Accounting

The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University is pleased to announce the appointment of 11 new faculty members for the 2023-24 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include four tenure-track faculty…

Lisa LaViers, asssistant professor of accounting, was interviewed for an ABC News report that showed CEO compensation rose at more than a dozen tech companies last year despite those firms announcing layoffs during the year.

Lisa LaViers, assistant professor of accounting, was interviewed by The New York Times for a story about the impact of CEO pay transparency on employees.

Christine Smith, senior professor of practice in accounting, was interviewed by Bloomberg Tax for a story about the search to replace EY Global Chairman and CEO Carmine Di Sibio, whose plan to restructure the firm generated…

Freeman School researchers Stephanie Cheng and Yuchen Zhang analyzed 17 years of patent activity in states with medical marijuana laws to determine that the legalization of marijuana has an adverse effect on regional innovation…

Christine Smith, senior professor of practice in accounting, was interviewed by The Muse for a story about career opportunities in accounting.

Stephanie Cheng and Yuchen Zhang’s paper “‘High’ innovators? Marijuana Legalization and Regional Innovation” was selected as the lead article in the March issue of Production and Operations Management (POM).

Gus De Franco’s paper “Do Firms Mimic Industry Leaders’ Accounting? Evidence from Financial Statement Comparability” has been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review.

Deen Kemsley’s paper “Tax Evasion on Lawful Income: Is it a Form of Money Laundering?” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Crime.

Gans Narayanamoorthy, John Page and Bohan Song’s paper “Insurance Rate Regulation, Management of the Loss Reserve and Pricing” has been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review.

Yuliia Yehorova, associate professor of economics and business at Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, will discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on the country’s economy as the inaugural lecturer in…

The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, welcomed its newest members at a recognition ceremony on Nov. 14, 2022.

Jasmijn Bol’s paper “The Dual-Role Framework: A Structured Approach for Analyzing Management Controls,” co-authored with Serena Loftus of Kent State University, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of…

Stephanie Cheng and Yuchen Zhang’s paper “‘High’ Innovators? Marijuana Legalization and Regional Innovation,” co-authored with Pengkai Lin of Singapore Management University and…

Jasmijn Bol and Lisa LaViers’ paper “Creativity Contests: An Experimental Investigation of Eliciting Employee Creativity,” co-authored with Jason Sandvik, has been accepted for publication in Journal of Accounting Research.

Jose Cil (A&S ’91), CEO of Restaurant Brands International, parent company of Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Horton’s, discussed the company’s commitment to purpose before profits as luncheon keynote speaker at the 43rd annual Tulane…

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of five faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include four tenure-track assistant professors and one…

Jasmijn Bol, Francis Martin Chair in Business and PwC Professor in Accounting, contributed the article “Are You Promotable?” to the July 2022 issue of Strategic Finance, the monthly magazine of the Institute of Management Accountants…

In a new paper, Assistant Professor of Accounting Lisa LaViers finds that the SEC’s decision to require firms to report their CEO pay ratios led to a proliferation of voluntary disclosures that went above and beyond the rule’s…

Gus De Franco and Vivi Zhu’s paper “Fixed Income Conference Calls,” co-authored with Da Xu (PhD ’22) and Thomas Shohfi from the SEC, has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Accounting & Economics.

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business recognized more than 700 degree candidates at its spring 2022 undergraduate and graduate diploma ceremonies. The ceremonies took place on Friday, May 20, at Avron B. Fogelman Arena…

Gus De Franco and Stephanie Cheng’s paper “Marijuana Liberalization and Public Finance: A Capital Market Perspective on the Passage of Medical Use Laws,” co-authored with Pengkai Lin of Singapore Management…

Gans Narayanamoorthy’s paper “Are All Types of Real Transaction Management Equal in the Eyes of Bank Lenders?” has been conditionally accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

Lisa LaViers, Jason Sandvik and Da Xu’s paper “CEO Pay Ratio, Voluntary Disclosures and Stakeholder Reactions” has been accepted for publication in The Review of Accounting Studies (RAST).

Stephanie Cheng’s paper “Disclosure and Competition for Capital,” co-authored with Christine Cuny and Xue Hao, has been accepted for publication in Management Science.