Acct@Cox
Acct@Jindal

The Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) are proud to host the 3rd Annual Cowtown Accounting Research Conference on October 30, 2026.

The event will feature a reception on the evening of Thursday, October 29, 2026. On Friday, October 30, 2026, the program will include five accounting research presentations, along with breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments. The conference will conclude on Friday evening with a dinner and rodeo at the Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards.

More detailed information regarding the conference schedule and activities will be posted soon. 

Conference Schedule

Please download the conference papers here.

Day 1 | Thursday, October 29

5:00pm-7:00pm: Welcome Reception
Ramble Room at Snyder Plaza (8-minute walk from Graduate by Hilton Dallas)

Day 2 | Friday, October 30

7:45am-8:45am: Continental Breakfast
Collins Center, Central Hall Commons

8:45am-8:50am: Opening Remarks
Collins Center, Crum Auditorium

8:50am-9:50am: Sugata Roychowdhury (Northwestern University)

Frivolous or Meritorious Lawsuits? Judicial Efficiency and Corporate Disclosure


10:05am-11:05am: Xiao Liu (Southern Methodist University)

Who Pays for Bank Stress? Reported Losses and Retail Pricing


11:20am-12:20pm: Jung Koo Kang (Harvard Business School)

Private Credit and Debtor Transparency 


12:20pm-1:20pm: Lunch 

Collins Center, Central Hall Commons


1:20pm-2:20pm: Botir Kobilov (University of Texas at Dallas)

Digital Payment Records and Firm Registration


2:35pm-3:35pm: Nikki Skinner (University of Colorado)

At Face Value? Discretion in R&D Income Statement Presentation


3:35pm-3:40pm: Concluding Remarks


3:40pm-4:30pm: Break and Bus Loading

Bus departure from Graduate by Hilton Dallas at 4:30pm


4:30pm: Travel to Fort Worth

With free time in Stockyards (time permitting)


6:30pm-9:30pm: Dinner and Rodeo 

Cowtown Coliseum, Fort Worth
Afterward, bus returning to Graduate by Hilton Dallas

 

view previous years' agendas & papers

Conference Organizing Committee