Welcome New Faculty

Author: Lorie Marsh

We'd like to welcome our new faculty. Read below to get to know them better.

John Aland, Visiting Assistant Professor

AREAS OF INTEREST: Financial institutions, financial reporting, equity crowdfunding, voluntary disclosure.

RESEARCH: "My research looks at the behaviors of traditional and non-traditional financial institutions. As an auditor, I developed a deep understanding of the banking industry that has helped inform my research focused on the behavior of these institutions. As I looked more into these institutions, I also developed an interest in how firms fund their operations when traditional sources of financing aren't available, which led me to equity crowdfunding. It has been really interesting getting to make connections with people in the equity crowdfunding industry, and helping to contribute to our overall knowledge about the democratization of financing for startup firms."

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Imdieke Wins Wildman Medal at AAA Conference

Author: Lorie Marsh

Andy Imdieke won the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal at the annual AAA conference. The medal is presented to to the author(s) of the article, monograph, book or other work, reflecting the results of their research or the application of the research of others, published during the five calendar years preceding the year of the award which is judged to have made or will be likely to make the most significant contribution to the advancement of the practice of public accountancy. 

The paper, "The Revival of Large Consulting Practices at the Big 4 and Audit Quality

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Donovan Paper Accepted at TAR

Author: Lorie Marsh

John Donovan's paper titled "Does Recognition versus Disclosure Affect Debt Contracting? Evidence from SFAS 158" was accepted for publication by The Accounting Review. …

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Imdieke Research Published in Contemporary Accounting Research

Author: Lorie Marsh

Andrew Imdieke's paper Does the Presence of an Internal Control Audit Affect Firm Operational Efficiency?  has been accepted at Contemporary Accounting Research 

This study finds that small firms with internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) audits have higher operational efficiency than small firms without ICFR reports, regardless of underlying internal control strength. The effect manifests through improved inventory turnover and innovation and increased relative product market share. The results provide additional evidence on the ongoing cost and benefit debate of ICFR audits for small firms, which is especially important given recent SEC regulatory amendments that exempt additional small firms from ICFR audits.…

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Faculty Retirements

Author: Lorie Marsh

The following faculty members who are transitioning to emeritus status this year collectively represent 136 years of teaching and research excellence:

Chao-Shin Liu, associate professor of Accountancy, joined Notre Dame in 1998. Chao won numerous teaching awards during his tenure and published research in the area of market reactions to public information.…

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White Research Accepted by the Journal of Accounting & Economics

Author: Lorie Marsh

Hal White's paper, Spillover Effects of Mandatory Portfolio Disclosures on Corporate Investment, was accepted by the Journal of Accounting & Economics.

The researchers find that investment sensitivity to stock price declines for firms with significant ownership held by actively managed funds that have to disclose their portfolio investments more frequently. The effect is concentrated among firms that are (i) owned by funds with larger expected proprietary costs and (ii) more likely to learn from the information in price. The results suggest that portfolio disclosure requirements for money managers have spillover effects on corporate investment by curtailing corporate managers’ opportunities to learn from their firms’ stock price.…

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Awards Announced

Author: Lorie Marsh

Mendoza Outstanding Professor Awards honor the faculty members in each department who exhibit sustained excellence in undergraduate teaching in her or his discipline.

James Dincolo Outstanding Undergraduate Professor Award – Accountancy

  • James Wittenbach, Professor of Accountancy

 

James Dincolo Outstanding Teaching Awards

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White Paper Accepted in JAE

Author: Lorie Marsh

Accountancy's Hal White's paper "Spillover Effects of Mandatory Portfolio Disclosures on Corporate Investment” was accepted by the Journal of Accounting & Economics.…

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Watkins' Paper Accepted by TAR

Author: Lorie Marsh

The Accounting Review has accepted Jessica Watkins', Assistant Professor of Accountancy, paper Consequences of Prescribed Disclosure Timeliness: Evidence from Acceleration of the Form 8-K Filing Deadline . The paper examines an SEC regulatory change that accelerates the Form 8-K filing deadline. After the change, firms likely to be constrained by the accelerated deadline exhibit increases in information asymmetry between investors and investor disagreement at the 8-K filing date. Moreover, these increases appear to be attributable to a decline in 8-K disclosure detail. The findings shed light on the costs of a prescriptive approach to enhanced disclosure timeliness of ongoing disclosure. Congratulations, Jessie!…

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Donovan Promotion

Author: Lorie Marsh

John Donovan has been promoted to associate professor of Accountancy. John, who also is a PwC faculty fellow, researches financial accounting with a focus on the use of accounting and financial reporting in debt and equity markets. He has taught Measurement & Disclosure I and Data Analytics in Accounting. Prior to joining the faculty, John worked as a certified public accountant at PwC. A “Double Domer,” he earned his BBA and MSA from Notre Dame, and his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Congratulations, John!…

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Donovan Paper Accepted in JAE

Author: Lorie Marsh

John Donovan's paper "Contracting in the Dark: The Rise of Public-Side Lenders in the Syndicated Loan Market" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Accounting and Economics. Congratulations, John!…

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Donovan Paper Accepted in Management Science

Author: Lorie Marsh

John Donovan's (Assistant Professor of Accountancy) paper, Financial Reporting and Entrepreneurial Finance: Evidence from Equity Crowdfunding  has been accepted in Management Science. 

