University at Buffalo (UB)
The 34th Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting
The Department of Finance and the Department of Accounting and Law in the University at Buffalo School of Management presented the 34th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (CFEA).
The conference brought together financial economists and accounting scholars to share their research relevant to theory and practice of business, with a special focus on the intersection of the two fields of research.
CFEA is organized by members of a consortium representing nine universities: Georgia State University, Indiana University, Michigan State University, New York University, Rutgers University, Temple University, Tulane University, University at Buffalo, and University of Toronto.
October 24–26, 2024
Buffalo Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, Amherst, NY
Keynote addresses:
- October 25, 2024: Bryan Kelly, Frederick Frank ’54 and Mary C. Tanner Professor of Finance & Associate Director, International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management, Yale University.
- October 26, 2024: Shivaram Rajgopal, Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing; Chair of the Accounting Division, Columbia Business School, Columbia University.
Topics for discussion include:
- Governance and Contracting
- Financial Modeling
- Economics of LLM's
- Disclosure, Risk, and Price Effects
- Informational Asymmetry and Earnings Announcements
- Asset Pricing Modeling
- Effects of Regulation
- Financial Machine Learning and AI
- Investment Funds and Venture Capital
- Labor Economics and Accounting
- Environmental Disclosures
- Labor and Finance
- Opportunism in Financial Reporting and Tax Minimization
- Attention and Behavioral Bias
- Climate Finance
- The Role of External Monitors
- Machine Learning in Finance
- Corporate Finance and Governance
| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 6-8 p.m. | Welcome Reception at Buffalo Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Hwy, Amherst NY, 14221 |
All meals, sessions, and meetings will take place at various spaces within the Buffalo Niagara Marriott Hotel. Specific room assignments for sessions will be posted closer to the event date.
| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 9 a.m. | Opening remarks | |
| 9 - 10:30 a.m. | Three concurrent sessions | |
| 10:30 - 10:50 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 10:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. | Three concurrent sessions | |
| 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. | Keynote Address: Bryan Kelly, Frederick Frank ’54 and Mary C. Tanner Professor of Finance & Associate Director, International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management, Yale University | |
| 2:30 - 4 p.m. | Three concurrent sessions | |
| 4 - 4:20 p.m. | Coffee break | |
| 4:20 - 5:50 p.m. | Three concurrent sessions | |
| 6 - 8 p.m. | Dinner | |
| 8 - 9:30 p.m. | Executive Committee Meeting |
All meals, sessions, and meetings will take place at various spaces within the Buffalo Niagara Marriott Hotel. Specific room assignments for sessions will be posted closer to the event date.
| Time | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8:30 - 10 a.m. | Three concurrent sessions | |
| 10 - 10:20 a.m. | Coffee break | |
| 10:20 - 11:50 a.m. | Three concurrent sessions | |
| 12 - 2 p.m. | Lunch and Keynote Address by Shivaram Rajgopal, Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing; Chair of the Accounting Division, Columbia Business School, Columbia University | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Buses leave from Marriott for optional excursion to Niagara Falls Power Plant OR Niagara Underground Railroad Heritage Center | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Buses return to Marriott from Niagara Falls Power Plant and Niagara Underground Railroad Heritage Center |