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Faculty Research
Awards
Recent Faculty Publications
Scott Duellman , “Evidence on the Role of
Accounting Conservatism in Monitoring Managers’
Investment Decisions,” with Anwer S. Ahmed
(Texas A&M University), Accounting and Finance,
forthcoming.
Scott Duellman, “Auditor Independence,
Corporate Governance and Aggressive Financial
Reporting: An Empirical Analysis,” with Anwer
S. Ahmed (Texas A&M University) and Ahmed
Abdul Meguid (American University in Cairo),
Journal of Management and Governance, forthcoming.
John McGowan, “An Analysis of the Hire
Tax Act, of 2010,” with Troy Luh (Webster University),
The Tax Adviser, November 2010.
John McGowan, “The Effect of IFRS Implementation
on Tax,” The Tax Adviser, December
2009.
John McGowan, “New Rules and Penalties
Could Land Tax Practitioners in Jail,” The CPA
Journal, May 2009.
Ananth Seetharaman, Yan Sun, and Weimin
Wang, “Tax-Related Financial Statement Restatements
and Auditor-Provided Tax Services,” Journal
of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, forthcoming.
Weimin Wang, “The Timing of Insider
Trades around Earnings Announcements: Evidence
from CEOs, CFOs, and COOs”, with
Yong-Chul Shin (University of Massachusetts at
Boston), International Review of Accounting,
Banking and Finance, 2011.
Weimin Wang, “Are CFOs’ Trades More Informative
than CEOs’ Trades,” with Yong-Chul
Shin (University of Massachusetts at Boston) and
Bill Francis (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute),
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis,
forthcoming.
Weimin Wang, “Abnormal Accruals, Insider
Trading, and the Break of a Good Earnings
String”, with Yong-Chul Shin (University of Massachusetts
at Boston), Journal of Business and
Economic Studies, forthcoming.
Recent Conference Presentations
Ananth Seetharaman, Yan Sun, and Weimin
Wang, “Tax-Related Financial Statement Restatements
and Auditor-Provided Tax Services,”
American Accounting Association 2009 Annual
Meeting, New York, NY.
Scott Duellman, “Auditor Competition, Auditor
Independence, and the Quality of Financial
Statements,” with David G. Harris (Syracuse University),
American Accounting Association 2010
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Scott Duellman, “Audit Committee Financial
Expertise and Insider Trading,” with Jun Guo,
Yan Zhang, and Nan Zhou (State University of
New York at Binghamton), International Symposium
on Audit Research, 2011, Quebec City,
Canada.
Yan Sun, Frank Wang, and Weimin Wang,
“Shareholder Activism, Earnings Management,
and Insider Trading,” with William Zhang
(McGill University), Canadian Academic Accounting
Association 2011 Annual Meeting, Toronto,
Canada.
Ananth Seetharaman and Frank Wang, “Accounting
Expert Appointments, Equity Incentives,
and Non-GAAP Reporting,” with William
Zhang (McGill University), American Accounting
Association 2010 Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
CA, and Canadian Academic Accounting
Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Vancouver,
Canada.
Ananth Seetharaman, Helen Hurwitz, and
Frank Wang, “Discontinued Operations, Equity
Incentives, and Investor Trading,” Canadian
Academic Accounting Association 2011 Annual
Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Frank Wang, “Governance Mechanisms, Incentive
Alignment, and Bond Market Reaction,”
with Steve Fortin (McGill University), Chandra
Subramaniam (University of Texas at Arlington),
and William Zhang (McGill University), Canadian
Academic Accounting Association 2011 Annual
Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Recent Faculty Awards
Ms. Debbie Barbeau
Thomas M. Knapp, S.J. Distinguished
Faculty Member Award presented by the JCSB
Alumni Association, 2009
SLU Straight-A Student Athlete Faculty
Honors Luncheon Invitee, 2010
Mr. Neil Jansen
Beta Alpha Psi Teaching Excellence Award,
2010
SLU Faculty Excellence Award, 2011.
Dr. John P. Keithley
Presidential Service Award for 40 years at
SLU, 2009.
Ms. Debbie Pike
Beta Alpha Psi Outstanding Faculty Award,
2009
SLU Straight-A Student Athlete Faculty
Honors Luncheon Invitee, 2010
Student nominee for The Last Lecture Series,
2010
Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Teaching
Award, 2011
JCSB 2011 Service Award, 2011
SLU Faculty Leadership and Service Award
Nominee, 2011
Dr. Weimin Wang
SLU Student Government Association Faculty
Excellence Award, 2009
Beta Alpha Psi Teaching Excellence Award,
2011
MACC Receptions & Mtgs- cont.
speakers for the meeting include Jason Florek
(senior manager with KPMG), Rick Nicoletti
(partner with Ernst & Young), Gene Morgenthaler
(partner with BKD), and Mike Sindelar (partner
with PwC). All four speakers are alumni of
Saint Louis University. In their presentations, the
speakers discussed the current state and outlook
of hiring at big accounting firms, skills expected
for graduates, portability of an accounting degree,
and the importance of communication skills,
among other things. The meeting concluded with
an open question session for all four speakers.