Columbia Management Accounting Conference
David Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School
We are happy to announce our Inaugural Columbia Management Accounting Conference on May 10-11, 2024 (starting the morning of the 10th and ending around noon on the 11th). The aim of this conference is to assemble leading scholars in the field of managerial accounting to engage in discussions on current and impactful topics. The conference will be held in person at Columbia Business School in New York City.
The conference will feature eight research working paper presentations on management accounting in different methods, including archival analyses, field, theory, lab experiments, and surveys. Our presenters/discussants will be:
| Presenters | Discussants |
Friday, May 10, 2024 | |
| Susanna Gallani (Harvard University) | Laurence Van Lent (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) |
| Wei Cai (Columbia University) | Clara Chen (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| Anna Costello (University of Chicago) | Ranjani Krishnan (Michigan State University) |
| Shelley Li (University of Southern California) | Willie Choi (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| Stefan Reichelstein (Stanford University) | Jonathan Glover (Columbia University) |
Saturday, May 11, 2024 | |
| Michael Williamson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) | Tatiana Sandino (Harvard University) |
| Shane Dikolli (University of Virginia) | Regina Wittenberg-Moerman (University of Southern California) |
| Tim Baldenius (Columbia University) | Volker Laux (University of Texas at Austin) |
Accommodation
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Program Overview
Conference Program | |
| Friday, May 10th, 2024 | |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:30 am – 9:40 am | Welcome Remarks: Tim Baldenius |
| 9:40 am – 10:40 am | “Driving Fluid Teams’ Performance: Evidence from Operating Room Turnover” Presenter: Susanna Gallani (Harvard University) Discussant: Laurence Van Lent (Frankfurt School of Finance and Management) |
| 10:40 am – 10:55 am | BREAK |
| 10:40 am – 10:55 am | “Empowered Learning as a Control System” Presenter: Wei Cai (Columbia University) Discussant: Clara Chen (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm | LUNCH |
| 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | “Doctor’s Orders: A Field Experiment on Fiscal Responsibility in Healthcare” Presenter: Anna Costello (University of Chicago) Discussant: Ranjani Krishnan (Michigan State University) |
| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm | BREAK |
| 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm | “The Effect of a System for Sharing Best Practices Within Pre-existing Peer Networks” Presenter: Shelley Li (University of Southern California) Discussant: Willie Choi (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| 4:15 pm – 4:25 pm | BREAK |
| 4:25 pm – 5:25 pm | “Marginal Abatement Cost Curves Revisited” Presenter: Stefan Reichelstein (Stanford University) Discussant: Jon Glover (Columbia University) |
| 5:30 pm | Dinner (3rd Floor Board Room, Geffen Hall) |
| Saturday, May 11th, 2024 | |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am – 10:00 am | “AI-Augmented Design and the Expertise Bias in Subjective Evaluations of Creative Output” Presenter: Michael Williamson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Discussant: Tatiana Sandino (Harvard University) |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am | BREAK |
| 10:15 am – 11:15 am | “Repurposing Mutual Funds for Sustainability” Presenter: Shane Dikolli (University of Virginia) Discussant: Regina Wittenberg-Moerman (University of Southern California) |
| 11:15 am – 11:30 am | BREAK |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | “Collusion in Teams on an Unlevel Playing Field” Presenter: Tim Baldenius (Columbia University) Discussant: Volker Laux (University of Texas at Austin) |
| 12:30 pm | Closing Remarks & Lunch |
