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2009 Schedule

2009 UNC Tax Symposium

 

Sponsored by KPMG Foundation,

the James C. and Ethel M. Crone Fund in Tax Excellence,

and the UNC Tax Center

 
 
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23
 
11:30 a.m. – 12:50 p.m.          Measuring the Impact of Tax Systems on Economic Behavior using New Cross-Country Data   Video
 
Authors:                        Leslie Robinson, Dartmouth College
Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan
 
Discussant:        Lillian Mills, University of Texas
 
 
12:50 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.           Lunch—The Meadowmont Room, Rizzo Center
 
1:50 p.m. – 3:10 p.m.             Research in Accounting for Income Taxes   Video
 
Authors:                        John Graham, Duke University
Jana Smith Raedy, University of North Carolina
Doug Shackelford, University of North Carolina
 
Discussant:         Angela Evans, Ernst & Young
3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.             Break
 
3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.             The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act: Implications for Financial Constraints, Governance, and International Tax Policy   Video
 
Authors:                        Dhammika Dharmapala, University of Connecticut

  1. Fritz Foley, Harvard University

Kristin J. Forbes, MIT
 
Discussant:        David Weisbach, University of Chicago   Video
 
4:50 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.             Break
 
5:10 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.             Corporate Tax Research:  Real Effects, Earnings Management, and Governance   Video
 
Authors:                        Michelle Hanlon, University of Michigan
Shane Heitzman, University of Rochester
 
Discussant:        Bill Gentry, Williams College
 
6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.             Reception—DuBose House
 
7:30 p.m.                                Dinner—DuBose House
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24
 
 
6:30 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.              Breakfast—DuBose House
 
 
8:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.              Is U.S. Multinational Intra-Firm Dividend Policy Influenced by Capital Market Incentives?   Video
 
Authors:                        Jennifer Blouin, University of Pennsylvania
Linda Krull, University of Oregon
Leslie Robinson, Dartmouth College
 
Discussant:       Timothy McDonald, Procter & Gamble
 
 
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.           Break
 
10:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.          Taxation and the Competitiveness of Sovereign Wealth Funds: Do Taxes Encourage Sovereign Wealth Funds to Invest in the United States?   Video
 
Author:             Michael S. Knoll, University of Pennsylvania
 
Discussant:                   Mihir Desai, Harvard University
 
 
11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.          Break
 
 
11:40 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.           Executive Compensation, Tax Reporting Aggressiveness, and Future Firm Performance   Video
 
Authors:                        Sonja Olhoft Rego, University of Iowa
Ryan Wilson, University of Iowa
 
Discussant:                   Alan Jagolinzer, Stanford University
 
 
1:00 p.m.                               Lunch—The Meadowmont Room, Rizzo Center
 
 
2:15 p.m.                                Buses to RDU Airport

Coming Up

This event is invitation only. The seminar exposes students of all backgrounds to current tax research and is designed for students from doctoral programs without a Ph.D. tax seminar. Students learn the fundamentals of tax research, and some might wind up adding tax to their set of research interests.

This event is invitation only. The 27th Annual UNC Tax Symposium will be held at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill on Friday, April 12th and Saturday morning, April 13th.


Past

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This event is invitation only. The seminar exposes students of all backgrounds to current tax research and is designed for students from doctoral programs without a PhD tax seminar. Students learn the fundamentals of tax research, and some might wind up adding tax to their set of research interests. The doctoral seminar is sponsored by the KPMG Foundation.

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26
Mar
2021

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