Accounting professionals face challenges when they decide how conservative to be in reporting a public company’s financial results. New research by Assistant Professor Shawn X.

Companies that make regular ongoing campaign contributions to lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee end up paying lower tax rates over time, according to a new study by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business.

Research uncovers insights that guide the practice of accounting, and that open up new avenues of inquiry. Faculty in the School of Accountancy are among the leading investigators in the discipline, and their  findings are published in top peer-reviewed journals.

When investors examine a company before a stock buy, how do they know they can trust the books? The U.S.

Everybody has heard about companies that fail to take adequate action when their products show faults and end up on the front page. Professor Emeritus Marianne Jennings has spent several years researching why these internal ethical lapses happen in the first place.

Hiring demand is up for all b-school disciplines, including accounting.

Finance, accounting, and tax have a longstanding legacy in businesses of all shapes and sizes, but it’s no secret the business world is changing.

Many corporations lobby the U.S. Congress, but are these efforts effective?

The School of Accountancy's Professor of Practice Donald Goldman offers a cautionary tale that illustrates the consequences of cutting corners when starting a business. In this case, saving a few dollars on legal advice in the beginning cost $3 million in the end.

Do the executives running big public accounting firms really know how the CPAs who work for them would respond when faced with ethical dilemmas? New research suggests they may not.