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DR. SHARAD ASTHANA 

Professor, Department of Accounting
Editor-in-Chief, 
International Journal of Accounting,Auditing,and Performance Evaluation
College of Business
University of Texas
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249

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Dr. Sharad Asthana is an award winning teacher and researcher who obtained his Ph.D. in Accounting from University of Texas at Austin in 1995 after thirteen years of experience as a senior manager and CEO. Dr. Asthana has published in top-tier Accounting journals, such as, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, and Journal of Information Systems. He is a widely recognized researcher in the areas of pension accounting, capital markets, information technology, and market for audit services. According to a recent publication, he is ranked in the top 25 most published researchers in Accounting Information Systems. He has won several Best Paper Awards and has been inducted twice into the Dean's Research Honor Roll for outstanding research. He was also won two Teacher of the Year Awards for excellence in the classroom. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Accounting,Auditing,and Performance Evaluation.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Ph.D. in Accounting, 1995, University of Texas, Austin

Ph.D in Physics (ABD), 1977, Canning College, Lucknow University, India

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

  1. "Determinants of Funding Strategies and Actuarial Choices for Defined-Benefit Pension Plans,"in CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH (Spring 1999)
  2. "Differential Information Content Hypothesis, Firm Size, and Information Transfer: An Empirical Investigation," with Dr. Birendra Mishra, UT-Dallas, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH (July 2001)    
  3. "The Effect of EDGAR on the Market Response to Form 10-K Filing,"with Dr. Steve Balsam, Temple University, JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING AND PUBLIC POLICY (2001, Winter-Vol. 20, No. 4-5)
  4. "Impact of Information Technology on Post-Earnings Announcement Drift" JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS (2003, Volume 17, No. 1, Spring)
  5. "Differential Response of Small Versus Large Traders to 10-K Filings on EDGAR," with Dr. Steve Balsam, Temple University and Dr. Srinivasan Sankaraguruswamy, National University of Singapore, in THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW (July 2004)
  6. "Factors Associated with the Early Adoption of the SEC's Revised Auditor Fee Disclosure Rules," with Dr. Jayanthi Krishnan (Temple University), AUDITING: A JOURNAL OF PRACTICE AND THEORY (2006, November)
  7. "Earnings Management, Expected Returns on Pension Assets, and Resource Allocation Decisions," JOURNAL OF PENSION ECONOMICS AND FINANCE (2008, July, Vol. 7, No. 02)
  8. "Corporate Governance, Audit Firm Reputation, Auditor Switches, and Client Stock Price Reactions: The Andersen Experience," with Drs. Steve Balsam and Jagan Krishnan, both at Temple University INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDITING (2010, Vol. 14 , Number 3)
  9. "Abnormal Audit Fee and Audit Quality" with Dr. Jeff Boone (UTSA), AUDITING: A JOURNAL OF PRACTICE AND THEORY (2012, forthcoming)

 

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