• Ted Christensen - University of Georgia
• Jenny Chu - University of Cambridge
• Christine Cuny - New York University
• Michael Dambra - University at Buffalo, SUNY
• Patricia Dechow - University of Southern California
• Peter Demerjian - University of Illinois at Chicago
• Kai Du - Penn State University
• Hila Fogel-Yaari - University of Texas at Arlington
• Angela Gore - George Washington University
• Nick Guest - Cornell University
• Rebecca Hann - University of Maryland
• Brad Hendricks - University of North Carolina
• Anjelecia Jacobs - George Washington University
• Yuan Ji - University of Texas at Arlington
• Bret Johnson - George Mason University
• Chris Jones - George Washington University
• Sok-Hyon Kang - George Washington University
• Urooj Khan - University of Texas at Austin
• Chongho Kim - New York University
• Jaewoo Kim - University of Oregon
• Sehwa Kim - Columbia University
• Yongtae Kim - Santa Clara University
• Allison Koester - Georgetown University
• David Koo - George Mason University
• Henry Laurion - University of Colorado at Boulder
• Tong Lu - University of Houston
• Ryan McDonough - Rutgers University
• Joon Seok Moon - California State University, Northridge
• Keehea Moon - George Washington University
• Patricia Naranjo - Rice University
• Jim Naughton - University of Virginia
• Jing Pan - Southern Methodist University
• Jihwon Park - Baruch College
• You-il (Chris) Park - University of Hawaii at Manoa
• Jedson Pinto - University of Texas at Dallas
• James Potepa - American University
• Aneesh Raghunandan - London School of Economics
• Hyun Jung Rim - George Washington University
• Oded Rozenbaum - George Washington University
• Kathy Rupar - Georgia Institute of Technology
• Gil Sadka - University of Texas at Dallas
• Harm Schütt - Tilburg University
• Sarah Shaikh - University of Washington
• Jackie Siriviriyakul - University of Connecticut
• Lorien Stice-Lawrence - University of Southern California
• Musa Subasi - University of Maryland
• Ed Sul - George Washington University
• Estelle Sun - Boston University
• Christina Synn - American University
• Samuel Tan - Singapore Management University
• Robin Tarpley - George Washington University
• Xiaoli (Shaolee) Tian - Georgetown University
• Ayung Tseng - Georgetown University
• Oktay Urcan - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Clare Wang - University of Colorado at Boulder
• Sean Wang - Southern Methodist University
• Kyle Welch - George Washington University
• Xiaoyan (Winnie) Wen - Texas Christian University
• Yanfeng Xue - George Washington University
• Ira Yeung - University of British Columbia
• Aaron Yoon - Northwestern University
• Hayoung Yoon - Southern Methodist University
• Jenny Zha Giedt - George Washington University
• Eliza Zhang - University of Washington, Tacoma
• Ivy Zhang - University of California, Riverside
• Jenny Li Zhang - University of British Columbia
• Yue Zhang - Baruch College
• Yun Zhang - George Washington University
• Irene Zhong - University of Illinois at Chicago
• Youli Zou - University of Connecticut

2019 Program & Participants

The 7^th Annual Cherry Blossom Conference

April 12–13, 2019 | Washington, D.C.

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Day 1 Program | Friday, April 12

12:00 p.m. ‐ 1:00 p.m. Duquès Hall, 6th Floor Lobby	Lunch
1:00 p.m. ‐ 1:10 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 651	Greetings from GW School of Business Dean Anuj Mehrotra
1:10 p.m. ‐ 2:10 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 651	Alon Kalay, Columbia University The Information Environment, Volatility Structure, and Liquidity
2:30 p.m. ‐ 3:30 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 651	Abigail Allen, Brigham Young University The Innovation Consequences of Financial Regulation For Young Life-Cycle Firms
3:50 p.m. ‐ 4:50 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 651	Robert Bushman, University of North Carolina (*keynote address*) The Architecture of Transparency
6:00 p.m. Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab 750 15th St NW Washington, D.C. 20005	Reception and Dinner

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Day 2 Program | Saturday, April 13

8:30 a.m. ‐ 9:30 a.m. Duquès Hall, 6th Floor Lobby	Breakfast
9:30 a.m. ‐ 10:30 a.m. Duquès Hall, Room 651	Carolyn Deller, University of Pennsylvania In Search of Organizational Alignment Using a 360-Degree Assessment System: A Field Experiment in a Retail Chain
10:50 a.m. ‐ 11:50 a.m. Duquès Hall, Room 651	Andrew Sutherland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Auditors Are Known by the Companies They Keep
12:10 p.m. ‐ 1:10 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 651	Edward Sul, The George Washington University Delayed Foreign Filings and Investor Attention: Evidence from Form 20-F Reconciliation Eliminations
1:10 p.m. ‐ 1:15 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 651	Closing Remarks by Acting Department Chair Sok-Hyon Kang
1:15 p.m. Duquès Hall, 6th Floor Lobby	Boxed Lunch

