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Fall 2012
| Date | Time & Location | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
| Sept. 7 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Thom Gilliam | Florida State University PhD Student | Avoiding Losses in the Pre- and Post-SOX Eras: Evidence that the Discontinuity in the Distribution of Earnings Reflects Earnings Management |
| Sept. 14 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Allen Blay | Florida State University | The Going-Concern Market Anomaly Revisited |
| Sept. 21 | 2:30 P.M., Starry Conf. Room | Dave Jones | Case Western Reserve University | |
| Sept. 28 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Partha Mohanram | University of Toronto | Mutual Forbearance and Competition Among Security Analysts |
| Oct. 5 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Jamie Diaz | College of William and Mary | The Information Content of Audit Fee Disclosure Lags for Auditors and Investors |
| Oct. 12 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Dana Wallace | Florida State University PhD Student | Political Contributions and the Auditor-Client Relationship |
| Oct. 15 | To be determined. | Amy Sun | Penn State University | Economic Consequences of Voluntary Disclosure Before Seasoned Equity Offerings: The Impact of the 2005 Securities Offering Reform |
| Oct. 19 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Ping Ke | Florida State University PhD Student | Earnings Quality, Investor Sophistication and Litigation |
| Oct. 26 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Tim Zhang | Florida State University | “The Book Value” and “Who Did the Audit? Investor Perceptions and Disclosures of Other Audit Participants in PCAOB Filings” |
| Nov. 2 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | TJ Atwood | Florida State University | The Usefulness of Income Tax Disclosures Under IFRS Versus U.S. GAAP for Predicting Changes in Future Earnings and Cash Flows |
| Nov. 9 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Shyam Sunder | University of Arizona | `Tis the Season for Earnings! Analysis of Information Spillovers in Earnings Seasons |
| Nov. 16 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Sonja Rego | Indiana University | Tax Risk and the Cost of Equity Capital |
| Nov. 30 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Feng Li | University of Michigan | Estimating the Amount of Estimation in Accruals |
| Dec. 7 | 2:30 P.M., RBA 202 | Jim Vincent | University of Florida | Professional Investor Relations within the Firm |
