Recent News and Publications from the Department of Accounting

March 2025
Professor Gurpal Sran's co-authored paper, “Redacted Identities in Shipment Records: Evidence from Forced Labor Scrutiny in Supply Chains,” studies the characteristics of companies’ observable non-disclosure decisions about their global supply chains. Read More

Jan 2025
Professor Paul Zarowin's co-authored paper, “Can the Stock Market Capitalize R&D Expenditures?* (*When Firms Aren’t Mandated to),” examines how the UK stock market valued companies’ spending on research and development before and after the country changed its accounting rules in 2006. Read More

November 2024
Professor Joshua Ronen authored an op-ed: “Regulators Should Stop Trying to 'Whack' So-Called Junk Fees.” Read more

October 2024
Professor Ilan Guttman's co-authored paper, "Earnings Management and Earnings Quality: Theory and Evidence," has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 FARS Best Paper Award. Read more

July 2023
Professor Amal Shehata was interviewed on NPR's Planet Money, "Accounting and The Last Supper". Read more

Dec 2022