Tyler Kleppe, Assistant Professor and Ashland Oil Research Fellow, presented his research at the North Carolina State Risk Governance Research Symposium. "Climate-Related Uncertainty and Managerial Short-Termism" with co-author, Justin Blann from Arizona State University.
Ben Commerford, Arthur Andersen Associate Professor, was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of Behavioral Research in Accounting.
Associate Professor, Adam Craig's new paper, "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Dollars: Visual Aids Promote Investor Decisions," is set to be published in the Journal of the Association of Consumer Research's special issue on Financial Decision Making.
Hong Xie's paper titled "Tax avoidance and firm value: does qualitative disclosure in the tax footnote matter?" (co-authored with Le Luo, Mark S. Ma, and Thomas C. Omer) is published online at Review of Accounting Studies.
Beta Alpha Psi (BAP) finished off the 2023 spring semester with its annual banquet at Malone's. Scholarships were awarded to Nathan Stroud, Shintaro Kurachi, and Jared Horn. There were also several members that received Von Allmen School of Accountancy Scholarships.
Congratulations to Brian Murtha who was recently appointed an Associate Editor at the Journal of Marketing.
Darshak Patel’s paper, co-authored with Justin Roush (Xavier University), “Emoticons as Performance Feedback for College Students: A Large-Classroom Field Experiment,” was published in the American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings.
Congratulations to PhD candidate, Linli Zhao for receiving first prize for her paper, "Aging Gracefully Under Pressure: How Age Distribution Buffers the Impact of Economic Uncertainty on Employment Volatility," in the Gunther Economics Research competition.
Nargess Golshan's paper titled "Financial Transparency, Labor Productivity, and Real Wages: Evidence from Mandatory IFRS Adoption," co-authored with Inder Khurana and Felipe Bastros Gurgel Silva (both from the University of Missouri) was accepted for publication in the Journal of International Accounting Research.
(Lexington, Ky, May 1) The Gatton College of Business and Economics and PNC presented the PNC Innovation Summit, which included a conference and student pitch competition. The two-day event was an opportunity for the bright minds of the UK campus and community to learn valuable life lessons from industry leaders. The pitch competition allowed UK graduate and undergraduate students to compete for seed funding by pitching innovative business plans.
