Time: October 4, 2012(Thursday) 8:30-12:00
Location: Room 501, Jiageng 2
Topic No.1: Introduction to Agent-Based Modeling
Presenter: Jon Stuart Davis, Professor & Department Head& and R.C. Evans Endowed Chair in Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Personal Profile:
Prof. Davis has Ph.D. in accounting (experimental economics, judgment and decision making), master of accounting, taxation and B.S. in accounting from University of Arizona. He has published papers in the Accounting Review, and Accounting, Organizations and Society, etc. His research interests include tax policy, fraud, decision making in public accounting, agent-based modeling, nonlinear dynamics, and game theory.
Topic No.2: The Effect of “Relationship Reporting” on the Investment Behavior of Nonprofessional Current Investors
Presenter: Kevin Jackson, Associate Professor of accountancy and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Faculty Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Personal Profile:
Prof. Jackson has Ph.D. and B.B.A. in accounting from University of Texas at Austin. He has published papers in the Accounting Review, and Contemporary Accounting Research, etc.
Topic No.3: Organizational Structure and Gray Markets
Presenter: Romana Autrey, assistant professor of accountancy
Personal Profile:
Prof. Autrey has Ph.D. in accounting from University of Texas at Austin and B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Business Administration from California State University at Hayward. She has published papers in the Accounting Review, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, etc. Her research interests include Managerial Accounting and Internal Controls. Forensic Accounting/Fraud Prevention and Detection. Supply Chain and Distribution Channels.
