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.
Ben Commerford’s paper, “Can Auditor Scrutiny Deter R&D Underinvestment? The Importance of Communication with the Board and Consistency with Peer Behavior” (with Jessica Osgood and Elaine Wang) was presented at the American Accounting Association Auditing Midyear meeting on January 13th, in Orlando, FL
Two accounting professors presented their research at the International Conference on Assurance and Governance at the University of Florida on January 11.
Monika Causholli presented her paper (co-authored with Nicole Jenkins, Scott Soltis, and Theresa Floyd) titled, “The Ties that Bind: Knowledge-Sharing Networks and Auditor Performance,” and
Brian Bratten presented his paper (co-authored with Monika Causholli and Tom Omer) titled, “Audit firm tenure, bank complexity, and financial reporting quality.”
Aaron Yelowitz, Associate Professor of Economics at University of Kentucky and Associate Director for the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise appearing on WKYT on January 11, 2017 discussing President-elect Trumps economic policies and effects on Kentuckians. To watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0oIx1gOPM8&feature=youtu.be.
Aaron Yelowitz, Associate Professor of Economics at University of Kentucky and Associate Director for the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise appearing on The CW on December 30, 2016 discussing the Affordable Care Act and "death spirals." To watch see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLtkzdfOscU&feature=youtu.be
Nathaniel R. "Nate" Morris, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Rubicon Global, and Gatton College of Business and Economics Entrepreneur-in-Residence, was featured in the January 24, 2017 issue of Forbes magazine.
Kristine Hankins had two papers on the program of the American Finance Association (AFA) Annual Meeting. Both "Understanding Precautionary Cash," co-authored with Mike Faulkender and Mitchell Petersen, and “Risk Management with Supply Contracts”, co-authored with Heitor Almeida and Ryan Williams, were presented on January 8.
Gatton’s Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF) was featured on UK’s radio show “UK At the Half” during the Cats exciting win over North Carolina on December 17. The SMIF, with the endorsement of the UK Board of Trustees, manages an investment portfolio of several million dollars. Finance adjunct faculty member and 2001 Gatton grad Quint Tatro, who leads the SMIF, talked about the Seale Finance Learning Center’s state-of-the-art trading capacity. “It has unbelievable potential to bring practical money management application to the students,” he said.
Jim Ziliak presented his paper with Chris Bolinger, Charles Hokayem (Ph.D. Alum), and Barry Hirsch, Are Proxy Earnings Reports Reliable? Evidence from the Current Population Survey?" at an American Economics Association session at the ASSA on January 6, 2017.
