2010 RAST Conference
Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation:
Forecasting Firm and Industry Fundamentals

October 22-23, 2010
University of Notre Dame
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Time
Function
Location
6-10 pm
Hors D'oeuvres Reception / Drinks
Staybridge Suites, South Bend
Friday, October 22, 2010
Time
Function
Location
Noon
Bus departs for the University
Lobby, Staybridge Suites
12:30-1:30 pm
Buffet Lunch
Mendoza College of Business Atrium
1:45-2:00 pm

Opening Remarks:
Peter Easton, Director, Center for Accounting Research and Education
Fred Mittelstaedt, Chairman, Department of Accountancy
Richard Sloan, Managing Editor, RAST

DeBartolo Hall, Room 126
2:00-3:30 pm

Session 1: Maria Ogneva, Stanford University
Using Earnings Forecasts to Simultaneously Estimate Firm-Specific Cost of Equity and Growth Rate
Authors: Maria Ogneva, Alexander Nekrasov
Discussant: Steven Monahan, INSEAD
Moderator: Jeff Burks, University of Notre Dame

DeBartolo Hall, Room 126
4:00-5:30 pm
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
DeBartolo Hall, Room 126
5:45-9:00 pm
Buffet Dinner
Press Box, Football Stadium
9:15 pm
Bus Departs for Hotel
Press Box, Football Stadium
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Time
Function
Location
7:00 am
Bus Departs for the University
Lobby, Staybridge Suites
7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast
Mendoza College of Business Atrium
8:30-10:00 am
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
DeBartolo Hall, Room 126
10:30-Noon
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
DeBartolo Hall, Room 126
Noon-1:00 pm
Lunch Buffet
Mendoza College of Business Atrium
1:00-2:30 pm
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
DeBartolo Hall, Room 126
3:00-4:30 pm
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
DeBartolo Hall, Room 126
4:30-4:40 pm
Closing Remarks, Richard Sloan, Managing Editor, RAST
DeBartolo Hall, Room 126
4:45-6:00 pm
Mass
Basilica of the Sacred Heart
4:45-6:00 pm
Campus Tour
Departs DeBartolo Hall,
Concludes at Main Building
6:00-10:00 pm
Dinner
Rotunda, Main Building
10:15 pm
Bus Departs for Hotel
Main Building, North Side

If you have registered for the conference, please make your hotel reservation by calling Staybridge Suites at 800.465.4329.
Refer to Group Code RCN and the South Bend location.

Hotel information can be found at http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/sb/1/en/hotel/sbnsz.

 

A bus will transport participants from Staybridge Suites to and from the University.
The bus will depart the hotel at NOON on Friday, returning guests to the hotel after dinner Friday evening.
The bus will depart the hotel at 7:00 am Saturday morning, returning guests to the hotel after dinner Saturday evening.

 

Cab Companies in South Bend

 

 

Campus Map

 

 

Please contact Lorie Marsh at lmarsh1@nd.edu if you have questions regarding the conference.
Day of the conference, contact Lorie at 574.850.0881.

Please direct general RAST questions to: Review of Accounting Studies Journal.

 

 

We gratefully thank our generous sponsors:

cambridge

for their sponsorship and support

BlackRock
for their sponsorship of a cash prize for the best paper

 

 

Morgan Stanley
for the Morgan Stanley prize for the best discussion

 

 

 

 

 

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