Non-Academic Engagement

Our faculty actively engages beyond the traditional confines of academia by providing expert commentary in the media and to regulators. This multifaceted engagement not only enhances the visibility and relevance of our work but also fosters a dynamic exchange of ideas that benefits both the academic community and the broader public.

Podcasts

• Tax Chats: Taxes touch every aspect of society, including who rules, where factories are built, what people drink, what car they buy, when they have children, and when they die. Scott Dyreng (Duke) and Jeff Hoopes (UNC), two accounting professors, chat about taxes, including current events, with the energy of an over-caffeinated chihuahua. Listening is guaranteed to be far more entertaining than actually paying your taxes.

Recent Media Mentions

• “Major NC Companies Relax Mandatory Retirement Ages for Board Directors, CEOs“, The News & Observer, July 18th, 2024.
• “How Racial Animus Has Locked HBCUs Out of Capital Markets”, by Jordan Nellums, The Century Foundation, June 3, 2024.
• “Understanding the Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act”, Tax Foundation, May 23, 2024.
• “Tesla’s shareholders are asked again to allow record £45bn pay for Elon Musk“, CarDealerMagazine, April 17th, 2024.
• “Tennis Rating: UTR Rating vs. NTRP vs. WTN”, by Nina Pantic, UTRSports.net, March 19, 2024.
• “How a proposal to lower HBCU borrowing costs would work”, by Heather Gillers, Wall Street Journal, February 16, 2024.
• “The Stanford Professor Taking on Racism in the $4 Trillion Muni-Bond Market”, by Heather Gillers, Wall Street Journal, February 15, 2024.
• “Novak Djokovic in prime position to reclaim world No 1 spot in rankings he endorses”, by Kevin Palmer, Tennis365.com, February 14, 2024
• “How boards should think about handling visionary CEOs“, Forbes, January 28th, 2024.
• “Musk’s warning about Tesla stake raises governance questions“, Reuters, January 17th, 2024.
• “When the CEO Is a Visionary, What happens if the board does not share the vision?“, Big Ideas from Texas McCombs, January 11th, 2024.
• “Alabama HBCUs among those benefiting from better bond ratings”, by Janet Lorin, Bloomberg, September, 4, 2023.
• “Social returns on investments in HBCUs rise as affirmative action recedes”, by Davind Bank, ImpactAlpha, July 20, 2023
• “Black Colleges With Boosted Ratings to See Borrowing Costs Drop”, by Janet Lorin, Bloomberg, July 20, 2023.
• “Historically Black, Historically Underfunded – Investing in HBCUs”, Goldman Sachs Research, July 13, 2023.
• “How Wilmington’s top bank has navigated the U.S. banking crisis”, The News & Observer, May 25, 2023
• “More firms drop LIFO amid inflation, low taxes”, by Steven I. Weiss, CFO Brew, May 4, 2023.
• “What is in the future of First Republic Bank?”, KCBS radio interview, April 29th, 2023.
• “When short-sellers bet against banks“, Marketplace, April 28th, 2023.
• “Boards Should Let `Visionary’ CEOs Proceed with Plans“, Forbes India, March 27th, 2023.
• “SVB: US regulators have generated a moral hazard”, thebanker.com,  March 24, 2023.
• “Boards Should Let `Visionary’ CEOs Proceed with Plans“, Fuqua Insights, February 22nd, 2023.
• “A Black tax costs U.S. cities millions they can’t afford”, by Nic Querolo, Accounting Today, September 29, 2022
• “Why Investors May Need Mandatory Certification of Firms’ ESG Claims“, Fuqua Insights, August 8th, 2022.
• “What’s behind the ‘The Dropout’ Elizabeth Holmes’ low voice?”, by Erin Jensen, USA Today, March 4, 2022.
• “What Role Do Boards Play in Companies with Visionary CEOs?“, Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog , February 3, 2022.
• “Elizabeth Warren’s War on Accounting.” Op-Ed by Scott Dyreng published in the Wall Street Journal on
  November 14, 2021.
• “Quantifying the Quality of Integrity:  CEOs, Auditors and Outcomes”, by Michael Blanding, UVA Darden Ideas to Action, July 21, 2021.
• “Does the SEC’s Focus on Terrorism Limit Their Financial Reporting Oversight?”, by Joseph Brazel, Forbes, July 19, 2021.
• “When the SEC Asks About Terrorism, it Misses Financial Reporting”,  Foreign Policy Essay, Lawfare Blog, June 6, 2021.
• “HBCUs Pay 20 Percent More for Bonds Because Investors Are Less Willing to Invest in Black Institutions”, by Matt Bruce, Atlanta Black Star, May 25, 2021.
• “As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit“, AP News, May 21st, 2021.
• “Research Reveals HBCUs Pay More For Loans Than Other Colleges and Universities”, by Shanique Yates, Afrotech.com, May 17, 2021.
• “Historically Black colleges need equal access to the bond market”, by Gary Hall, TheHill.com, May 13, 2021.
• “SEC’s focus on terrorism could prevent detection of financial errors”, by Margaret McIntyre, The Academic Times, May 5, 2021.
• “Muni bonds can help achieve racial equity”, by Sarah Wynn, The Bond Buyer, April 28, 2021.
• “Congress Urged to Expand Muni Tax Breaks to Help Black Colleges”, by Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg, April 28, 2021.
• “Research Suggests SEC’s Increasing Focus on Terrorism May Limit Financial Oversight”, Fuqua Insights, Duke University Fuqua School of Business, April 12, 2021.
