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Swiss Winter Accounting Conference 2021


Join us for our accounting conference in the idyllic winter sports resort Adelboden, in the middle of the Bernese Alps, famous for hosting the Ski World Cup at "Chuenisbaergli".

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Swiss Winter Accounting Conference has been shifted to August 17-20, 2021

The Swiss Winter Accounting Conference aims at bringing together European researchers from all accounting disciplines to give them the opportunity to discuss their research, to initiate new research ideas and to provide them with an excellent network opportunity in an inspiring atmosphere to develop our European accounting research community.

The scientific program will consist of plenary presentations and discussions of selected papers.

The Swiss Winter Accounting Conference is organized by the Managerial Accounting Section of the Institute for Accounting at the University of Bern.

Call for Papers - SWAC 2021 (PDF, 170KB)

 

We invite submissions of papers analyzing issues from all accounting disciplines, including managerial accounting, financial accounting, and auditing. Papers should use a quantitative empirical method (archival, experimental or survey).

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • The role of accounting information in agents' economic decisions
  • The effect of accounting standards on managers' decisions
  • Earnings and revenue management
  • Organizational design and management control systems
  • Internal control systems and performance management
  • Management control systems in uncertain environments
  • Executive compensation
  • Auditor choices and consideration of noncompliance with laws and regulations
  • Governance and control of interfirm relationship

Location

The Swiss Winter Accounting Conference (SWAC) 2021 will take place at the hotel The Cambrian Adelboden in Adelboden (Switzerland) from August 17 to 20, 2021.

Program

Date Time Program
Tuesday, 17.08.2021 6:00pm Welcome reception and dinner
Wednesday, 18.08.2021 7:00am - 8:00am Breakfast
  8:00am - 8:15am Welcome and introduction: Markus Arnold (University of Bern)  
8:15am - 9:45am  Session 1

Moderator: Victor Maas (University of Amsterdam)


Tacit Knowledge, Audit Quality, and Talent Identification

Authors: Isabella Grabner (WU Vienna), Judith Künneke (Tilburg University), Frank Moers (Maastricht University)

Discussant: Peter Kroos (University of Amsterdam) and Jeroen van Raak (University of Amsterdam)

 

Target setting in hierarchies: the role of middle managers

Authors: Jan Bouwens (Universiteit of Amsterdam), Christian Hofmann (LMU Munich), Nina Schwaiger (LMU Munich) 

Discussant: Frank Moers (Maastricht University)
10:15am - 4:00pm Hiking or other outdoor recreation
5:00pm - 6:30pm Session 2

Moderator: Yanjia Yang (University of Bern)


Steering through the fog: How color coding improves decision making in noisy environments 

Authors: Eddy Cardinaels (Tilburg University), Stephan Kramer (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Victor Maas (University of Amsterdam) 

Discussant: Katlijn Haesebrouck (Maastricht University)

 

The Effect of Investors’ Perceptions and Entrepreneurs Physical Displays on Firm Forecasts, Valuation, Investment, and Survival

Authors: Antonio Davila (IESE Business School), Marti Guasch (Tilburg University/ ESADE Business School) 

Discussant: Felix Vetter (University of Mannheim)
7:00pm Dinner
Thursday, 19.08.2021
 7:00am - 8:00am
 Breakfast
8:00am - 9:30am Session 3

Moderator: Florian Elsinger (RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam)


Labor Market Effects of Mandatory Gender Policy Disclosures

Authors: Holger Daske (University of Mannheim), Philipp Mütsch (University of Mannheim), Felix Vetter (University of Mannheim)

Discussant: Michael Erkens (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

 

Earnings Management around the ‘Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’ of 2017

Author: Dan Lynch (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Max Pflitsch (University of Cologne), Michael Stich (University of Cologne)

Discussant: Christoph Sextroh (Tilburg University) 
10:00am - 4:00pm Hiking or other outdoor recreation
6:00pm Dinner
8:00pm - 10:00pm  Guided night tour
Friday, 20.08.2021 Departure or another hiking day