INTACCT Coordinators' Meeting

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University of Economics - Varna 

Below you will find more information on this workshop session.  

Thursday 4 March 2010 

9.00-9.30   Peter Pope - Welcome and opening

9.30-10.00  Zoltan Novotny-Farkas, Frankfurt ESR 
  
How does IFRS adoption affect the earnings quality of private firms?   

10.00-10.30 Ursa Kosi, Thessaloniki ESR 

"Write-offs and profitability in private firms - disentangling  the impact of  tax-minimisation incentives" (Aljosa Valentincic, co-author)
 
    
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break

 
11.30-12.00 Ahmed Tahoun, Valencia ESR 

Mandated Disclosure and Signaling Behavior of Firms 

12.30-1.00  Maximilian Mueller, Tilburg ESR 

Choosing Recognition Versus Disclosure of Fair Values under IFRS
   

12.30-14.00 Lunch

14.00-14.30 Belen Blanco Pelaez,Tilburg ESR 

Does Mandatory IFRS adoption result in harmonization of accounting practices?  The role of foreign shareholders. (Beuselinck and J.M. Garcia Lara, co-authors)

14.30-15.00 Azlan Ali Varna ESR 

Earnings Management in Bulgarian Banks(Anita Atanassova and Fanya Filipova, co-authors)

15.00-15.30 Coffee Break  

15.30-16.00 Zoltan Novotny-Farkas, Frankfurt ESR  

The implications of IFRS adoption on the valuation of loan loss allowances(Joao Toniato, co-author)

16.00-16.30 Fani Kalogirou, Lancaster ESR

Pension funding and corporate structure

16.30-17.00 Jens Mueller, Tilburg ex ER

Choosing recognition versus disclosure of fair values under IFRS

19.30          DINNER   

Friday 5 March 2010

09.30-10.00 Joao Toniato, Lancaster ESR 
    
On Forecast Errors and the Positive Pricing of Dividends(Aljosa Valentincic, co-author) 

10.00-10.30 Alexandra Fontes, Valencia ESR 

Analysis of key national actors perceptions in the roll-out of IFRS model by non-listed companies in Portugal

10.30-11.00 Arnt Verriest, Tilburg ER 

Tilburg Quality of IFRS Adoption(A.Gaeremynck and D. B. Thornton, co-authors) 

11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
 

11.30-12.00 Serena Morricone, Lancaster ER 

The value relevance of intangible assets and the mandatory adoption of IFRS

12.00-12.30 Joerg-Markus Hitz, Tilburg ex ER 

Enforcement of Accounting Standards in Europe: Empirical Evidence for the Two-tier Mechanism in Germany

12.30-14.00 Lunch 
      
14.00-15.00 Coordinators’ meeting 
    
14.00-15.00 ER/ESR advisory session  

   
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break

15.30       Final session

19.30       Dinner