Department of Accountancy events
Seminars, conferences & workshops
2024–2025 academic year
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
CARS contact: alexey.lyubimov@concordia.ca
- Detecting Informative Value in Key Audit Matters: The Importance of Dissimilar KAM Risk Descriptions
- Anne Jeny (IESEG Paris)
- April 11, 2025
- “Are we good? Or do we need to keep going?”: Unraveling auditors’ evidence sufficiency determinations
- Mouna Hazgui (HEC Montreal)
- April 4, 2025
- Shared imaginaries of sustainable development: The SDGs, their interconnectedness, and materiality assessment
- Charles Cho (York University)
- March 7, 2025
- Independence and Auditor Behavior: Evidence from Short-Selling Campaigns
- Wuyang Zhao (McGill University)
- January 31, 2025
- Drivers of Citation in Accounting Research: The role of replication
- Steve Salterio (Queen’s University)
- November 22, 2024
- Should sustainability audits be more complex? The case of carbon emission audits
- Erica Pimentel (Queen’s University) and Camille Gaudy (Toulouse Business School)
- October 31, 2024
- Are two chiefs better than one? Financial executives and layoffs
- Vishal Baloria (University of Connecticut)
- September 23, 2024
- Generally Accepted Reporting Practices
- Weili Ge (University of Washington)
- September 13, 2024
Food for thought seminars
- Does the Ethical Distance Between Group Audit Participants Matter for Earnings Quality and Audit Fees?
- Alex Lyubimov (John Molson School of Business)
- February 12, 2025
- Treading Lightly: A Model for Audit Firm Expansion into New Audit Spaces
- Rucsandra Moldovan (John Molson School of Business) and Mélissa Fortin (UQAM)
- November 27, 2024
- Rhetoric or Real Commitment? The Role of Human Resources Governance on Human Capital Management Disclosure
- Cynthia Melhem (John Molson School of Business)
- November 21, 2024
- Too flexible and too immediate: A case study of an incomplete accounting's end
- Nathalie Repenning (John Molson School of Business)
- September 25, 2024
Research Fest
19th Edition – Thematic conversations moderated by Michael Bourne about balancing research, teaching and administration (discussants: Eva Lagou, Eve Lamargot, Nathalie Repenning); applying for grants (discussant: Rucsandra Moldovan); and making a meaningful contribution to the literature and the importance of praxis in research (discussants: Emilio Boulianne, Cédric Lesage, Michel Magnan)
November 29, 2024
Past events by academic year
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
- Producing counter accounts from the inside: how cashiers collectively counter a patriarchal masterplot overshadowing their contribution to organizational performance
- Claire Dambrin (ESCP Business School)
- June 11, 2024
- Tax, Technology and Craftsmanship
- Crawford Spence (King’s College)
- May 22, 2024
- Real Externalities of Fair Value Estimates of Technology-related Intangibles: Evidence from Business Combinations
- Yinghua Li (Arizona State University)
- April 26, 2024
- TCFD Reporting: Early Evidence Related to the Future of Global Climate-Related Disclosures
- Elizabeth Demers (University of Waterloo)
- January 26, 2024
- The Diktat of Concision: When Accounting for Words Shrinks Academic Knowledge
- Yves Gendron (Université Laval)
- March 8, 2024
- Creditor Rights and Related-Party Transactions: Evidence from the Implementation of the Insolvency Reforms in India
- Dushyantkumar Vyas (University of Toronto)
- November 17, 2023
Conferences & workshops
- First joint Montreal Accounting Assistant Professor & Post-Doc Summit (MAAPPS)
- Keynote speaker: Caroline Lambert (HEC Montreal)
- Organized by Michael Bourne (John Molson) and Kai DeMott (John Molson)
September 29, 2023
Food for thought seminars
- How Companies Managed Earnings during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Chiraz Ben Ali (John Molson School of Business)
- September 21, 2023
Research Fest
- 18th Edition - Progress presentations by PhD students
- May 24, 2024
- 17th Edition - Workshop: Theories in accounting
- Chiraz Ben Ali (moderator)
- February 16, 2024
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
- Exploring the role of BU controllers’ credibility in the hardening of local forecasts
- Lukas Goretzki (Stockholm School of Economics)
- May 19, 2023
- Should Accountants Upskill? Evidence from Demand for Auditors with Cybersecurity Expertise
- Musaib Ashraf (Michigan State University)
- May 12, 2023
- Constituency Statutes and Corporate Disclosure of Major Customer Identities
- Jennifer Tucker (University of Florida)
- April 14, 2023
- Cataloguing the Marketplace of Assurance Services
- Krista Fiolleau (University of Waterloo)
- April 5, 2023
- Is it Possible to Differentiate Between a High-Quality Conference Call Question and a Low-Quality One? If Everyone’s so ‘Smart’, Why do Low-Quality Questions Exist?