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2019 Participants

 

Abigail Allen

Brigham Young University

Mona Almatouq

George Washington University (PhD Student)

Divya Anantharaman

Rutgers University

Bill Baber

Georgetown University

Riddha Basu

Northwestern University (PhD Student)

Robert Bushman

University of North Carolina

Robert Carnes

University of Florida

Mary Ellen Carter

Boston College

Akash Chattopadhyay

University of Toronto

Stephanie Cheng

Tulane University

Masako Darrough

Baruch College

Carolyn Deller

University of Pennsylvania

Yiwei Dou

New York University

Kai Du

Penn State University

Mert Erinc

Bocconi University (PhD Student)

Menghai Gao

George Washington University (PhD Student)

Xanthi Gkougkousi

SEC

Sophia Hamm

Ohio State University

Rebecca Hann

University of Maryland

Anne Heinrichs

Columbia University

Bradley Hendricks

University of North Carolina

Gilles Hilary

Georgetown University

Justin Hopkins

University of Virginia

Chris Jones

George Washington University

Bret Johnson

George Mason University

Alon Kalay

Columbia University

Sok-Hyon Kang

George Washington University

Seil Kim

Baruch College

Jeremy Michels

University of Pennsylvania

Joon Seok Moon

George Washington University (PhD Student)

Henry Na

George Washington University (PhD Student)

Mikhail Pevzner

University of Baltimore

Jedson Pinto

University of North Carolina (PhD Student)

James Potepa

George Washington University

Oded Rozenbaum

George Washington University

Atul Singh

George Washington University (PhD Student)

Ed Sul

George Washington University

Andrew Sutherland

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Xiaoli Tian

Georgetown University

Sorabh Tomar

Southern Methodist University

Ayung Tseng

Indiana University

Kyle Welch

George Washington University

Yuan Xie

Fordham University

Jenny Zha Giedt

George Washington University

Yun Zhang

George Washington University

Youli Zou

George Washington University

2018 Program & Participants

The 6^th Annual Cherry Blossom Conference

April 13-14, 2018 | Washington, D.C.

2018 Guest Speakers

• John Gallemore, University of Chicago
• Lindsey Gallo, University of Michigan
• Jenny Zha Giedt, George Washington University

• Bradley Hendricks, University of North Carolina
• Richard Sloan, University of Southern California (Keynote)
• Ayung Tseng, Indiana University
• Emanuel Zur, University of Maryland

Day 1 Program - Friday, April 13

12:00 p.m. ‐ 1:00 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 150	Lunch & Greeting from the Department Chair, Robin Tarpley
1:00 p.m. ‐ 1:50 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 152	Jenny Zha Giedt, George Washington University Why Are Firms Sold? Disentangling Target Motives and Bidders’ Selection of Targets
2:10 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 152	Emanuel Zur, University of Maryland Stargazing: The Effect of Superstar CEOs on Competitors’ Behavior
3:20 p.m. ‐ 4:10 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 152	Ayung Tseng, Indiana University Asymmetrically Timely Response of Earnings to Industry Volume Shocks
4:30 p.m. ‐ 5:20 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 152	John Gallemore, University of Chicago Tax Enforcement Externalities and the Banking Sector
6:00 p.m. Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab - DC 750 15th St NW Washington, DC 20005	Reception and Dinner

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Day 2 Program - Saturday, April 14

8:30 a.m. ‐ 9:30 a.m. Duquès Hall, Room 150	Breakfast
9:30 a.m. ‐ 10:20 a.m. Duquès Hall, Room 152	Bradley Hendricks, University of North Carolina The Revolving Door Between the PCAOB and Large Audit Firms
10:40 a.m. ‐ 11:30 a.m. Duquès Hall, Room 152	Lindsey Gallo, University of Michigan Is the U.S. Unique? International Evidence on the Aggregate Earnings-Returns Association
11:50 a.m. ‐ 12:40 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 152	Richard Sloan, University of Southern California Fundamental Analysis Redux
12:40 p.m. ‐ 1:30 p.m. Duquès Hall, Room 150	Boxed Lunch
1:30 p.m. ‐ 2:30 p.m.	Optional Walk to Reflecting Pool and Lincoln Memorial