• “SEC Effort to Regulate State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) Disclosure”, The FinReg Blog, Global Financial Markets Center, Duke University School of Law, April 9, 2021.
• “If There’s a Right Time to Ban Short Selling, It’s During a Crisis“, Fuqua Insights, March 10th, 2021 and Duke Daily, March 25th, 2021.
• “Access Denied: Allocation and Exacerbation”, by Tobias Salinger & Maddy Perkins, American Banker, December 7, 2020.
• “Should There Be a Ban on Short-Selling During a Crisis?“, Fuqua LinkedIn Live Series, December 2nd, 2020.
• “CEOs Bring in Big Bucks, More When a CFO is Hired After Them”, by John Heater, CEOWORLD Magazine, September 10, 2020.
• “New Research Finds When CFO is Hired After CEO, CEO Earnings Increase by About 10%”, by Ashley Smith, Informs.org, August 27, 2020.
• “Howard University taps bond market most Black colleges miss out on”, by Danielle Moran and Fola Akinnibi, Bloomberg, July 7, 2020.
• “Does State Sponsor of Terrorism Disclosure Limit Financial Reporting Oversight?”,  Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, May 19 2020.
• “The Economic Consequences of CEO Integrity”, by Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, April 23, 2020.
• “On Earnings Calls, Cynics Move Markets More”, Fuqua Insights, March 24, 2020.
• “The CEO-CFO Relationship Hits Executive Comp”, by Stephanie Forshee, AgendaWeek, December 10, 2019.
• “CEO pay is higher when the CFO is newly hired”, by David McCann, CFO.com, December 9, 2019.
• “CEOs make more money when they hire their CFOs”, by Robert Freedman, CFODive.com, December 5, 2019.
• “The CEO-CFO Relationship and Executive Compensation”, by University of Virginia, December 6, 2019.
• “CEOs’ compensation climbs if they appoint CFO, research suggests”, by Mark Maurer, The Wall Street Journal, December 5, 2019.
• “Incumbent CEOs working with new CFOs earn 10% more money”, Fuqua Insights, December 2, 2019.
• “Social purpose:  How business schools around the world measure up”, by Andrew Jack, Financial Times, October 20, 2019.
• “HBCUs pay higher fees to borrow money.  Research links that premium to racism”, by Clark Merrefield, Harvard Journalist’s Resource, October 1, 2019.
• “How taxing short-term share profits can foster innovation”, Columbia Law School’s Blog On Corporations And The Capital Markets, June 19, 2019.
• “Pitch perfect: how to speak with authority”, by Rivkah Brown, Financial Times, May 27, 2019.
• “Don’t Let Warren Politicize Accounting.” Op-Ed by Scott Dyreng published in the Wall Street Journal on
  May 5, 2019.
• “Low Integrity CEOs Cost Firms Money”, by Erin Medlyn, Fuqua Insights, May 1, 2019.
• “The CEO’s Guide to Prime-Time Survival:  No Hard Swallows”, by John. D. Stoll, The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2018.
• “Racial Bias in School Bonds”, BizEd Magazine, November/December Issue, Page 13.
• “Christine Blasey Ford is being shamed for having vocal fry – here’s what that is”, by Elise Sole, Yahoo! Lifestyle, September 27, 2018.
• “Racial Bias in Muni Market Costs Black Colleges, Research Shows”, by Danielle Moran and Jordyn Holman, Bloomberg, September 4, 2018.
• “HBCUs Vulnerable Under Trump Administration”, by John Schmid, The Afro, August 30, 2018.
• “Racism Plagues Our Educational Institutions”, by Pradeep Banerjee, USA Really, August 29, 2018.
• “Study Finds That Historically Black Colleges and Universities Pay More to Issue Bonds“, Research & Studies, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
• “Is Racism the Reason Why HBCUs Have to Pay More for Loans Than Other Schools?”  by Anne Branigin, The Root, August 24, 2018.
• “For historically black colleges, racism raises costs”, by Jonathan Berr, CBS News, August 24, 2018.
• “Black Colleges Have to Pay More for Loans Than Other Schools”, by Adam Harris, The Atlantic, August 22, 2018.
• “What Warren Buffett is buying and one proposed corporate rule change you need to know”, The Motley Fool, August 22, 2018
• “Trump asks SEC to study scrapping quarterly earnings reports”, Financial Times, Aug 17, 2018
• “Study supports scrapping the 10-Q”, CFO magazine, August 17, 2018
• “The higher cost of less information”, Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2018
• “Historically black schools pay more to issue bonds, researchers find”, by Carol Elliott, University of Notre Dame, July 26, 2018.
• “Mutual fund transparency and corporate myopia”, The Harvard Law School forum on corporate governance and financial regulation, July, 11, 2018
• “Does the way you speak reveal how much you earn?”, by David Robson, Sebastian Diaz Aguirre and Maeve Burke.  BBC Capital series on Voice and Power, June 5, 2018.
• “More frequent reports hurt firms, shareholders”, Fuqua Insights, Feb 19, 2018
• “Researchers find quarterly reporting leads to corporate myopia”, Accounting Today, Jan 22, 2018
• “Does Too Much Financial Reporting Create Corporate Near-Sightedness?”, CPA Practice Advisor, Jan 22, 2018.
• “Yes It’s True: Frequent Financial Reporting Begets Corporate Myopia”, Valuewalk.com, Jan 22, 2018
• “Why Unilever stopped issuing quarterly reports?”, Inc.com, Jan 22, 2018
•  “In what they believe a first, researchers provide evidence that quarterly financial reporting breeds corporate myopia”, American Accounting Association press release, Jan 22, 2018.

