The 2023 Vaasa Accounting Research Workshop

The 2023 Vaasa Accounting Research Workshop on May 22, 2023, is organised by the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Vaasa.

Programme

Opening of the Workshop: 12:00-12:05

Session I: 12:05-13:00

12:05 – 12:30 Assistant Professor Mansoor Afzali (Hanken School of Economics) Audit Partner Gender and Financial Statement Comparability Mansoor Afzali (Hanken School of Economics) Kim Ittonen (Hanken School of Economics) Bjørn N. Jørgensen (Copenhagen Business School)

12:30 – 13:00 Associate Professor Tatiana Garanina (University of Vaasa) Firm ESG Disclosure and Voluntary Earnings Guidance Anna Agapova (Florida Atlantic University) Tatiana Garanina (University of Vaasa) Mikko Ranta (University of Vaasa)

Keynote Presentation

13:10 – 14:25 Professor Linda Myers (University of Tennessee) Reflections on the Academic Research and Publication Process

14:25 – 14:45 Coffee break

Session II: 14:45-15:45

14:45 – 15:15 Professor Stefan Sundgren (Umeå University) How is the Audit Partner’s Experience Associated with Client Business Risk? Evidence from Partner and Audit Firm Appointments Anila Kiran (Aalto University School of Business) Stefan Sundgren (Umeå University) Tobias Svanström (Umeå University)

15:15 – 15:45 Assistant Professor Henry Jarva (Hanken School of Economics) Does Mandatory Rotation of Engagement Partners Affect Audit/Earnings Quality? Henry Jarva (Hanken School of Economics) Jenni Jääskö (University of Oulu) Petri Sahlström (University of Oulu)

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Keynote Speaker: Professor Linda Myers

• Linda A. Myers, Ph.D., is the Haslam Chair of Business and Distinguished Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Information Management at the University of Tennessee. She is also the Director of the Ph.D. Program in Accounting. Myers graduated from the University of Michigan in 2001 and has published in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Contemporary Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Accounting Organizations & Society, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Myers also serves as an Editor for Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and the Journal of International Accounting Research, and as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance. She also serves on the Editorial Board of The Accounting Review and European Accounting Review, and previously served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of International Business Studies