The study examines the role of accounting in entrepreneurial finance and provides evidence that greater financial statement disclosure increases capital raised through equity crowdfunding. The research also documents that financial reporting is incrementally more important in raising entrepreneurial capital when the firm has longer historical operations, during periods of greater macroeconomic uncertainty, and when complemented by other sources of non-financial disclosure.…

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Imdieke Paper Accepted at CAR

Author: Lorie Marsh

Andy Imdieke's paper "Does the Presence of an Internal Control Audit affect Firm Operational Efficiency?" was accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting Research. Congratulations, Andy!…

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Badertscher Paper accepted by JAE

Author: Lorie Marsh

Brad Badertscher's, Deloitte Professor of Accountancy, paper, Assurance Level Choice, CPA Fees, and Financial Reporting Benefits: Inferences from U.S. Private Firms has been accepted by the Journal of Accounting & Economics

Many U.S. private firms choose either a financial statement compilation or review rather than the higher assurance provided by an audit, yet little is known about these choices. Brad and co-authors find that assurance choices are associated with bank debt, trade credit and internal information reliability. They explore economic aspects of assurance choice and find that CPA fees more than double for each increment in assurance, yet the financial reporting benefits are similar for audits and reviews.…

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Watkins research shows interest rate sensitivity disclosures accurately predict changes in bank revenue resulting from interest rate shocks

Author: Lorie Marsh

Some banks say interest income sensitivity disclosures are useless. Jessica Watkins’ research shows otherwise. 

“We found that analyst forecasts were more accurate in projecting future net income when banks provided the disclosures, relative to banks that did not provide them,” Watkins said, “with the caveat that we can only assess the accuracy of the disclosure for the banks that provide them.” Because not all banks disclose their net income sensitivity, Watkins and her co-authors acknowledge the possibility of selection bias; perhaps the banks that choose to disclose are simply better at predicting the impact of interest rate shocks than the banks that don’t disclose. Although they attempted to control for this selection bias, Watkins admits their findings would be stronger if all banks were required to issue the disclosure. 

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Imdieke Quoted in WSJ's Morning Ledger

Author: Lorie Marsh

Andy Imdieke was quoted in the Wall Street Journal's Morning Ledger about his new research co-authored with Erik Beardsley that examines whether non-audit services to clients can help improve audit quality.…

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Beardsley and Imdieke Paper Featured in CFO Journal

Author: Lorie Marsh

Erik Beardsley's and Andy Imdike's working paper with Tom Omer, "Too Much of a Good Thing? Evidence of a Nonlinear Association Between Non-Audit Services and Audit Quality," was recently cited in the Wall Street Journal's CFO Journal. Please see the article at https://cfo.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/d/49D3620DC31CA0962540EF23F30FEDED/0334350EAAFC5D3505AF428974F65BCD?alternativeLink=False. …

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Larocque work published in Management Science

Author: Lorie Marsh

Stephannie Larocque's latest research, “Filling in the GAAPs in Individual Analysts’ Street Earnings Forecasts” was accepted by Management Science. A short abstract is below:
Analysts’ street earnings forecasts are an important source of market information that are sometimes based on GAAP earnings and sometimes based on non-GAAP earnings. In their paper, “Filling in the GAAPs in individual analysts’ street earnings forecasts,” the researchers examine the implications of variation across analysts in the earnings metric they forecast (i.e., GAAP vs. non-GAAP) for the same firm/quarter. They find that differences in the earnings metric forecasted is an important source of variation that predicts not only a lower earnings surprise but also lower stock returns and a lower earnings response.…

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Greener Measures

Author: Lorie Marsh

Seven years ago, Laudato Si' called upon businesses to get serious about sustainability. Today Mendoza professors Sandra Vera-MuñozPeter Easton and Jessica McManus Warnell are putting the encyclical's words into action by showing what it takes to measure and manage environmental impact. 

To read the full article, visit http://bizmagazine.nd.edu/issues/2022/spring-2022/greener-measures/ and keep an eye on the CARE website for the details regarding the 2022 CARE Conference, Accountability in a Sustainable World or email Lorie Marsh at lmarsh1@nd.edu to be added to the mailing list.…

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2022 Faculty Awards

Author: Lorie Marsh

2022 Faculty Awards

We are pleased to recognize the following Mendoza Accountancy faculty members receiving 2022 teaching awards, and congratulate them on their teaching success:

UNIVERSITY AWARDS

Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching honors faculty members who have had a profound influence on undergraduate students through sustained exemplary teaching.

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Milani and Wittenbach Milestones

Author: Lorie Marsh

Please join me in thanking accountancy professors Ken Milani and Jim Wittenbach for 50 years of service to the University. Ken and Jim have served the College across 10 deanships (eight different deans) and shaped the College through their love of teaching, scholarship and research, dedication to the community, wisdom and humor.…

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Vera-Munoz Wins Teaching Award

Author: Lorie Marsh

Sandra Vera-Munoz has received the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The awards are presented by the Office of the Provost, and the recipients are selected through a process that includes peer and student nominations. They honor faculty members who have had a profound influence on undergraduate students through sustained exemplary teaching, and, in particular, recognize professors who create environments that stimulate significant student learning, elevate students to a new level of intellectual engagement and foster students’ ability to express themselves effectively within their disciplines.…

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