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    Name: Michael Mosebach
Title: Associate Professor of Accounting
Department: The George W. Daverio School of Accountancy
Office: CBA 266
Phone: 330-972-6233
Fax: 330-972-8597
Email: mmosebach@uakron.edu
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George W. Daverio School of Accountancy
College of Business Administration
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-4802
Curriculum Vitae: Download in PDF format

   
       
         
Education:

  • PhD in Business Administration, University of Oklahoma, 1996

  • MBA, Sonoma State University

  • BS in Accounting, University of Nevada – Reno

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Professional & Academic Experience:

  • Teaching Experience:


    • Associate Professor and Daverio Research Fellow, University of Akron, 2008 – Present

    • Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, 2006 - 2008

    • Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, 2000 - 2006

    • Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University, 1996 – 2000

    • Visiting Assistant Professor, Auburn University, 1995 – 1996

    • Visiting Instructor, Michigan State University, 1994 – 1995

    • University of Oklahoma, 1993 – 1994

    • University of Michigan, Summer 1991


  • Professional Experience:


    • Chief Financial Officer, Hanns Kornell Champagne Cellers

    • Controller, Hilton Inn-Sacramento

    • Controller, Golden Spike Casino

    • General Manager, Mapes Hotel and Casino

    • Chief Financial Officer, Mapes Corporations

    • Auditor, Arthur Andersen & Co-San Francisco


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Teaching Interests:

  • Financial Accounting

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Research Interests:

  • Capital Markets

  • Earnings Management

  • Banking

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Recent Publications:

  • Publications


    • “Does the Net Flow of Funds Help to Predict the S&p 500 Index” with T. Carnes and M. Najand, Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting, 2008 Vol. 3, 191-208.

    • “Culture’s Consequences in Controlling Agency Costs: Egyptian Evidence,” with H. Hassab Elnaby, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 2005, American Accounting Association - IAS, International Accounting Section Journal, 2005.

    • “Regulatory Monitoring as a Substitute for Debt Covenants,” with E. Black, T. Carnes, and S. Moyer, Journal of Accounting and Economics, September 2004.

    • "Relative Information Content of Accounting Earnings Measurements," with Ted Englebrecht, Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, September 2003.

    • “Accounting Faculty Members' Perceptions of Distance Learning: An Exploratory Study”, with R. Newmark, Distance Education Online Symposium News, February 2002.

    • "Regulation Avoidance in the Banking Industry: The Case of 364 Day Lines of Credit," Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting, Autumn 2000.

    • “Are the Structural Changes in Mutual Funds Investing Driving the U.S. Stock Market to its Current Levels?”, with Mohammad Najand, Journal of Financial Research, Fall 1999 (This article is abstracted in The CFA Digest, Spring 2000).

    • “Market Response to Banks Granting Lines of Credit,” Journal of Banking and Finance, November 1999.

    • "What Can I Expect as an Entry-Level Accountant?," with E. Sanders, and J. Carabajal, Management Accounting Supplement, Autumn 1998. Note: This paper is a permanent part of the IMA (national) website.


  • Works in Progress


    • “Earnings Management and the Cost of Technical Default” with H. Hassab Elnaby and S.Whisenant being revised for third review at Journal of Accounting and Economics

    • “Earnings Management Around the Emergence of Profitability” with P. Simko being revised for second review at Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

    • “Market’s Anticipation of Write-offs” with T. Sougiannis and R. Doogar

    • “Pension Expense as an Earnings Management Tool” with M. McHugh and J. Mosebach

    • "Mis-specified Cost of Capital From Incorrect Risk-Free Rates " with P. Polinski and M. Wu

    • “Predicting Stock Prices Using State Space Modeling” with T. Carnes and M. Najand

    • “Market Reaction to Revenue Announcements” with V. Richardson


  • Presentations


    • AAA Annual Meeting, 2006

    • FARS Midyear Meeting 2006

    • Louisiana State University 2006

    • Mississippi State University 2006

    • University of Texas, San Antonio 2006

    • Case Western University, 2004

    • AAA Annual Meeting, 2004


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Awards:

  • Research Funding:


    • Dean’s Research Grant, 2005

    • James H. Penick Endowment - University of Arkansas system wide competitive Banking Research Grant, 2004


  • Other:


    • Nominated for Sam M. Walton College of Business Excellence in Research Award, 2003

    • Listed in 1998 “Who’s Who Among American Teachers”


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