Accounting

Continuing the historic faculty recruiting effort that began in 2012, Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business welcomes seven new full-time professors to the faculty for the 2017-18 academic year.

The Wall Street Journal interviewed Freeman School Assistant Professor of Accounting Serena Loftus for a story about a new study she authored on managers' use of self-inclusive language.

Sam Luber (BSM/MACCT ’18), a senior majoring in finance and accounting, has been awarded a $10,000 merit scholarship by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

Serena Loftus' paper “Because of ‘Because’: Examining the Use of Causal Language in Relative Performance Feedback” has been accepted for publication in the Accounting Review.

Lynn Hannan's paper “Designing a Performance Feedback System in a Multi-Task Environment: Relative Performance Information Detail Level and Temporal Aggregation in a Multi-Task Environment” has been accepted for publication in …

C. Jackson "Jack" Grayson Jr., former dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business, died on May 4 at his home in Houston. He was 93. Grayson was executive chairman of the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), an…

On Thursday (Feb. 2), the Freeman School's Gans Narayanamoorthy spoke with WWL-TV's Jacqueline Quynh about the possibility of a bacon shortage.

Jasmijn Bol's paper “Subjectivity in Professionals’ Incentive Systems: Differences between Promotion- and Performance-Based Assessments,” co-authored with Justin Leiby, has been accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting…

Tim West's paper “Lenzini Steel: The Impact of Transfer Pricing and Taxes on International Operations,” co-authored by Bradrick Cripe of Northern Illinois University and Anthony Harmon of Grant Thornton LLP, has been accepted for…

Dean Ira Solomon is pleased to announce the following appointments to the faculty of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University for the 2016-17 academic year. Gus De Franco, professor of accounting,…

U.S. Senate candidate Derrick Edwards, with "Today" show co-host Hoda Kotb, left, and his mother, Madeline Edwards, at Tulane University's 2016 Unified Commencement Ceremony.Winning a seat in Congress is a steep challenge for any…

Capstone New Orleans began as a nonprofit that grows food on vacant lots in the Lower 9th Ward and distributes it to people in need at little or no cost, but founder David Young soon got the sweet idea to begin selling honey (he’s also…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Robert Hansen’s discussion “What is the value of sell-side analysts? Evidence from coverage changes,” originally presented at the 2014 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference in Philadelphia, is now forthcoming in the …

Megan E. Baumgartner (BSM/MACCT ’14) has been named a 2014 recipient of the American Institute of CPAs’ Elijah Watt Sells Award. Alumna Megan Baumgartner (BSM/MACCT '14) earned the AICPA's prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Awards, which…

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…

From AccountingToday.com, Jan. 23, 2015Accounting may be a profession mostly involving numbers, but for Lynn Hannan, a professor of accounting at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, factors such as psychology,…

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…

Jasmijn Bol’s paper “Performance Target Revisions in Incentive Contracts: Does Information and Trust Reduce Ratcheting and the Ratchet Effect?” has been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review. The paper was…

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…

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…