2018 Conference Participants

JK Aier George Mason University	Mona Almatouq George Washington University (PhD Student)
Daniel Aobdia Northwestern University	Salman Arif University of Pennsylvania
Bill Baber Georgetown University	Mary Billings New York University
Xiangpei Chen George Washington University (PhD Student)	Jenny Chu University of Cambridge
Michael Dambra University of Buffalo	Robin Tarpley George Washington University
Yiwei Dou New York University	John Gallemore University of Chicago
Lindsey Gallo University of Michigan	Menghai Gao George Washington University (PhD Student)
Angela Gore George Washington University	Rebecca Hann University of Maryland
Anne Heinrichs Columbia University	Bradley Hendricks University of North Carolina
Justin Hopkins University of Virginia	John Xuefeng Jiang Michigan State University
Bret Johnson George Mason University	Christopher Jones George Washington University
Sok-Hyon Kang George Washington University	Jaewoo Kim University of Rochester
Mindy (Hyo Jung) Kim George Mason University	Michael Kimbrough University of Maryland
Allison Koester Georgetown University	Susan Kulp George Washington University
Lian Fen Lee Boston College	Hanna Lee University of Maryland
Lihong Liang Syracuse University	Frederick Lindahl George Washington University
Joon Seok Moon George Washington University (PhD Student)	Henry Na George Washington University (PhD Student)
Jim Naughton Northwestern University	Joseph Pacelli Indiana University
Gerardo Perez Cavazos Harvard Business School	Mikhail Pevzner University of Baltimore
James Potepa George Washington University	Rachna Prakash University of Mississippi
Oded Rozenbaum George Washington University	Mani Sethuraman Cornell University
Atul Singh George Washington University (PhD Student)	Richard Sloan University of Southern California
Thomas Steffen Yale University	Bill Stromsem George Washington University
Ed Sul George Washington University	Christina Synn University of North Carolina
Liang Tan George Washington University	Xiaoli Tian Georgetown University
Ayung Tseng Indiana University	Xue Wang Ohio State University
Annika Wang University of Houston	Kyle Welch George Washington University
Yanfeng Xue George Washington University	Jenny Zha Giedt George Washington University
Yun Zhang George Washington University	Youli Zou George Washington University
Yuan Zou Columbia University (PhD Student)	Emanuel Zur University of Maryland

 

2017 Program & Participants

The 5^th Annual Cherry Blossom Conference

April 7-8, 2017 | Washington, D.C.

Day 1 Program - Friday, April 7

 

12:00 p.m. ‐ 1:00 p.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 150

 

Lunch & Greeting from the Department Chair, Robin Tarpley

 

1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:00 p.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 151

 

Daniel Aobdia, Northwestern University
The Validity of Publicly Available Measures of Audit Quality. Evidence from the PCAOB Inspection Data

 

2:15 p.m. ‐ 3:15 p.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 151

 

Zahn Bozanic, Ohio State University
Securities Law Expertise and Corporate Disclosure

 

3:30 p.m. ‐ 4:30 p.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 151

 

Kyle Welch, George Washington University
Corporate Culture and Financial Reporting Risk: Looking Through the Glassdoor

 

4:45 p.m. ‐ 5:45 p.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 151

 

Rebecca Lester, Stanford University
The Effect of Repatriation Tax Costs on Internal Capital Markets and Firm Financing

 

6:30 p.m.
Old Ebbitt Grill
675 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005

 

Reception and Dinner

Day 2 Program - Saturday, April 8

 

8:00 a.m. ‐ 9:00 a.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 150

 

Breakfast

 

9:00 a.m. ‐ 10:00 a.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 151

 

Joseph Pacelli, Indiana University
Credit and Punishment: Career Incentives in Corporate Banking

 

10:15 a.m. ‐ 11:15 a.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 151

 

Michael Dambra, University at Buffalo
Pre-IPO Trusts, Private Information, and Corporate Spillover

 

11:30 a.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 151

 

Gerardo Perez Cavazos, Harvard Business School
Whistleblower Fraud Allegations and Customer Contracting

 

12:30 p.m. ‐ 1:30 p.m.
Duquès Hall, Room 150

Lunch

2017 Conference Participants

 

Divya Anantharaman
Rutgers University

 

Hanna Lee
University of Maryland

 

Daniel Aobdia
Northwestern University

 

Lihong Liang
Syracuse University

 

William Baber
Georgetown University

 

Fred Lindahl
George Washington University

 

Amanda Beck 
Georgetown University

 

Ling Lisic 
George Mason University

 

Mary Billings 
New York University

 

Katie McDermott
Georgetown University

 

Terrence Blackburne 
University of Washington

 

Joon Seok Moon 
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Zahn Bozanic 
Ohio State University

 

Volkan Muslu 
University of Houston

 

Gerardo Perez Cavazos 
Harvard Business School

 

Hyun Jong Na 
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Long Chen 
George Mason University

 

Joseph Pacelli 
Indiana University

 

Xiangpei Chen 
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Reining Petacchi 
Georgetown University

 

Michael Dambra 
University at Buffalo

 

James Potepa 
George Washington University

 

Masako Darrough
Baruch College

 

Oded Rozenbaum 
George Washington University

 

