A paper by Dan Halgin, Steve Borgatti, Ajay Mehra, and Scott Soltis entitled "Audience perceptions of high-status ties and network advantage: The market for coaching jobs in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (2000–2011)" was recently selected as one of the top 3 Be
Nargess Golshan's paper titled “Does distance matter? An investigation of partners who audit distant clients and the effects on audit quality," was accepted for publication by Contemporary Accounting Research. The paper is co-authored with Nicholas Hallman (University of Texas at Austin) and Jere Francis (Maastricht University).
Hong Xie presented a paper titled "Earnings Conference Calls and Lazy Prices," (co-authored with Dan Stone and Michael Zhang) at the University of Louisville on 10/8/2021.
Will Gerken presented "Where is the Intersection of Madison Avenue and Wall Street? Advertisement, Local Access to Investment Advice, and Stock Market Participation" with Joe Farizo and Ge Wu "at FINRA's 2021 Access and Impact Conference: Gauging the Participation of Diverse Communities in the Capital Markets on Friday, Oct 22.
The University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics is launching the Gatton Research Excellence Series, a new speaker series that connects business research excellence to thought leadership. The inaugural event will be held from 11 am. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5. Keynote speakers will include two recipients of the 2021 Gatton Research Excellence Awards:
Supply chains that were disrupted during the global health crisis are still facing huge challenges and are struggling to bounce back. Carol Chavez, Associate Director of Supply Chain Outreach and Corporate Engagement at the Gatton College of Business and Economics, is quoted in the news about the supply chain disruption. Chavez says these problems are teachable moments in the classroom and highlight the importance of supply chain professionals.
Ben Commerford's paper, "Control Issues: How Providing Input Affects Auditor Reliance on Artificial Intelligence" won the Outstanding Manuscript Award at the American Accounting Association ABO Research Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
As a young girl, Kennedy Ekovich dreamed of working on Wall Street. The dream will soon come true for the senior finance major and business analytics minor at the University of Kentucky. After graduating this December from the Gatton College of Business and Economics, Ekovich will head to New York as an incoming analyst at Mizuho Financial Group and work on mergers and acquisitions in its healthcare division.
Ben Commerford's paper "Man versus Machine: Complex Estimates and Auditor Reliance on Artificial Intelligence," was accepted for publication in the Journal of Accounting Research. The paper is co-authored with Gatton Ph.D.
Two Gatton College of Business and Economics faculty members were honored with the 2021 University of Kentucky Outstanding Teaching Awards at a Faculty Awards Ceremony held on September 30. The awards were presented to Olivia N. Davis, lecturer at the University of Kentucky Von Allmen School of Accountancy, and Darshak Patel, senior lecturer of economics and the director of undergraduate studies at the Gatton College.
