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Delve: Why Accounting Holds the Key to Successful Sustainability Initiatives, with Brian Wenzel

webfull — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 19:06:34 +0000

What does accounting have to do with sustainability? Essentially, everything. Just as research and regulations around sustainability have expanded in recent years, so has sustainability accounting, focusing on activities of an organization that have a direct impact on its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects.

Published: 5 June 2023

Desautels’ event highlights innovative research and recognizes scholars

webfull — Fri, 20 May 2022 19:17:35 +0000

On Friday, May 13, members of the Desautels Faculty of Management gathered to celebrate the innovative and impactful research conducted by its scholars.

Fifteen professors were on hand to deliver two-minute presentations of their most interesting and research.

Before jumping into the presentations, Dean Yolande Chan took the time to highlight this year's Desautels Faculty Scholar awardees. Congratulations to this year's awardees!

Published: 20 May 2022

Institutional Trading around Corporate News: Evidence from Textual Analysis

webfull — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:47:54 +0000

Authors: A.G. Huang, Hongping Tan, and R. Wermers

Publication: The Review of Financial Studies, Volume 33, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 4627-4675.

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Published: 15 June 2021

The Effects of Analyst-Country Institutions on Biased Research: Evidence from Target Prices

webfull — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:31:27 +0000

Authors: M.T. Bradshaw, A.G. Huang, and Hongping Tan

Publication: Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 57, Issue 1, March 2019, Pages 85-120.

Published: 15 June 2021

Does Private Country-by-Country Reporting Deter Tax Avoidance and Income Shifting? Evidence from BEPS Action Item 13

webfull — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:17:28 +0000

Author: Preetika Joshi

Publication: Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 58, Issue 2, May 2020, Pages 333-381.

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Published: 15 June 2021

Professor Joshi awarded 2021 FRQSC New Academics Grant

webfull — Wed, 05 May 2021 13:25:31 +0000

Congratulations to Preetika Joshi, Assistant Professor in Accounting, who has been awarded the 2021 FRQSC New Academics Grant (Soutien à la recherche pour la relève professorale) for her project titled “Does Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Improve the Tax Enforcement Function?” (L’intelligence artificielle et l’apprentissage automatique améliorent-ils la fonction de mise en recouvrement de l’impôt ?”)

Published: 5 May 2021

Operating Lease as Alternative Financing for REITs: a Viable Strategy or a Sign of Trouble?

webfull — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:47:31 +0000

Authors: E. Devos, E. Devos, H. Li and Desmond Tsang

Publication: The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Forthcoming

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Published: 16 April 2021

Prof Tsang's paper wins award at 2021 Academy of Finance Conference

webfull — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 22:21:40 +0000

Congratulations to Desmond Tsang, Associate Professor in Accounting, whose paper won Best-in-Track Award for Real Estate at the 2021 Academy of Finance Conference

Professor Tsang’s paper “Corporate Relocation and Housing Market Spillovers” with co-authors Maggie Hu and Wayne Xinwei Wan has won the Best-in-Track Award for Real Estate and was recognized during the 34th Annual Academy of Finance Conference.

Published: 1 April 2021

New policies needed to address the CEWS controversy

webfull — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 20:16:12 +0000

Between April and September 20, 53 publicly-held Canadian companies paid out nearly $2 billion to their shareholders despite receiving more than $10 million in federal assistance through the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS). Prof. Preetika Joshi proposes policy changes that will direct future subsidies to the companies that need them most. Learn more

Published: 10 December 2020

‘Shareholder capitalism’ sparks controversy

webfull — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:57:13 +0000

The news that more than 60 publicly held Canadian firms have received the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) while continuing to pay out dividends has sharply divided public opinion this week. Professor Preetika Joshi enters the debate, pointing to the complexity of balancing profit with corporate responsibility during a crisis.

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Published: 10 December 2020