Accounting

The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, welcomed its newest members on Nov. 17, 2021.

Dean Paulo Goes, who became the 14th dean of Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business in August 2021, will deliver his first “State of the School” address on Nov. 12 as part of Wave ’21 – Homecoming, Reunion and Family…

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of four faculty members for the 2021-22 academic year. The appointments, which were effective July 1, include three tenure-track assistant…

Paulo Goes, who took office as the 14th dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business on Aug. 23, says the school is well positioned to thrive in the rapidly changing business environment.

Paulo Goes, Dean and Halle Chair in Leadership at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management, has been named dean of Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, effective Aug. 23, 2021.

Jasmijn Bol’s book Operational Risk Management: Organizational Controls and Incentive System Design was recently published by Business Expert Press.

Ira Solomon’s paper “Do Stronger Wise-Thinking Dispositions Enable Auditors to Evaluate Audit Evidence Objectively When Assessing and Addressing Fraud Risk?” has been accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting Research…

Stephanie Cheng's paper “The Information Externality of Public Firms” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Accounting Research.

Serena Loftus' paper “Causal Language and Effective Performance Evaluations," co-authored with Lloyd Tanlu of Washington and Lee University, has been accepted for publication in Strategic Finance.

Barrett Wheeler's paper “Unrecognized Expected Credit Losses and Bank Share Prices” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Accounting Research.

Sophia Hamm’s paper “Organized Labor and Inventory Stockpiling,” co-authored with Boochun Jung, Woo-Jong Lee and Daniel G. Yang, has been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review.

Lynn Hannan's paper “Do Peer Ratings Work?”, co-authored with Markus Arnold of the University of Bern, Margaret Shackell of Ithaca College and Ivo Tafkov of Georgia State University, was published in the December 2020 edition of …

For a little over nine years now, I have had the privilege of serving as the dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business. Now, as the final year of my second five-year term as dean is progressing, I have been doing a lot of thinking…

The A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of nine faculty members for the 2020-21 academic year. The appointments include seven tenure-track assistant professors, one professor of practice and one…

Gans Narayanamoorthy’s paper “Minimum tick size and analyst coverage: Evidence from the Tick Size Pilot Program” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

Gans Narayanamoorthy’s paper “Analyst Underreaction and the Post-Forecast Revision Drift” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

Gus DeFranco’s paper “The Effect of Auditor Litigation Risk on Client Access to Bank Debt: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment” has been accepted for publication in Journal of Accounting & Economics.

Amanda Heitz and Gans Narayanamoorthy's paper “Creditor Rights and Bank Loan Losses” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Deen Kemsley’s paper “The Comprehensive Tax Gain from Leverage” has been accepted for publication in European Accounting Review.

For the third consecutive year, a graduate of Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has been recognized with the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award.

Tim West, professor of practice in accounting, was featured in a Chronicle of Higher Education video showing university professors discussing the best advice they’ve received on how to navigate self-isolation and delivering…

Hila Fogel-Yaari and Gus De Franco's paper "MD&A Textural Similarity and Auditors,” co-authored with Heather Li of Bentley University, has been accepted for publication in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.

Jonathan Jona's paper “Underlying Risk Preferences and Analyst Risk-Taking Behavior,” co-authored with Sean Cleary of University of Melbourne, Gladys Lee of University of Melbourne and Joshua Shemesh of Monash University, has been…

Hila Fogel-Yaari's paper "MBE – Meeting/ Beating Expectations,” co-authored with Joshua Ronen, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.

Gans Narayanmoorthy, associate professor of accounting, was interviewed for an article in Fortune about how companies are increasingly using non-GAAP accounting metrics to present a more favorable — and possibly misleading —…