Accounting

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    Freeman students Sarah Lawhorne, Andrew Landsiedel, Michael Kreisman, Neil Barot and Sara Scott, left to right, beat out more than 450 teams from across the U.S. to win this year's PwC Challenge accounting case competition. (Photo by…

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    Jasmijn Bol's paper “How control system design affects performance evaluation compression: The role of information accuracy and outcome transparency,” co-authored with Victor Maas of the University of Amsterdam and Stephan Kramer of…

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    A new study ranks Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business No. 1 in the world in managerial-experimental accounting. The study, which is based on  number of faculty citations in respected accounting journals, also rates…

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    A team from the A. B. Freeman School of Business has been selected to advance to the finals of the PwC Challenge Case Competition. As one of four national finalists, the Freeman School's team — Neil Barot, Michael Kreisman, Andrew…

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    John Page’s paper “Seasonal Affective Disorder and Seasoned Art Auction Prices: New Evidence from Old Masters” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. The paper was co-authored with…

  • An article on CFO.com highlights new research by the Freeman School’s Kris Hoang on auditor reactions to persuasive tactics. For the study, Hoang and co-author Sanaz Aghazadeh looked at how 85 auditors from large international…

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    Paddy SivadasanIra SolomonPaddy Sivadasan and Ira Solomon’s paper “Audit fee residuals: costs or rents?” has been accepted for publication in the Review of Accounting Studies. The paper, co-authored with Rajib Dooger of the University…

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    It’s more than 2,200 miles from the A. B. Freeman School of Business to Quito, Ecuador, but in that faraway South American community, accounting professor Beau Parent is fondly remembered. Freeman School alumnus Augusto Martinez…

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    In 2006, Lynn Hannan earned the academic accounting discipline’s highest honor, the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award, in recognition of her trailblazing research in managerial accounting. Now, thanks to the support…

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    What does it take to run the world’s largest professional services network? Deloitte global CEO Barry Salzberg fielded a wide range of questions from students as the 2014 R. W. Freeman Distinguished Lecturer.For Deloitte Touche…

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    Barry Salzberg, global CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., the largest professional services network in the world, will discuss the challenges of running an international business in a special talk hosted by the A. B. Freeman School…

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    At the September meeting of the Freeman School faculty, Dean Ira Solomon announced the recipients of five awards honoring professors for outstanding teaching, research and service.The Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award was established…

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    During Beau Parent’s accounting lectures at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, he would pause, look around his class and say in a booming voice, “Make sense? Make sense?” But the news of Parent’s sudden death just doesn’t make sense…

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    Professor of Accounting R. Lynn Hannan has been named to a three-year term as an editor of Contemporary Accounting Research. Professor of Accounting R. Lynn Hannan was recently appointed to a three-year term as an editor of…

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    Assistant Professor of Accounting Kris Hoang has been named the 2014 recipient of the Freeman Student Government (FSG) Teaching Award. The award, previously known as the Howard W. Wissner Award for Undergraduate Teaching, is presented…

  • Ira Solomon, dean and Debra and Rick Rees Professor of Business, recently co-authored an opinion piece for CFO.com criticizing the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) for misleading statements regarding the quality of…

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    Jasmijn Bol’s paper “Managers’ Discretionary Adjustments: The Influence of Uncontrollable Events and Compensation Interdependence” has been accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting Research. The paper was co-…

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    In the wake of Enron and other corporate scandals, business schools across the nation have put a much greater emphasis on the teaching of ethics, but in a talk at the A. B. Freeman School of Business last Friday (Feb. 22), James S.…

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    John R. Page’s paper “Bank Accounting Practices and Current Financial System Uncertainty” has been accepted for publication in The CPA Journal. The paper, co-authored with Paul Hooper, retired professor of accounting at the…

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    Cindy Fornelli, executive director of the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), discussed the state of financial reporting, public company auditing and the role of the CAQ in a special lecture at Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of…

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    John Veihmeyer, chair and CEO of the global accounting firm KPMG, has some advice for anyone interested in knowing what’s really going on in the world. “Don’t believe anything you hear on CNBC or MSNBC,” Veihmeyer told students at the…