Research Papers & Projects

Center for Governmental Accounting Education & Research

Research Papers

Published Papers Sponsored by CGAER

Cost Efficiency and Financial Flexibility in Institutions of Higher Education

By Yaw M. Mensah and Robert Werner

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 22 (4) July/August, 2003: pp. 293-32.

An Approach to Evaluating Relative Effectiveness in Non-Profit Institutions

By Yaw M. Mensah, Kevin C.K. Lam, and Robert Werner

Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management, 2008.

The Capital Market Implications of the Frequency of Interim Financial Reporting: An International Analysis

By Yaw M. Mensah and Robert H. Werner

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 31(1) July 2008, pp. 71-104.

Auditors' Decision-Making Under Going-Concern Uncertainties in Low Litigation-Risk Environments: Evidence from Hong-Kong

By Kevin C.K. Lam and Yaw M. Mensah

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. 25 (6) 2006, pp. 706-739.

Completed Working Papers

A Methodology for Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Management Tools in Public-Sector Institutions: Application to Public Education

By Yaw M. Mensah, Michael P. Schoderbek, and Robert H. Werner

Estimating the Value Added by Spending on the Administrative Function in Public Education: Evidence from New Jersey Public Schools

By Yaw M. Mensah, Michael P. Schoderbek, and Robert H. Werner

Previous Research Work With Ph.D. Students

An Empirical Evaluation of Analysts' Herding Behavior Following Regulation Fair Disclosure

By Yaw M. Mensah & Rong Yang

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 27(4), July-August 2008, pp. 317-338

The Effect of the SEC’s Regulation Fair Disclosure on Analysts’ Forecast Attributes

By Yaw M. Mensah & Rong Yang

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 14(2) 2006: 192-209

The Determinants of Investor Valuation of R&D Expenditures in the Software Industry

By Yaw M. Mensah and Catherine Chiang

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 22(4) 2004 pp. 293-313

The Inferential Value of Quarterly Earnings Announcements Relative to Other Sources of Information

By Catherine C. Chiang and Yaw M. Mensah