Accounting and Management Science Seminars Spring 2011

This is a joint seminar series between Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law (RRR) and Department of Finance and Management Science (FOR). 

Seminar responsibles RRR: Frøystein Gjesdal and Gorm Grønnevet

Seminar responsibles FOR: Gunnar Eskeland and Bård Støve 

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Previous seminars 

Time and place

Lecturer

Title

Friday 28.01, 10.15-11.30, Meeting room, 9th floor

Dr. Bård Harstad, Northwestern University

Incomplete Contracts in Dynamic Games: A Framework for Analyzing Climate Agreements
- Paper 1, paper 2

Wednesday 02.02, 12.15-13.30, Meeting room, 9th floor

Dr. Gorm Grønnevet, NHH

Credit Markets, Board Size, and Board Composition

Friday 25.02, 12.15-13.30, Meeting room, 9th floor

Dr. Daniel Johansson, NHH

The Movement Toward Independent Directors on Boards: A Comparative Analysis of Sweden and the UK

Wednesday 30.03, 12.15-13.30, Meeting room, 9th floor

Dr. Lars Bråd Nielsen, Aarhus University

The impact of outsourcing on investments in firm-specific human capital under different contract regimes

Tuesday 10.05, 12.15-13.30, Finn Kydland's aud.

Dr. Dilip Ahalpara, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India

A Sniffer Technique for an Efficient Deduction of Model Dynamical Equations using Genetic Programming

Tuesday 24.05, 09.00-10.15

Dr. Ole-Kristian Hope, University of Toronto/NHH

Relationship-Specificity, Contract Enforceability, and Income Smoothing

Wednesday 25.05, 12.15-13.30, Karl Borch's Aud.

Dr. Sebastian Becker, Otto Beisheim School of Management

The Evolution of a Management Accounting Idea: The Case of Beyond Budgeting

Friday 27.05, 12.15-13.45, Finn Kydland's aud.

Prof. Ståle Navrud, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)

Valuing environmental goods, public health and cultural heritage

Wednesday 08.06, 12.15-13.30, Meeting room, 9th floor

Dr. Tiago Pinheiro, NHH

Earnings Management, Managerial Compensation and Reputation Concerns

Wednesday 15.06, 10.00-11.30, Meeting room, 9th floor

Dr. Govinda R. Timilsina, The World Bank

The World Bank’s global biofuel study

Wednesday 22.06, 12.15-13.30, Meeting room, 9th floor

Dr. Joanna Ho, University of California, Irvine

Auditor Choice and Audit Fees in Family Firms: Evidence from the S&P 1500