Does Publication Follow Presentation? The Information Content of Presentations at Refereed Finance Conferences

16 Pages Posted: 19 Jul 2003

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Steven J. Johnson

Sam Houston State University - College of Business Administration

Avner Kalay

Tel Aviv University - Faculty of Management; University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

Jim Schallheim

University of Utah - Department of Finance

Abstract

We use an objective measure - the ex post rate of publication of presented paper - to document the information content of a presentation at a conference. We select five conferences that are open to all submitters, the selection of papers is based on peer review, and the papers not limited to a specific topic. The sample includes the AFA, the WFA, the UWFC, the EFA, and the FMA. We find substantial cross-sectional variation in the information content of conferences. Presentation at the UWFC is associated with the highest ex post rate of publication and the FMA with the lowest.

Suggested Citation

Johnson, Steven J. and Kalay, Avner and Schallheim, James S., Does Publication Follow Presentation? The Information Content of Presentations at Refereed Finance Conferences. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=426040 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.426040

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