GIORGIO GOTTI, Ph.D. Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor (Italy) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2014 Present Associate Professor University of Texas at El Paso Sept. 2011 2014 Assistant Professor University of Texas at El Paso Sept. 2007 2011 Assistant Professor University of Massachusetts Boston June 2014, 2010 and Oct. 2008 Visiting Professor University of Verona, Italy EDUCATION 2003 2007 Ph.D. in Business Administration - Major: Accounting University of Tennessee 2002 2003 Master of Accountancy - Concentration: Information Systems University of Tennessee 1992 1996 Bachelor of Science (Laurea) - Major: Economics Bocconi University, Italy EDUCATION OTHER Fall 2004 Doctoral Visiting Scholar Bocconi University, Italy March 2004 Foundations and Current Developments in Institutional and Analytical Research Earning Management: Causes and Consequences - Prof. Thomas Hemmer London School of Economics, UK RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Research Teaching International Accounting, Financial Accounting, Capital Market Based Accounting Research, International Corporate Governance International Accounting, Financial Accounting and Reporting, Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis COURSES TAUGHT University of Texas at El Paso ACCT 3311/3322 Intermediate Accounting I/II Spring 2012 - Fall 2014 IBUS 6398/6399 Doctoral Dissertation I/II Fall 2012/Spring 2014 ACCT 5394/ 4399 Current Issues/Topics in Accounting (IFRS) Spring 2012 ACCT 5301 AMBA/MBA Financial Accounting Fall 2011 - Fall 2014 ACCT 5335 International Accounting Fall 2011 - Fall 2013 University of Verona (Italy) Ph.D. Seminars Research in International and Financial Accounting June 2014, June 2010, October 2008 University of Massachusetts Boston MBA AF 615 MBA International Accounting Spring 2011 Fall 2007 MBA AF 691 MBA Financial Accounting Theory & Analysis Spring 2011 Fall 2009 AF 415 Grad. Advanced Financial Accounting Spring 2007 and Fall 2009 AF 210 Financial Accounting Spring 2008, 2009 and 2010 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS 1998-2002 Chartered Accountant (Dottore Commercialista) and Statutory Auditor Milan, Italy (Revisore Contabile) with Comma10 CPA and Law Firm Rome, Italy 1996-1998 Lieutenant Italian Navy Venice, Italy University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration Dept. of Accounting 500 W. University Ave. El Paso, Texas 79968 Office: +1 (915) 747-7762 - Fax: +1 (915) 747-8618 Cell: +1 (617) 4477105 E-mail: ggotti@utep.edu
PUBLICATIONS Gotti, G. and S. Mastrolia (2014). Reply to the Discussion of Cost of Capital and Liquidity of Foreign Private Issuers Exempted from Filing with the SEC: Information Risk Effect or Earning Quality Effect? It Depends. The International Journal of Accounting. doi:10.1016/j.intacc.2014.04.009 Gotti, G. and S. Mastrolia (2014). Cost of Capital and Liquidity of Foreign Private Issuers Exempted from Filing with the SEC: Information Risk Effect or Earning Quality Effect? It Depends. The International Journal of Accounting. doi:10.1016/j.intacc.2014.04.007 Behn, B., G. Gotti, D. Herrmann, T. Kang (2013). Classification Shifting in an International Setting: Investor Protection and Financial Analysts Monitoring. Journal of International Accounting Research. Vol. 12 (2):27-50. doi: 10.2308/jiar-50439. Received the 2014 JIAR Best Paper Award Salter, S., T. Kang, G. Gotti, T. Doupnik (2013). The Role of Social Values, Accounting Values and Institutions in Determining Accounting Conservatism. Management International Review. 53 (4):607-632. doi: 10.1007/s11575-012-0152-1 Gotti, G., S. Han, J. Higgs, T. Kang (2012). Managerial Stock Ownership, Analyst Coverage and Audit Fee. Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance. 27 (3): 412-437. doi:10.1177/0148558x11409158 Gotti, G. and S. Mastrolia (2012). The Effect on Financial Reporting Quality of an Exemption from the SEC Reporting Requirements for Foreign Private Issuers. The International Journal of Accounting. Vol. 47, Issue 1, March 2012 (p. 44-71). doi:10.1016/j.intacc.2011.12.002 Gotti, G. and S. Mastrolia (2012). Response to the discussion of The Effect on Financial Reporting Quality of an Exemption from the SEC Reporting Requirements for Foreign Private Issuers. The International Journal of Accounting. Vol. 47, Issue 1, March 2012 (p. 76-84). doi:10.1016/j.intacc.2011.12.004 Behn, B., R. Riley, G. Gotti, and R. Brooks (2011). Discontinued SEC Required Disclosures: the Value of Repairs and Maintenance Expenses. Research in Accounting Regulation, Vol. 23 (184-187). doi:10.1016/j.racreg.2011.06.011 Gotti, G. and S. Mastrolia (2010). Regulatory intervention and the effect of changes in corporate governance on firm decisions and market reactions. Journal of Management and Governance, Vol 14 (379-407). doi: 10.1007/s10997-009-9105-x BOOK CHAPTERS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS Bandopadhyaya, A., G. Gotti, and C. Lu Managing Exchange Rates, (2011). Book chapter in International Business in the 21 st Century, Volume 2, Going Global: Implementing International Business Operations, (ed. Vijay R. Kannan), Praeger. Gotti, G. and S. Mastrolia Foreign Private Issuers Exempted from Filing with the SEC and Markets Reactions. American Accounting Association (AAA) 2009 Annual Meeting Proceedings Series Gotti, G. Conditional Conservatism in Accounting: New Measure and Tests of Determinants. American Accounting Association (AAA) 2008 Annual Meeting Proceedings Series Bianchi, G. and Giorgio Gotti, Abolizione dell Imposta sulle Successioni e Donazioni: conseguenze per le organizzazioni non profit (Repealing of the Italian Legacy and Succession Tax: Consequences for Notfor-Profit Entities) Enti Non Profit n. 6 (2001), 401 Gotti, G. Considerazioni preliminari sul sistema fiscale del settore non profit negli Stati Uniti (Preliminary Remarks on the U.S. Not-for-Profit Taxation System) Il Fisco n. 45 (2000), 13426 Page 2 - Giorgio Gotti
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW Mandatory Auditor Rotation, Audit Fees and Audit Quality, with C. Florio, S. Corbella, and S. Mastrolia. Revise and Resubmit at Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation Reverse Mergers and Earnings Quality, with Chu Chen and Kathryn Schumann. 2 nd Round Revise and Resubmit at Journal of International Accounting Research WORKING PAPERS The Role of Codes of Ethics in Constraining Opportunistic Earnings Management: International Evidence with Chu Chen, Tony Kang, Stacy Mastrolia. To be submitted for publication to Journal of International Business Studies Short Selling and Earnings Management. With Erturk, B., T. Kang, R. Rao. Ethical Policies and Accounting Conservatism: An International Approach with Tony Kang, data collection in progress Foreign Private Issuers in US Equity Markets, with Stacy Mastrolia, data collection in progress Financial Analysts Forecasts, Good and Bad News, Conditional Conservatism. EDITORIAL BOARDS ACTIVITIES, SESSION CHAIR, REVIEWER, DISCUSSANT Editorial Board: o Associate Editor: Journal of International Accounting Research. 2014 - present o The International Journal of Accounting, 2012 - present o Journal of International Accounting, Auditing & Taxation, 2011 - present o Rivista dei Dottori Commercialisti, Milan, Italy, 2010 - present Ad hoc Referee: o Accounting Horizons o International Journal of Auditing o Advances in Accounting, incorporating Advances in International Accounting o Strategic Management Journal 2014-2007 AAA International Accounting Section (IAS), Midyear Meeting - Reviewer, discussant, and sessions moderator 2014-2006 AAA, Annual Meeting Reviewer of several papers for the IAS the FARS; discussant, and moderator of sessions 2013-2011 - 2010 European Accounting Association Annual Conference - Session Chair 2011-2008 AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS), Midyear Meeting - Reviewer SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AAA International Accounting Section o 2014-2015 President Elect and Vice-President Academic o 2012-2014 Executive Committee - Treasurer o 2012 and 2011 AAA Commons Editorial Board member o 2012 Information Technology