2025 Conference Presenters

Anne Beatty, Ohio State

How Good is Goodwill Accounting? Comparative Evidence on post-FAS 141(R) Acquired Intangibles Accounting

Anna Costello, University of Chicago

TBD

Jing Pan, Penn State University

The Importance of Audit Partner-Client Matches in Explaining Audit Quality and Fees

Eddie Riedl, Boston University

Using Mandated Disclosures to Assess Transition Risk: Evidence from Climate Solutions

Eddie Riedl is the John F. Smith, Jr. Professor in Accounting at Boston University since 2011; he was previously on the faculty of the Harvard Business School (2002-2011).  He has published 25+ articles in leading accounting, management, and marketing journals, with over 7,000 citations, presented his research at over 100 universities around the world, and been on 26 dissertation committees.  His teaching spans undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, executive programs, and doctoral courses, with overall instructor ratings of 4.95/5.  He has served on numerous school-level committees, as accounting department chair (2016-2022), and as editor at CAR (2017-2020) and two-term editor at TAR (2018-2023).  He has worked at a Big 4 accounting firm (audit and litigation support), a Fortune 200 oil firm, and a real estate brokerage house, attaining the CPA, CMA, and CIA designations.

Joe Schroder, Indiana University

Jumping Ship: Undisclosed SEC Investigations and Quiet CEO Turnover

Joe H. Schroeder is a Professor and the PwC Faculty Fellow at Indiana University, Kelley School of Business. Schroeder is also Chair of the Graduate Accounting Programs at Kelley. Professor Schroeder’s research examines the impact of auditing on financial reporting and disclosure quality, as well as the impact of regulation on the auditor/client dynamic. He also examines how human capital impacts audit quality and the audit profession. His work has appeared in many top accounting journals. Schroeder’s research has received several recognitions including the 2015 AAA Outstanding Audit Dissertation Award and the 2020 AAA/Deloitte Wildman Medal. Schroeder currently serves as Editor of The Accounting Review and previously served as an editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (2020-2023). Schroeder received his Ph.D. from Michigan State (2013) and B.S. and M.S. from Ball State (2003 & 2004). He is also a CPA (Indiana) with prior work experience at EY.

Gwen Yu, University of Michigan

Enhancing Investor Engagement with AI-Summarized Disclosures

Gwen Yu is a professor of Accounting and Michael and Joan Sakkinen Faculty Fellow at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.  Prior to joining Ross, she was an Associate Professor at Harvard Business School in the Accounting and Management unit. Her research focuses on how accounting information affects various real economic outcomes, especially in an international setting. She serves as an Associate Editor of Management Science and on the Editorial Board of The Accounting Review and Journal of International Business Studies. Professor Yu holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, where she also earned a master’s degree in applied economics. Before pursuing her graduate studies, she worked at McKinsey & Company and the global reinsurer Swiss Re.