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The Neel Corporate Governance Speaker Series was founded in 2003 with three speakers from regional law firms. Since then it has brought academics, politicians, regulators, industry executives, board members and other experts in corporate governance from around the country.

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We conduct nationally recognized research on corporate governance, specifically focusing on public policy.

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Lauren Cunningham

Assistant Professor

Linda Myers

Haslam Chair of Business & Distinguished Professor of Accounting

Terry Neal

Richard L. Townsend Distinguished Accounting Professor

Roy Schmardebeck

Assistant Professor

Tracie Woidtke

David E. Sharp/Home Federal Bank Professor in Banking & Finance

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Featured Research: Does It Pay to Treat Employees Well?

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) topics, including employee welfare, have gained the attention of investors and media relations experts alike. Larry Fauver and his co-authors examine the valuation impact of having an employee-friendly (EF) culture using data from 43 countries.

Featured Research: Do Accounting Firm Consulting Revenues Impair Audit Quality?

Regulators and investors alike have expressed concern over the growing size of accounting firms’ consulting and advisory practices, fearing that it will lead to diminished focus on audit quality from firm leaders. Linda Myers and her colleagues examine the association between accounting firm consulting revenues and audit quality of public company clients, both before and after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Featured Research: What Happens when Auditors Disclose “Critical Audit Matters” to Investors?

The United States’ regulator for audits of public companies, the PCAOB, recently enacted a new standard that will require auditors to expand their audit reports to disclose “critical audit matters” for their public company clients. This new ruling was met with contention: on the one hand, investors wanted more information from auditors than just a basic “pass” or “fail” opinion; on the other hand, auditors are reluctant to release information that management has not already disclosed in the financial statements. Joseph Carcello, Terry Neal, and their coauthors examine the effect of a similar rule change in the United Kingdom to provide evidence on the potential impact of these expanded audit reports.

Featured Research: Selling Crowdfunded Equity: A New Frontier

The JOBS Act enacted several new laws to increase opportunities for investment. Equity-based crowdfunding provides the opportunity to invest in an early-stage, private company in exchange for equity, with the risk that these are exempt from federal registration (and hence, exempt from certain regulatory oversight). Joan Heminway makes observations about federal securities law transfer restrictions imposed on these types of shares and offers some suggestions for important areas that legislation can address.

New Research Shows Danger to CEOs when Firms Overpay, or Underpay, Taxes

James Chyz established a correlation between CEO turnover and whether firms pay more, or less, taxes than their peers.

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Speaker Series

We conduct nationally recognized research on corporate governance, specifically focusing on public policy.

Featured Experts

Lauren Cunningham

Linda Myers

Terry Neal

Roy Schmardebeck

Tracie Woidtke

Want to Learn More?

Featured Research: Does It Pay to Treat Employees Well?

Featured Research: Do Accounting Firm Consulting Revenues Impair Audit Quality?

Featured Research: What Happens when Auditors Disclose “Critical Audit Matters” to Investors?

Featured Research: Selling Crowdfunded Equity: A New Frontier

New Research Shows Danger to CEOs when Firms Overpay, or Underpay, Taxes

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