Roger Silvers   Ph.D. student in Accounting   Office Telephone: 717.823.0720 Alternative Telephone: Email: rsilvers@som.umass.edu  Office: 224 Curriculum Vita (pdf)

 

 

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Education: Ph.D. 2012 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Major field: Accounting. Minor field(s): Psychology, Econometrics.  B.A. 2004 Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA. Major field: Accounting

Research/Teaching Interests: Examining insider trading Cross-listing IPO's Audit Decision making in accounting contexts

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Previous Employment:

DuPont de Nemours, Wilmington, DE. Accounting Analyst, September 2005 - January 2007

Versatek Enterprises, LLC, Lititz, PA. Staff Accountant, July 2004-June 2005
 

Publications and Presentations:

August 2009 Drexel University "The Effect of Firm-Imposed Insider Trading Restrictions on Cost of Equity Capital" 

 

Financial Management Association Annual Meeting, Reno, NV. October 2009 "The Effect of Firm-Imposed Insider Trading Restrictions on Cost of Equity Capital" with Hiu Lam Choy. (view pdf) 

 

Awards/Recognition Received:

Arthur H. Carter Scholarship in Accounting, 2008-2012; 

DuPont Finance Field Program selection 

Pole Vault Champion, Old Dominion Athletic Conference 2001 

Outstanding Male Track Athlete of the Year 2001

 

Professional/Academic Activities:

American Accounting Association 

Financial Management Association 

Institute of Management Accountants 

American Finance Association

 

Volunteer Service:

Lynchburg College Accounting Club Vice President, Appointed by Professors, 2003-04 

Special Olympics Volunteer Member, 2002, 2003, 2004

Special Needs Basketball Night Coordinator,  2004

DuPont Days of Caring Volunteer Member, 2005, 2006 

YMCA Volunteer Member, 2003

United Way Volunteer Member, 2006