Yaw M. Mensah

Professor and Vice Dean for Strategic Partnerships

Area of expertise

848-445-4369 mensah@business.rutgers.edu Curriculum Vitae

Professor Mensah’s teaching and research interests are in managerial and financial accounting, particularly in the areas of the evaluation of efficiency and productivity measurement, the financial reporting of non-profit institutions, and the use of accounting information in the capital markets.

Academic degrees

Ph.D., University of Illinois; Accounting
M.B.A., Columbia University; Accounting & Finance
B.Sc., University of Ghana

Annual Governmental Accounting & Auditing Update Conference draws professionals from around the state

PayPal CEO tells educators that future business leaders will have to "examine constantly" if the direction they're going makes sense

Quant Summit features high-level discussion of new market structure

Rutgers Accounting and Auditing Conference brings state auditor and accounting professionals together

Publications

Mensah, Yaw M.

"An Analysis of the Effect of Culture and Religion on Perceived Corruption in a Global Context”

Journal of Business Ethics 121 (2 – May), 2014, pp. 255-282. (WES -5-yr- IF -2003 – 1.620)

Earlier version available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2012854

Mensah, Yaw M., Michael P. Schoderbek, and Savita P. Sahay

“The Effect of Administrative Pay and Local Property Taxes on Student Achievement Scores: Evidence from New Jersey Public Schools”

Economics of Education Review (June, 2013), pp. 1-16 (WES – 5yr IF – 1.527)

Available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.01.005
Earlier version available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=899400

Dissertations Supervised

Name: Peterson, Amanda

Graduation Date: 2014/May
Thesis Title: The Impact of Municipal Governance on Cities' Audit Performance and Audit Report Timeliness and teh Subsequent Economic Changes

Name: Alexander-Smith, Dorothy

Graduation Date: 2011/October
Thesis Title: Two Essays in Financial Accounting

Name: Yang, Rong

Graduation Date: 2004/May
Thesis Title: The Effect of the SEC's Regulation Fair Disclosure on Analyst Forecast Attributes and Related Market Reactions.

Name: Ryu, Tae-Ghil

Graduation Date: 1993/October
Thesis Title: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 96, "Accounting for Income Taxes"

Name: Vijayan, Anil

Graduation Date: 1993/May
Thesis Title: Credit Loss Treatment in FAS #105 and Risk Based Capital: An Empirical Analysis of its Information Content in a Bank's Credit Rating