Matt Ege,Texas A&M University Dr. Ege’s research interests include how auditors, audit committees, and regulators improve audit and financial reporting quality.
September 13 Abbie Sadler,University of Richmond Oklahoma State Ph.D. Alumni Dr. Sadler’s research interests include the overlap of financial accounting and corporate taxation, earnings management, pension accounting and investment decisions, and financial reporting quality.
October 11 Kristin Stack,Kansas University Dr. Stack’s research interests include corporate governance, financial misreporting, executive compensation, top management team characteristics and performance, and enterprise risk management.
Dr. Lopez examines analyst forecast, corporate restructurings and executive compensation.
November 8
Stacie Kelley, University of Wisconsin Dr. Kelley is particularly interested in information related to tax reporting that is reflected in firms’ publicly available financial statements and what the information reveals about the firm’s tax-planning strategies, as well as how the market uses or values that information.
November 15 Robert Pawlewicz,University of Richmond Dr. Pawlewicz’s research interests include the markets for audit and non-audit services, the effect of regulation on audit quality, and audit reports. His current research projects focus on auditor-client misalignment, the quality of ESG disclosures for newly public firms, and the consequences of going concern modification errors.