Aiyesha Dey 
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; University of Minnesota

 

Edward Sul
University of North Carolina

 

Yiwei Dou 
New York University

 

Marion Sierra
Georgetown University (PhD Student)

 

Menghai Gao 
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Atul Singh 
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Angela Gore 
George Washington University

 

Thomas Steffen 
Yale University

 

Anne Heinrichs 
Columbia University

 

Liang Tan 
George Washington University

 

Danqi Hu
Northwestern University

 

Robin Tarpley
George Washington University

 

Zeqiong Huang 
Yale University

 

Ayung Tseng 
Indiana University

 

Bret Johnson 
George Mason University

 

Kyle Welch 
George Washington University

 

Chris Jones
George Washington University

 

Yanfeng Xue 
George Washington University

 

Sok-Hyon Kang
George Washington University

 

Hao Xue 
New York University

 

Michael Kimbrough 
University of Maryland

 

Jenny Zha Giedt 
George Washington University

 

Karen Kitching 
George Mason University

 

Jieying Zhang 
University of Texas at Dallas

 

Rebecca Lester 
Stanford University

 

Youli Zou 
George Washington University

2016 Program & Participants

The 4^th Annual Cherry Blossom Conference

April 8-9, 2016 | Washington, D.C.

Day 1 Program - Friday, April 8

12:00 p.m. ‐ 1:00 p.m.
Duquès Hall Room 150

Lunch

1:00 p.m. ‐ 2:00 p.m.
Duquès Hall Room 152

 

Dirk Black, Dartmouth College
Do First Impressions Last? The Impact of Initial Assessments and Subsequent Performance on Promotion Decisions

 

2:15 p.m. ‐ 3:15 p.m.
Duquès Hall Room 152

 

Terrance Blackburne, University of Washington
Perceived Accounting Quality and the Information Content of Prior Insider Trades

 

3:30 p.m. ‐ 4:30 p.m.
Duquès Hall Room 152

 

Oded Rozenbaum, George Washington University
Do Information Releases Increase or Decrease Information Asymmetry? New Evidence from Analyst Forecast Announcements

 

4:45 p.m. ‐ 5:45 p.m.
Duquès Hall Room 152

 

Pepa Kraft, New York University
Qualitative Corporate Disclosure and Credit Analysts’ Soft Rating Adjustments

 

6:30 p.m.
Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab
750 15th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20005

Reception and Dinner

Day 2 Program - Saturday, April 9

 

8:00 a.m. ‐ 9:00 a.m.
Duquès Hall Room 150

 

Breakfast

 

9:00 a.m. ‐ 10:00 a.m.
Duquès Hall Room 152

 

Anne Heinrichs, Columbia University
Who Consumes Firm Disclosures? Evidence from Earnings Conference Calls

 

10:15 a.m. ‐ 11:15 a.m.
Duquès Hall Room 152

 

Joshua Anderson, Boston University
Investors’ Response to Limited Disclosure in an Unregulated Market

 

11:30 a.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m.
Duquès Hall Room 152

 

Atif Ellahie, University of Utah
Do Common Inherited Beliefs and Values Influence CEO Pay?

 

12:30 p.m. ‐ 1:30 p.m.
Duquès Hall Room 150

Lunch

2016 Conference Participants

 

Divya Anantharaman
Rutgers University

 

Susan Kulp
George Washington University

 

Joshua Anderson
Boston University

 

Hanna Lee
University of Maryland

 

Bill Baber
Georgetown University

 

Lihong Liang
Georgetown University

 

Dirk Black
Dartmouth College

 

Ling Lei Lisic
George Mason University

 

Terrance Blackburne
University of Washington

 

Fred Lindahl
George Washington University

 

Vedran Capkum
HEC Paris

 

Joon-Seok Moon
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Carlos Corona
Carnegie Mellon University

 

Henry Na
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Yiwei Dou
New York University

 

Hang Pei
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Atif Ellahie
University of Utah

 

Spencer Pierce
Florida State University

 

Menghai Gao
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

James Potepa
George Washington University

 

Angela Gore
George Washington University

 

Oded Rozenbaum
George Washington University

 

Rebecca Hann
University of Maryland

 

Atul Singh
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Anne Heinrichs
Columbia University

 

Liang Tan
George Washington University

 

Bret Johnson
George Mason University

 

Robin Tarpley
George Washington University

 

Yuan Ji
George Washington University (PhD Student)

 

Kyle Welch
George Washington University

 

Christopher Jones
George Washington University

 

Yanfeng Xue
George Washington University

 

Sok-Hyon Kang
George Washington University

 

Jenny Zha Giedt
University of California, Berkeley

 

Michael Kimbrough
University of Maryland

 

Yun Zhang
George Washington University

 

Pepa Kraft
New York University

 

Emanuel Zur
University of Maryland