Anonymous Whistle-Blowing Systems Are Often Dysfunctional, New Research Finds

In the first study to investigate the effects of anonymous reporting channels and reputation threats on investigations of whistle-blowing allegations, Jacob Rose, associate professor of accounting at UNH...

Stocks Post Substantial Returns During Ramadan

During the holy month of Ramadan, stock returns are almost nine times higher in predominately Muslim countries than during other times of the year, an indication that Ramadan positively affects investor psychology...The research was conducted by Ahmad Etebari, professor of finance and chair of the UNH Department of Accounting and Finance...

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BANKS: France Approves Sharia-Compatible Bonds

(ANSAmed) - PARIS - As of today French banks are allowed to issue 'sukuks', or sharia-compatible bonds, in other words bonds that comply with the rules of Islamic law, which prohibit interest on loans...This circumstance was certified by a research paper carried out by three university professors, Jedrzej Bialkowski, Ahmad Etebari and Thomas Wisniewski, which was printed by French daily paper Les Echos.

UNH business school offers tax preparation assistance

The University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics is offering tax preparation help to low-income residents through the month of February.

More than 30 student accounting majors with UNH's Whittemore School of Business and Economics, have become certified tax preparers...

UNH Business School Offers Tax Preparation Help to Low-Income Residents

The University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics is offering tax preparation help to low-income residents through the month of February.

More than 30 students, all accounting majors with UNH's Whittemore School of Business and Economics, have become certified tax preparers with the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, a collaboration among the university...

Q & A with Brian Bolton
I tell my students that the two most important things to think about when it comes to finance are: risk and leverage. When those two principles are ignored, the results are devastating, as we have found as a country.

		Chair, Accounting and Finance Department and Professor of Finance aetebari [at] cisunix [dot] unh [dot] edu Paul College 265D

		Associate Professor of Finance Stephen [dot] Ciccone [at] unh [dot] edu http://pubpages.unh.edu/~sciccone/index.htm

		Associate Professor of Accounting and Director of Master of Science in Accounting Program Emily [dot] Xu [at] unh [dot] edu

UNH Center for Venture Research: Angel Investors, VCs Look at IPOs Differently

New research from the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire...The research is presented in the working paper "Initial Public Offerings and Pre-IPO Shareholders: Angels Versus Venture Capitalists." The research was conducted by Jeffrey Sohl, director of the UNH Center for Venture Research and professor of entrepreneurship and decisions sciences at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics, and William Johnson, assistant professor of finance at the Whittemore School.