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Recent Papers (beginning with 2000)

Edward P. Swanson and Asghar Zardkoohi. 2004. “Concentration of Publishing in the Business Majors: Theory and Evidence for Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing,” click this link for working paper on ssrn (not active yet). CLICK HERE FOR SLIDES FROM CAAA PRESENTATION.

Jap Efendi, Anup Srivastava, and Edward P. Swanson. 2004. “Why Do Corporate Managers Misstate Financial Statements? The Role of Option Compensation, Corporate Governance, and Other Factors,” click here for working paper on ssrn. This study was covered by Louis Lavelle. 2004. “Options Today, Restatement Tomorrow? Business Week (May 21), click here for link.

Edward P. Swanson. “Publishing in the Business Majors: A Comparison of Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing,” Contemporary Accounting Research (Spring 2004), pp. 223-255. The working paper version was posted on ssrn.com (link) on Dec. 16, 2002. Based on download counts, the paper was ranked #1 in the Top Ten Sixty Day download list for Accounting Research Network and #2 for Economics Research Network. Received the 2003 Outstanding Paper Award from the Accounting Programs Leadership Group of the AAA at the annual meeting.

Michael Clement, Lynn Rees, and Edward P. Swanson “The Influence of Culture and Corporate Governance on the Characteristics That Distinguish Superior Analysts, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (Fall 2003): 593-618.

Edward P. Swanson, Lynn Rees, and Luis Felipe Juarez-Valdes. 2003. “The Contribution of Fundamental Analysis After a Currency Devaluation,” The Accounting Review (July 2003): 875-902.

Thomas L. Porter, Edward P. Swanson, Michael S. Wilkins, and Lori Holder-Webb, “Corporate Disclosure of the Decision to Change the Fiscal Year-end,” Research in Accounting Regulation (Volume 14, 2000), pp. 81-100. The Chief Accountant of the SEC Division of Corporate Finance cited the findings of this paper in a memo. alerting the SEC staff reporting practices that deserve additional scrutiny.

Frederick Niswander and Edward P. Swanson, "Loan, Security, and Dividend Choices by Individual (Unconsolidated) Public and Private Commercial Banks," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (Autumn 2000): 201-235 (lead article).