DAR Doctoral Seminar in Neuchâtel

In late August, DART’s Swiss partner network, DAR, organized a seminar on “Empirical Research on Disclosure, Reporting, and Transparency in Markets and Regulation” held by Christian Leuz (University of Chicago). The class format was a mixture of lectures and discussion and focused especially on contribution and research design issues, which were analyzed based on selected papers. Among the topics covered were the usage of shocks for financial disclosure, international accounting, and the real effects of disclosure regulation. Moreover, Christian Leuz provided firsthand insights into the development and review process of several of his own papers.