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Praveen Sinha

Praveen Sinha

Email: Dr.Sinha@csulb.edu

Prior to joining CSU-Long Beach, Professor Sinha was a faculty at Chapman University. He has published high impact and seminal research papers in elite and high-quality accounting, finance and economics journals. Recently, his research paper was awarded the Outstanding Research Paper Award at a leading conference.

Teaching Interests: Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Management Accounting.

Research Interests: Capital markets; Regulation; Corporate Governance; Econometric Modeling. Auditor Conflict of Interest, Earnings Management, Analysts Forecasts.

Education

  • Ph D, Carnegie Mellon University., 1992
    Major: Accounting and Policy Analysis
  • M. Phil, Carnegie Mellon University., 1991
  • MA, Lucknow University, 1981
    Major: Psychology
  • BA, Lucknow University, 1979
    Major: Mathematics

Past Experience

  • Associate Professor, California State University, Long Beach (2009 - Present)
  • Associate Professor of Accounting, Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University, Orange, CA (2004 - 2009)
  • Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Management, University of Michigan at Flint, Flint, Michigan (2003 - 2004)
  • Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (1999 - 2003)
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting, College of Business Administration, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (1997 - 1999)
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting, School of Management, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York (1992 - 1996)

Research and Scholarly Activities

Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • "Additional Evidence on Analysts' Decision to Issue Disaggregated Earnings Forecasts: Strategic Biasing" (2012), Abacus.
  • "The Efficacy of Regulation Fair Disclosure" (2010), The Financial Review.
  • "An Econometric Analysis of Skewed Productivity Outcomes" (2010), Empirical Economics.
  • "An Examination of Tax Audit Productivity" (2007), Journal of State Taxation.
  • Do Financial Analysts Dance to Management’s Tone? (2012), WDSI.
Conference Proceeding
  • "Auditor Independence and the Likelihood of a GAAP Violation: (2009), 40th Decision Science Institute Conference.
  • "Analyst's Forecasts in 'Good News' and 'Bad News' Environments: Evidence of Differential Timing of Information Arrival (2008), Western Decision Sciences Conference.
  • "Are Pre-IPO Accruals Informative of IPO Initial Returns?" (2008), Western Decision Sciences Institute.
  • "Do Financial Analysts' Respond to Regulatory Events? Evidence from the Tax Reform Act" (2008), Western Decision Sciences Conference.
  • "The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Earnings Predictability" (2008), Western Decision Sciences Institute Conference.
  • "The Impact of Strategic Alliances on Information Environment" (2008), Western Decision Sciences Institute Conference.
Abstract
  • Auditor Independence and the Likelihood of a GAAP Violation. Published in the proceedings of the Western Decision Science Institute conference in Kuwai, HI, April, 7-11, 2009. Received the Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper Award at the conference. (2009), .

Presentations

  • 38th Western Decision Science Institute Conference , "Change in Earnings Quality after ERP Implementation," , Kauai, HI (April 11, 2009)
  • 2009 Joint CAR/JCAE Symposium, "Evidence of Differential Property of Analyst's Earnings Forecast-Variance in Good-News and Bad-News Environments and its Usefulness," , Hong Kong (January 3, 2009)