UMass Boston

Surjit Tinaikar

Department:
Accounting & Finance
Title:
Department Chair

Area of Expertise

Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Corporate Finance and Valuation, Investments

Degrees

PhD, Accounting, University of Toronto

MS, Finance, Boston College

MBA, Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi

BA, Economics, University of Bombay

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Managerial Control Divergence and Analysts’ Information Precision, with Yong-Chul Shin and KoEun Park. Corporate Governance: An International Review, Forthcoming, 2017.
  • Executive Compensation Disclosure and Private Control Benefits: A Comparison of U.S. and Canadian Dual Class Firms. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. Conditionally Accepted.
  • Private Control Benefits and Informative Earnings Smoothing: Evidence from Dual Class Share Firms. Journal of International Accounting Research, Forthcoming, 2017.
  • Pay Performance Sensitivity and Earnings Restatements, with Kun Yu, Corporate Ownership and Control, 2014.
  • Accounting Based Valuation Models: What Have We Learned, Accounting and Finance, with Gordon Richardson.
  • Outside Directors, Litigation Environment and Management Earnings Forecasts, Accounting Perspectives, Volume 11, Issue 1, pages 1–29, Spring 2012.
  • Voluntary Disclosure and Ownership Structure: An Analysis of Dual Class Firms. Journal of Management and Governance, 2014

Additional Information

Background

Chartered Financial Analyst

Courses Taught

Intermediate Accounting; Accounting Information Systems

Research Interests

Corporate Governance; Voluntary Disclosure; Earnings Management ; International Accounting