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Aaron Yelowitz has been appointed an associate editor of Public Finance Review .


Mark Liu co-authored an article, "State of the Field: M&As and IPOs," for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The article reviews recent academic research on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&As) and Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). The other two coauthors are Debarshi Nandy of Brandeis University and Jay Ritter of the University of Florida. The article can be seen here: http://www.kauffman.org/microsites/state-of-the-field/topics/firm-and-industry-dynamics/ma-and-ipos


Professor Hankins presented her paper, "Understanding Precautionary Cash," co-authored with Mike Faulkender and Mitchell Petersen, at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Thursday, February 2.


What do you get when you put together a new location, a new format and a timely theme for a business conference? You get a lot of excitement and “buzz” from potential attendees, presenters and sponsors. That’s definitely the feeling surrounding the seventh annual Supply Chain Forum hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics on Thursday, Feb. 23.


Gatton College is proud to recognize seniors Eric Johnson, Ross Hildabrand, Rex Bray, and Drew Brueggeman, who represented UK in the annual University of Georgia Equity Valuation and Presentation competition in January 2017. The UK team was selected from dozens of participating universities to advance to the final round where they placed 3rd out of 12, besting competitors including the University of Georgia, Emory University, and the University of Alabama.


Monika Causholli's paper titled "Industry specific vs. task specific auditing expertise: the case of goodwill impairment" co-authored with Giulio Greco Giuseppe D'Onza and Silvia Ferramosca was presented at the American Accounting Association Audit Mid-year meeting in Orlando, Florida

Monika Causholli was an invited panelist at the Audit PhD Consortium held in conjunction with the American Accounting Association Auditing mid-year meeting in Orlando, Florida.


Mr. David Flanery, 1979 graduate of the Gatton College of Business and Economics (B.S. in Accounting) will be visiting FIN 300 (Corporation Finance) on Thursday, February 9.  Additionally he will be meeting later that day (5:00-6:15) in room 265 with finance students.  Mr. Flanery is currently a restaurant industry consultant and former CFO of Papa John's and Benihana. 


Monika Causholli presented her paper titled "Ties that bind: Knowledge sharing networks and auditor performance" co-authored with Theresa Floyd, Nicole Jenkins and Scott Soltis at the International Conference on Assurance and Corporate Governance at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. She also presented this paper at the American Accounting Association Audit Mid-year meeting in Orlando, Florida.


If you have a passion for the business world, in particular a desire to work in the finance industry, yet wonder how you can obtain and develop the skills needed for such a career, the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics has some very good news for you.


Paige A. Dauparas, a Gatton College accounting senior from Mokena, Illinois, has been selected to present the 23rd annual Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the UK Athletics Auditorium at William T. Young Library. Dauparas' free public lecture focuses on diversity and how the search for individuality impacts unity. She is also majoring in English and Spanish literature and culture.