- Matt Bamber (Schulich School of Business, York University)
- March 10, 2023
- The Persuasiveness of Accounting Records in the Context of Modern Slavery
- Marcia Annisette (Schulich School of Business - York University)
- January 27, 2023
- Weathering the Weather: Does Extreme Weather Affect the Cost of an Audit?
- Estelle Sun (Boston University)
- October 14, 2022
- Differential Treatment and Local Information Advantage: Revelations from Translation Differences
- Lorien Stice-Lawrence (University of Southern California)
- September 16, 2022
Conferences & workshops
- Book launch - Research Handbook on Accounting and Ethics
- March 31, 2023
Food for thought seminars
- Managing Financial Stigma Through An Olympic Budget
- Kai DeMott (John Molson School of Business)
- February 22, 2023
- The Quantity of Non-GAAP Metrics Used in Quarterly Earnings Releases: A Study on the Determinants
- Hui Fan (John Molson School of Business PhD student)
- December 9, 2022
Research Fest
- 16th Edition - Progress presentations by PhD students
- May 17, 2023
- 15th Edition - Workshop: 1 research idea in 100 minutes
- Cédric Lesage (moderator)
- January 25, 2023
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
Towards a riskification of ethics in Internal Auditing in the Canadian Public Sector?
Marion Brivot (Université Laval)
June 17, 2022
Improving Specialists’ Contributions to Audits
Emily Griffith (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
April 8, 2022
Rethinking Capitalism and its Measures of Success: An Indigenous and Western Collaboration Through a Conservation Impact Bond
Diane-Laure Arjaliès (Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario)
April 1, 2022
Financial Reporting and Employee Job Search
Ed deHaan (University of Washington)
February 18, 2022
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: online (Zoom)
Social Inertia and Field Heterogeneity: towards new conceptualizations of Equity Analysts
Crawford Spence (Kings' College)
January 28, 2022
The Evolution of Empirical Methods in Accounting Research and the Growth of Quasi-Experiments
Dan Taylor (Wharton, University of Pennsylvania)
December 9, 2021
Conferences & workshops
Conference on Organizational Responsibility “Rethinking responsibility during times of crises”
organized by Claudine Mangen (John Molson School of Business, Concordia University)
April 21-22, 2022
Conference event details
9ème Atelier de Recherche de L'Association de Controle de Gestion (ACG)
organized by Emilio Boulianne (John Molson School of Business, Concordia University)
March 25, 2022
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Joint John Molson McGill HEC UQAM PhD Conference
guest speaker: Giovanna Michelon (University of Bristol)
organized by Rucsandra Moldovan (John Molson) and Ahmad Hammami (John Molson)
November 12, 2021
Food for thought seminars
The Labor Cost of Changing Accounting Standards
Rucsandra Moldovan (John Molson)
February 23, 2022
Cybersecurity Oversight Location: Determinants and Consequences
Farzaneh Amani (John Molson PhD student)
February 11, 2022
Research Fest
14th Edition - Progress presentations by PhD students
June 16, 2022
13th Edition - Workshop: Writing a paper title and an introduction, moderated by Chiraz Ben Ali
March 9, 2022
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
The PCAOB International Inspection Access and Debt Contracting: Evidence from American Depositary Receipt Firms
Yutao Li (University of Lethbridge)
May 14, 2021
Does Audit Committee Expertise Mitigate Securities Class Action Lawsuits?