Comment Letters

• Comments on the proposed SEC Rule under File Number S7-26-22, titled, “Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting.” 2022. (Principal Co-authors: Chakraborty, I., E. Ferracuti, J.C.  Heater, and M. Phillips).
• Response to the FASB’s Exposure Draft on Fair Value Measurements. 2006. (Principal Co-authors:
  Hopkins P., K. Nelson, and K. Ramesh). Accounting Horizons 20(2): 179-194.
• Response to the FASB’s Exposure Draft on Fair Value Measurements. 2005. (Principal Co-authors:
  Hopkins P., K. Nelson, and M. Venkatachalam). Accounting Horizons 19(3): 187-196.
• Response to FASB Exposure Draft: Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. 2004. (Principal Coauthors: Ashbaugh, H. and P.M. Fairfield). Accounting Horizons 18(4): 255-262.
• Evaluation of the IASB’s Proposed Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Share-Based Payment.
  2004. (Principal Co-authors: Botosan, C.A., and D.E. Hirst). Accounting Horizons 18(1): 65-76.
• Commentary on the IASB’s Exposure Draft on Business Combinations. 2004. (Principal Co-authors:
  Beatty, A.L., P.M. Fairfield, M. Venkatachalam, and L. Vincent). Accounting Horizons 18(1): 55-64.
• Comments on the FASB’s Proposals on Consolidating Special-Purpose Entities and Related Standard-Setting Issues. 2003. (Principal Co-authors: Botosan, C.A., D.E. Hirst, and M. Venkatachalam). Accounting Horizons 17(2): 161-173.