# What's New

##  Recent News and Publications from the Department of Accounting

![Professor Sran](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-08/sran_thumbnail_0.jpg.webp?itok=kh29n8k7)

*March 2025*

##### Professor Gurpal Sran's co-authored paper, “[Redacted Identities in Shipment Records: Evidence from Forced Labor Scrutiny in Supply Chains,](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5140247)[”](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5140247) studies the characteristics of companies’ observable non-disclosure decisions about their global supply chains. [ **Read More**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/supply-chain-secrecy-how-forced-labor-scrutiny-relates-redactions-us-import-records)

![Professor Zarowin](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-08/zarowin_thumbnail_0.jpg.webp?itok=XRo_W39H)

*Jan 2025*

##### Professor Paul Zarowin's co-authored paper, [“Can the Stock Market Capitalize R&D Expenditures?\* (\*When Firms Aren’t Mandated to),”](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4888485) 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**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/unveiling-value-how-mandatory-rd-capitalization-improves-market-transparency)

![Professor Ronan](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-08/ronen_thumbnail_0.jpg.webp?itok=iP7I9_OP)

*November 2024*

##### Professor Joshua Ronen authored an op-ed: [“Regulators Should Stop Trying to 'Whack' So-Called Junk Fees.”](https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/regulators-should-stop-trying-to-whack-so-called-junk-fees) [**Read more**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/faculty-research/regulators-should-stop-trying-whack-so-called-junk-fees)

![Professor Guttman](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-08/guttman_thumbnail_0.jpg.webp?itok=shOEbzGx)

*October 2024*

##### Professor Ilan Guttman's co-authored paper, ["Earnings Management and Earnings Quality: Theory and Evidence,"](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2516538) has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 FARS Best Paper Award. [**Read more**](https://aaahq.org/FARS/Awards/Best-Paper)

![Professor Shehata](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-08/shehata_thumbnail_0.jpg.webp?itok=JjmZbfIa)

*July 2023*

##### Professor Amal Shehata was interviewed on NPR's Planet Money, "Accounting and The Last Supper". [**Read more**](https://www.npr.org/2023/07/20/1188945122/summer-school-accounting-last-supper)

![Professor Bartov](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2025-08/bartov_thumbnail_0.jpg.webp?itok=PIxm1_44)

*Dec 2022*

##### Professor Eli Bartov won the [**Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award**](https://aaahq.org/About/Directories/Notable-Contributions-to-Accounting-Literature-Award-Winners) from the American Accounting Association.