Committee Chair and Co-Webmaster o 2011 Information Technology Committee Chairman and Webmaster o 2011 Midyear Meeting Chairman of the Program Committee o 2010 Midyear Meeting Member of the Program Committee Ph.D. Committee Chairman: o Chu Chen (Financial Accounting, Dept. of Accounting, UTEP) 2014 Ph.D. Committee Co-Chairman: o Elizabeth Davos (Financial Accounting, Dept. of Accounting, UTEP) 2014. In Process Ph.D. Committee Member: o Ankita Singhvi (Financial Accounting, Dept. of Accounting, UTEP) 2014 United Way of El Paso Young Leaders Society (UWYLS) o 2012 2014 Executive Committee - Treasurer 2011 2013 Board member Page 3 - Giorgio Gotti
CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, and INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2014 AAA-Annual Meeting Atlanta, GA University of Illinois 2014 The International Journal of Accounting Symposium Sao Paulo (Brazil) Oklahoma State University Executive PhD Seminar University of Verona (Italy), PhD Seminar EAA 37 th Annual Congress Tallinn (Estonia) 2013 28 th CAR Conference. Kingston, Ontario (Canada). Invited Attendee Oklahoma State University Executive PhD Seminar AAA-Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA (2 papers) EAA 36 th Annual Congress Paris (France) Southwestern Finance Association 52 nd Annual Meeting Albuquerque, NM Eastern Finance Association Annual Meeting Tampa, FL AAA-Southwest Regional Meeting Albuquerque, NM AAA-IAS Midyear Meeting - Savannah, GA AAA-Audit Midyear Meeting - New Orleans, LA (2 papers) 2012 27 th CAR Conference. Ottawa (Canada). Invited Attendee 4 th Workshop on Audit Quality. Accounting Dept. at Bocconi University & EIASM S. Margherita Ligure (Italy) AAA-Annual Meeting Washington, DC University of Illinois 2012 The International Journal of Accounting Symposium - Niagara Falls (Canada) 2011 26th CAR Conference. Calgary (Canada). Invited Attendee EAA 34 th Annual Congress Rome (Italy) 2 papers AAA-IAS Midyear Meeting Tampa, FL 2 papers 2010 University of Texas at El Paso Bentley University Oklahoma State University 5 th Workshop on Accounting and Regulation. EU Inst. for Adv. Studies in Mngm (EIASM) Siena (Italy) University of Verona (Italy), PhD Seminars EAA 33 rd Annual Congress Istanbul (Turkey) AAA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA (2 papers) AAA-Mid-Atlantic Region Meeting Philadelphia, PA AAA-IAS Midyear Meeting Palm Springs, CA (2 papers) 2009 Oklahoma State University AAA Annual Meeting New York, NY AAA Northeast Regional Meeting Cambridge, MA AAA-IAS Midyear Meeting St. Pete Beach, FL University of Illinois 2009 The International Journal of Accounting Symposium - Catania (Italy) 2008 University of Verona (Italy), PhD Seminars AAA Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA 2007 4 th Workshop on Accounting and Regulation. EU Inst. for Adv. Studies in Mngm (EIASM) Siena (Italy) AAA-IAS Midyear Meeting Charleston, SC Page 4 - Giorgio Gotti
HONORS AND AWARDS 2014 Excellence in Graduate Instruction Award (Best teacher award voted by MBA students) UTEP 2014 Summer Research Support Award CoBA - UTEP 2014 Journal of International Accounting Research Best Paper Award (best paper of the past 5 years) 2013 Accounting Dept. Outstanding Research Award CoBA - UTEP 2013 Southwestern Finance Association Best Doctoral Student Paper Award in Corporate Finance 2010 Faculty Scholarship Award - College of Management - UMass Boston 2010 AAA Mid-Atlantic Region Meeting, International Accounting Section: Best Paper Award 2010 AAA International Accounting Section Outstanding Service Award as Committee Member of the Midyear Conference 2009 Faculty Research Award - College of Management - UMass Boston ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Member of the AAA International Accounting (IAS), Financial Accounting & Reporting (FARS), and Auditing Sections Member of the European Accounting Association Member of the Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti di Milano (Chartered Accountants) and Registro dei Revisori Contabili (Statutory Auditors) Milan - Rome, Italy Page 5 - Giorgio Gotti