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Robert M.  Bushman

The Forensic Accounting Distinguished Professor of Accounting
 
Address: CB #3490
Chapel Hill, NC 
27599-3490
Office: McColl 4008
  (919) 962-9809
 
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Areas of Expertise

  • accounting
  • accounting: disclosure/statements
  • accounting: financial accounting
  • accounting: financial reporting
  • accounting: international
  • bank/banking
  • bankruptcy
  • boards of directors
  • capital markets
  • capital structure
  • cash flow analysis
  • compensation
  • competition
  • corporate: Corporate Accountability
  • corporate: corporate boards
  • corporate: corporate earnings
  • corporate: corporate restructuring
  • corporate: corporate takeovers
  • corporate governance
  • corporate social responsibility
  • cross-cultural/cross-border business
  • earnings management
  • employee stock options
  • equity-based pay
  • finance: financial institutions
  • finance: financial markets
  • finance: financial services
  • finance: financial strategy
  • financial accounting: international
  • forensic accounting
  • fraud: accounting
  • insider trading
  • management/managing: compensation
  • market efficiency
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • Sarbanes-Oxley
  • shareholder value
  • stock market
  • stock valuation, restricted

Media Mentions

2009

The News & Observer quoted accounting professor Robert Bushman in "Pulling shares off the market." (Jan. 10)


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Biography

Accounting professor Robert Bushman's research encompasses theoretical and empirical inquiry into issues of information in capital markets, performance measurement and incentive compensation design, and international aspects of corporate governance.

Dr. Bushman is The Forensic Accounting Distinguished Professor and an award-winning teacher. He teaches courses in corporate governance, financial accounting and structuring complex deals. He also has done extensive executive teaching for Andersen Consulting and GlaxoSmithKline, and has spoken to numerous executive groups.

Dr. Bushman has worked with Arthur Andersen LLP and TransUnion Corporation, and has been involved in several entrepreneurial enterprises.

He received a PhD from the University of Minnesota and a BBA in accounting from Ohio University. He has been a CPA since 1975.




Recent Media Mentions

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
  • Accounting professor Robert Bushman was quoted by:

    • The New York Times in "Liberty Corner Says Not Target of Probe" (Oct. 21)
    • Bloomberg TV about Refco for "In Focus" (Oct. 24)
    • Reuters in "Refco deals meant to boost financials – accountants" and published in Crain’s Chicago Business, Leading the Charge (Australia) and Herald News Daily (N.D.) and on CFO.com and MSN.com. (Oct. 11)
    • Associated Press in "Obscure Refco wrestles with infamy and balance sheets" (Oct. 17), which appeared in several publications – including the Northwest Herald (IL), Times Herald-Record (NY), Newark Star Ledger, Winston-Salem Journal, The State (S.C.) and the Fort Wayne News Sentinel – and on several websites.
    • AP in "News Corp. Shareholders Express Dissent" and posted on CBSnews.com (Oct. 21)


  • The Los Angeles Times quoted accounting professor Robert Bushman in "H&R Block Uncovers a Big Accounting Error: Its Own." (Aug. 2)

  • The News & Observer quoted:

    • International finance and economics professor Bob Connolly in "Reaching around the world" (July 5)
    • Marketing professor Nick Lurie in "Consumers rate businesses" (July 6)
    • Accounting professor Robert Bushman in "Boards stay busier, reaping more riches" (June 24)


  • Triangle Business Journal quoted accounting professor Robert Bushman in "SEC investigation could lead to subpoenas" (June 10), which also appeared on the web sites of MSNBC.






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