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Education Background
Accounting MBA, PhD - Baruch College, 2014
BA - Wesleyan University, 2005
Experience
- Assistant Professor- Clarkson University, Present
- Assistant Professor- University of Connecticut, 2019
- Assistant Professor- Utah State University, 2016
- Assistant Professor- Idaho State University, 2015
- Baruch College, City University of New York, 2013
Courses Taught
- AC 202
- AC/EM 205
- AC 312
- AC 431
Teaching Interests
- Financial Accounting
- Advanced Accounting
Service
- Faculty advisor for Beta Alpha Psi
Research Interests
- International Accounting Issues
- Debt Contracting
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Analysts
- Boards of Directors
- Labor Unions
Awards
- South Western University of Finance and Economics, external research grant- 2023
- Ad Hoc Referee – Research in International Business and Finance, Contemporary Accounting Research, Management Science, Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting; Accounting Horizons; Journal of Business Research; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; AAA; European Accounting Review; Journal of Corporate Finance; Accounting and Finance- 2023
- John Elliott Teaching Award- 2014
- Enhanced Chancellor’s Fellow, CUNY Graduate Center- 2014
- Academic Writing Fellow, Baruch College- 2013
- Financial Executives International Award for Excellence in Finance and Accounting- 2009
Publications
- “The Impact of M&A Delistings on Analysts’ Information Environment for Industry Peer Firms” (with Donal Byard, Masako Darrough, and Jangwon Suh) The Accounting Review, March 2024.
- “Unionization, Earnings Management, and Employee Welfare: A Theoretical Investigation.” (with Guoyu Lin and Chunhao Xu) Asian Review of Accounting. 2023, Vol. 31, Issue 2, pp. 276-283. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARA-04-2022-0107
- “The Effect of Unionization on Firms’ Earnings Management and Employee Compensation: Evidence from the Regression Discontinuity Design” (with Guoyu Lin and Wentao Wu) Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12665
- “Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific Atlanta: A Test of Auditor Litigation Risk” (with Nicole Heron, Hagit Levy, and Emanuel Zur) Journal of Business Ethics. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05267-y
- “Theoretical Investigation on the Optimal Contracting for Directors Holding Multiple Directorships” (with Guoyu Lin) Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 2022, Vol. 15, Issue 4, pp. 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm15040164
- “Analysts’ Forecast Optimism: The Effects of Managers’ Incentives on Analysts’ Forecasts” (with Guoyu Lin and Aner Zhou) Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. 2022, Vol. 35, September (100708). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2022.100708
- “Too Busy or Well-Connected? Evidence from a Shock to Multiple Directorships” (with Jing Dai and Emanuel Zur) The Accounting Review. 2019, Vol. 94, Issue 2, pp. 83-104. https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-52165
- “Institutional Differences and International Private Debt Markets: A Test Using Mandatory IFRS Adoption” (Sole-authored) Journal of Accounting Research. 2016, Vol. 54, Issue 3, pp. 679-723. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-679X.12111
- “M&A Decisions and U.S. Firms’ Voluntary Adoption of Clawback Provisions in Executive Compensation Contracts” (with Paquita Davis-Friday, Lale Guler, and Carol Marquardt) Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting, 2015, Vol. 42, Issue 1-2, pp. 237-271. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12111