Susan L. Porter

Associate Professor of Accounting

Telephone: 413-545-5582
Email: porter@acctg.umass.edu
Office: SOM 220C
Syllabus: ACCTG 371

Ph.D., University of Washington, 1994
B.S., Babson College, 1982

Selected Publications:

With P. Elgers and R. Pfeiffer. “The Incorporation of Industry-Wide and Firm-Specific Information in Financial Analysts’ Expectations of Annual Earnings.” Journal of Accounting and Economics 35 (2003): 405-422.

With S. Tse and R. Yaansah. “Tax Trading and Signaling Explanations of Price Reactions to Stock Split Announcements.” Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 16 (1), (Winter 2001): 27-53.

“The Effects of Alternative State Tax Regimes on Firms' Accounting and Financing Decisions.” Journal of the American Taxation Association 20 Supplement (1998): 54-76.

With J. Byrd and M. Johnson. “Discretion in Financial Reporting: The Voluntary Disclosure of Compensation Peer Groups in Proxy Statement Performance Graphs.” Contemporary Accounting Research 15 (1), (Spring 1998): 25-52.

“Discussion of Response to Tax Law Changes Involving the Deductibility of Executive Compensation: A Model Explaining Corporate Behavior.” Journal of the American Taxation Association 18 Supplement (1996): 13-17.

With T. Shevlin. “The Corporate Tax Comeback in 1987: Some Further Evidence.” Journal of the American Taxation Association, 14 (1), (Spring 1992): 58-79.

Academic and Professional Activities:

Trustee, American Taxation Association
Ad hoc reviewer for Accounting Horizons, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Journal of the American Taxation Association.
Editorial Board Member for the Journal of the American Taxation Association.
Formerly a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts.

Awards:

Price Waterhouse Fellowship in Tax, Fall 1997

Ernst & Young/Tax Foundation Visiting Professor Program, 1995

Eyes of Texas Excellence Award, Spring 1994

Research Grants:

Ernst & Young Foundation Tax Research Grant Program, 1988, 1995, 1997.
KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation Tax Research Opportunities Grant, 1993, 1994.