Gopal Krishnan (Bentley University)
April 30, 2021
The Impact of Open Data on Public Procurement
Raphaël Duguay (Yale)
April 9, 2021
Theory of Auditing Economics: A Review of Analytical Auditing Research
Minlei Ye (University of Toronto)
March 26, 2021
Not Just a Boys’ Club: Gender and Private Information Channels
Bea Garcia Osma (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
March 19, 2021
The Pitch: Managers’ Disclosure Choice During IPO Roadshows
Elizabeth Blankespoor (University of Washington)
February 26, 2021
Fashionable practices and occupational identities: Hype and ambiguity as challenges for data scientists
Martin Messner (University of Innsbruck)
November 27, 2020
Arcs of engagement: Director involvement and the birth of new control processes
Anette Mikes (University of Oxford)
November 20, 2020
Manufacturing confidence: Unpacking the dual role of media in institutional processes
Madeline Toubiana (University of Alberta)
October 16, 2020
Exploring Differential Net Benefits to Internal Control: An Examination of Firms with Overconfident Managers
Sarah McVay (University of Washington)
October 2, 2020
Do Big 4 Auditors Consistently Provide Better Audit Quality? Evidence from Government Audits
Zvi Singer (HEC Montréal)
September 25, 2020
Conferences & workshops
CAAA Annual Conference: Diversity/La diversité
chaired by Sophie Audousset-Coulier (John Molson) and Li Yao (John Molson)
June 11–12, 2021
2021 CAAA Annual Conference page
Food for thought seminars
Does Options Trading Reduce the Demand for Conditional Accounting Conservatism
Mahmoud Delshadi (John Molson PhD student)
May 26, 2021
The trust-control interplay in the international cooperation sector
Nelson Dueñas (John Molson PhD student)
April 16, 2021
The Numbers Speak for Themselves: Accountability and Rendering Accounts in Public Accounting Firms
Erica Pimentel (John Molson PhD student)
October 30, 2020
Corporate Communication about Regulatory Change: Evidence from the New Lease Standard
Rucsandra Moldovan (John Molson)
September 11, 2020
Research Fest
12th Edition - Workshop: Writing an abstract, moderated by Chiraz Ben Ali; Progress presentations by PhD students
June 18, 2021
11th Edition - Workshop: Pitching a research idea, moderated by Chiraz Ben Ali
December 11, 2020
Concordia Accounting Research Seminars (CARS)
From Shakespeare to Annual Reports: Story Telling by Corporate Reporting Agencies
Vasiliki Athanasakou (Saint Mary's University)
March 6, 2020
Bringing Sustainability Risks into the Mainstream: The Framing of Sustainability by the Big Four Accounting Firms
Michelle Rodrigue (Université Laval)
October 18, 2019
How Does Reputational Capital Affect Professional Behavior? Evidence from Analysts who Become All-stars
Michael Jung (University of Delaware)
October 11, 2019
Overlaps between auditors and clients' corporate charitable donations, audit pricing and audit quality
Anne Jeny (ESSEC Business School)
August 29, 2019
Managerial Traits, Accounting Conservatism and the Delegation of Financial Reporting
Francois Larmande (HEC Paris)
August 23, 2019
Food for thought seminars
Does Social and Environmental Transparency Affect Financial Analysts' Forecast Properties?
Mohammad Hendijani (John Molson PhD student)
February 14, 2020
Competitive Threat and Strategic Disclosure During the IPO Quiet Period
Yetaotao Qiu (John Molson PhD student)
January 10, 2020
Research Fest
10th Edition - Brainstorming session: Accounting and the Covid-19 crisis, moderated by Chiraz Ben Ali
May 13, 2020
9th Edition - Recent Changes to the PhD program, Presentation by Cédric Lesage, Director of the John Molson PhD program
September 9, 2019
