Accounting and Finance

Big Payoffs Fueled Excessive Risk Taking and Led to Financial Downturn, Study Shows

 
Big Payoffs Fueled Excessive Risk Taking and Led to Financial Downturn, Study Shows
Original Publication Date: 
03/02/2011

Lucrative incentives for executives at the nation’s top banks encouraged them to take excessive risks prior to the financial meltdown that the country still is digging itself out of three years later, according to a new study from UNH. New research by Brian Bolton, assistant professor of finance...

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UNH Study: Big Payoffs Fueled Excessive Risk Taking by Top Executives and Led to Financial Downturn

 
UNH Study: Big Payoffs Fueled Excessive Risk Taking by Top Executives and Led to Financial Downturn
Original Publication Date: 
02/28/2011

New research by Brian Bolton, assistant professor of finance at UNH, and his colleague Sanjai Bhagat, professor of finance at the University of Colorado at Boulder, shows that the executive compensation structures in 14 of the largest U.S. financial institutions from 2000 to 2008 led to excessive risk taking that spurred the financial crisis. The research is presented in the working paper “Bank Executive Compensation and Capital Requirements Reform.”

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UNH's Accounting Program Named Among the Top in the World

 
UNH's Accounting Program Named Among the Top in the World
Original Publication Date: 
02/25/2011

The University of New Hampshire's accounting program was named one of the top accounting programs in the world by Utah's Brigham Young University...UNH in Durham was ranked No. 2 in the world in accounting information systems, and No. 12 in the world in experimental accounting research. The ranking in accounting information systems put it ahead of nearly 200 institutions worldwide, including top research institutions.

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UNH Whittemore School's Accounting Program Named One of Best in World

 
UNH Whittemore School's Accounting Program Named One of Best in World
Original Publication Date: 
02/18/2011

The University of New Hampshire’s accounting program has been named one of the top accounting programs in the world by Brigham Young University...UNH was ranked No. 2 in the world in accounting information systems, and No. 12 in the world in experimental accounting research. UNH’s ranking in accounting information systems put it ahead of nearly 200 institutions worldwide, including top research institutions.

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UNH Business School Offers Tax Preparation Help to Low-Income Residents

 
UNH Business School Offers Tax Preparation Help to Low-Income Residents
Original Publication Date: 
02/18/2011

The University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics is offering tax preparation help to low-income residents.

Eighteen students, all accounting majors, have become certified tax preparers with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a collaboration among the university, Internal Revenue Service, Northeast Credit Union and the Creating Assets, Savings, and Hope (CASH) Coalition of Southeastern New Hampshire.

UNH volunteers will be available:

Assistant or Associate Professor in Accounting

 

UNH research recommends new regulatory structure to mitigate financial risk in China

 
UNH research recommends new regulatory structure to mitigate financial risk in China
Original Publication Date: 
01/26/2011

New research...by Honggeng Zhou, associate professor of decision sciences, and Wenjuan Xie, assistant professor of finance, both at UNH, is presented in the working paper “Challenges for the Unified Financial Supervision in the Post-crisis Era: Singaporean Experience and Chinese Practice.” The paper is co-authored by Jing Geng of Harvard University and GuiBin Zhang of Monash Asia Institute.

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UNH Research Recommends New Regulatory Structure to Mitigate Financial Risk in China

 
UNH Research Recommends New Regulatory Structure to Mitigate Financial Risk in China
Original Publication Date: 
01/26/2011

New research from the University of New Hampshire suggests that China should establish a unified supervisory agency, similar to what is used in Singapore, to oversee its complex financial sector. The new research by Honggeng Zhou, associate professor of decision sciences, and Wenjuan Xie, assistant professor of finance, both at UNH...

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Study: CEOs with top-tier MBAs no better than other CEOs

 
Study: CEOs with top-tier MBAs no better than other CEOs
Original Publication Date: 
10/18/2010

Whether a company chooses a CEO with an MBA degree from a prestigious school or not has no affect on the company’s long-term performance, according to a recent study by the University of New Hampshire...Brian Bolton, assistant professor of finance at the University of New Hampshire’s Whittemore School of Business and Economics, conducted the research using data from the years 1993 through 2007.

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