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Henock Louis

Associate Professor of Accounting
Department: Accounting
Office: 319 Business Building
Phone: 814-865-4160
Fax: 814-863-8393
E-mail: hul4@psu.edu
Member of Faculty Since: 2001

Personal Homepage:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/hul4/Louis_Resume.pdf

Introduction

Professor Louis has broad research and teaching interests in Financial Accounting and Corporate Finance. His current research focuses primarily on corporate governance, managerial financial reporting incentives, market anomalies, and signaling. His work has been published (or accepted for publication) in leading accounting, business, and finance journals. He also serves as an ad hoc reviewer for Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Financial Management, Financial ReviewJournal of Accounting and EconomicsJournal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Accounting ResearchJournal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Journal of Banking and FinanceJournal of Business Finance and AccountingJournal of FinanceJournal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of International Financial Management and AccountingJournal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Review of Accounting Studies, and Review of Financial Studies.

Professor Louis is the recipient of the 2005 Excellence in Accounting Research Award provided by the American Accounting Association Diversity Section. He was an Organization of American States Graduate Fellow and a KPMG Doctoral Scholar, and is currently a member of the American Accounting Association, the American Economic Association, and the American Finance Association.

Expertise

Earnings Management
Financial Reporting and Managerial Incentives
Market Anomalies
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance

Education

Ph.D., Accounting, Ohio State University,  2001 

Courses

ACCTG 471, Intermediate Accounting
ACCTG 560, Accounting and Business Analysis