Issue Information ‐ Request for Papers

• Date: 01 June 2017
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/1475-679X.12141
• Published date: 01 June 2017

REQUEST FOR PAPERS

53nd Annual (2018) JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING

RESEARCH CONFERENCE

The Role of Gate-Keepers in Accounting

The 2018 Journal of Accounting Research conference will be held at the Booth School

of Business of the University of Chicago on May 11–12, 2018.

The 2018 conference aims to bring together scholars to discuss current issues

relating to the interactions of gate-keepers with accounting. We invite the submis-

sion of theoretical, empirical, field and clinical studies related to the conference

topic. We encourage papers across a broad range of topics related to the role of

gate-keepers in accounting. For example, we are interested in papers that provide

insights into any of the following issues or any broadly related issues.

Roles of auditors, analysts, regulators, institutional investors, stock exchanges, rat-

ing agencies, lenders, tax authorities, the media and other gate-keepers on or in:

rFinancial or tax reporting

rInformativeness of accounting numbers

rVoluntary and mandated disclosure

rManagerial accounting

rCorporate governance

rSecurities issuance

rPrivate financing

rDecisions of firms to go public or remain public

rActions and roles of other gate-keepers

Uses, or effects, of gate-keepers for:

rVoluntary and mandated disclosure

rFinancial or tax reporting

rFraud and financial misreporting

rProprietary information

rCorporate governance

rSecurities issuance

rActivities of firms or individuals in the real economy

rPrivate financing

rDecisions of firms to go public or remain public

rActions and roles of other gate-keepers

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Papers should be submitted electronically

through the links provided on the Journal of Accounting Research Web site at

http://www.chicagobooth.edu/jar. The submission fee is $500.00. The deadline for

submission is December 1, 2017.