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Abdullah Kumas

Professor of Accounting
Curriculum Vitae

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    • Awards

      University of Richmond Faculty Fellowship Fall 2023

      Robins School of Business Faculty Scholarly Activity Award 2023

      Robins School of Business Outstanding Publication Award 2022

      Best paper Award at Graduate Student Research Day (shared), SMU, February 2008

      Dedman College Travel Grant, SMU, April 2008

      President's Volunteer Service Award, SMU, April 2008

      Graduate Student Assembly Conference Presentation Travel Grant, SMU, November 2007 

    • Presentations

      1. 2024 American Accounting Association Spark Meeting Paper: “Informed Institutional Trading Before Takeover Announcements: Evidence from Target Firms’ Pre-Takeover Conference Presentations” with Musa Subasi (University of Maryland)

      2. 2023 Society of North American Scholars Annual Conference* Paper: “Spider Business School: Improving Cost Structure” with Zach Duray

      3. 2019 European Accounting Congress* Paper: “Disaggregated Market Uncertainty And Individual Information Demand Around Earnings Announcements” with Marshall Geiger, Joyce Van Der Laan Smith and Rajib Hassan

      5. 2019 BYU Accounting Conference Paper: Trading Concentration and Industry-Specific Information: An Analysis of Auto Complaints with Marshall Geiger and Sami Keskek

      6. 2019 BAFA - Audit Interest Group Conference* Institutional Investor Trading Around Auditor’s Going Concern Modified Opinions: An Analysis of Mutual Funds and Pension Funds with Marshall Geiger and Sami Keskek

      7. 2019 European Accounting Congress* Institutional Investor Trading Around Auditor’s Going Concern Modified Opinions: An Analysis of Mutual Funds and Pension Funds with Marshall Geiger and Sami Keskek

      8. 2018 European Accounting Congress* Paper: Trading Concentration and Industry-Specific Information: An Analysis of Auto Complaints with Marshall Geiger and Sami Keskek

      9. 2018 European Accounting Congress* Paper: “Market Ambiguity and Information Demand by Individual Investors” with Joyce Van Der Laan Smith and Rajib Hasan

      10. 2018 Mid-Atlantic American Accounting Association Meetings Paper: “Trading Concentration and Industry-Specific Information: An Analysis of Auto Complaints” Marshall Geiger and Sami Keskek

      11. 2017 University of Richmond Paper: “Trading Concentration and Industry-Specific Information: An Analysis of Auto Complaints” Marshall Geiger and Sami Keskek

      12. 2017 Virginia Commonwealth University Paper: Information Leakage Around SEC Comment Letters” with Marshall Geiger, Bret Johnson, and Keith Jones

      13. 2017 American Accounting Association Annual Meetings Paper: “Trading Concentration and Industry-Specific Information: An Analysis of Auto Complaints” Marshall Geiger and Sami Keskek

      14. 2017 American Accounting Association Meetings* Paper: “Market Ambiguity and Information Demand by Individual Investors” Joyce Van Der Laan Smith and Rajib Hasan

      15. 2017 Mid-Atlantic American Accounting Association Meetings Paper: “Reassessing the Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties on US FDI Activity: Quintile Treatment Effects” with Daniel Millimet

      16. 2016 Virginia Commonwealth University Paper: “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Attentiveness Matter?” with Sami Keskek, and Omer Gokalp

      17. 2016 College of William and Mary* Paper: “Institutional Investor Trading Surrounding Auditor Going Concern Opinions” with Marshall Geiger

      18. 2016 European Accounting Congress* Paper: “Institutional Investor Trading Surrounding Auditor Going Concern Opinions” with Marshall Geiger

      19. 2016 American Accounting Association Annual Meetings Paper: “Institutional Investor Trading Surrounding Auditor Going Concern Opinions” with Marshall Geiger

      20. 2016 UNC- Charlotte Paper: “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Attentiveness Matter?” with Sami Keskek, and Omer Gokalp

      21. 2016 Academy of Management Annual Conference* Paper: “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Attentiveness Matter?” with Sami Keskek, and Omer Gokalp

      22. 2015 European Accounting Conference Glasgow 21-23 May* Paper: “Aggregate Market Attention and Earnings Announcements” with William Cready

      23. 2015 Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting (JLFA) International Conference Hong Kong Polytechnic University* Paper: “Aggregate Market Attention and Earnings Announcements” with William Cready

      24. 2015 American Accounting Association Annual Meetings Paper: “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Attentiveness Matter?” with Sami Keskek, and Omer Gokalp

      25. 2015 DePaulUniversityFinance&EconomicsConference Paper: “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Attentiveness Matter?” with Sami Keskek, and Omer Gokalp

      26. 2015 AAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting in New Jersey Paper: “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Attentiveness Matter?” with Sami Keskek, and Omer Gokalp

      27. 2015 Bogazici University Center for Applied Research in Finance Conference Paper: “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Attentiveness Matter?” with Sami Keskek, and Omer Gokalp

      28. 2015 Central Bank of Turkey Paper: “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Attentiveness Matter?” with Sami Keskek, and Omer Gokalp

      29. 2014 AAA Annual Meeting at Atlanta, GA. Paper: “Aggregate Market Attention and Earnings Announcements” with William Cready

      30. 2014 Virginia Accounting Research Conference at University of Virginia Paper: “Aggregate Market Attention and Earnings Announcements” with William Cready

      31. 2014 Economics/Finance/Business Workshop Program at Carnegie Mellon University Paper: “Aggregate Market Attention and Earnings Announcements” with William Cready

      32. 2014 AAA South West Regional Meeting at March 12–15, 2014 Paper: “Aggregate Market Attention and Earnings Announcements” with William Cready

      33. New York University* Paper: “Trade Activity by Institutional Investors around Earnings Announcements” (with William Cready and Musa Subasi)

      34. 2014 FARS Conference* Paper: “Trade Activity by Institutional Investors around Earnings Announcements” (with William Cready and Musa Subasi)

      35. 2013 Florida International University* Paper: “Trade Activity by Institutional Investors around Earnings Announcements” (with William Cready and Musa Subasi)

      36. 2013 Seoul National University* Paper: “Trade Activity by Institutional Investors around Earnings Announcements” (with William Cready and Musa Subasi)

      37. 2013 Sungkyunkwan University* Paper: “Trade Activity by Institutional Investors around Earnings Announcements” (with William Cready and Musa Subasi)

      38. 2012 UT Dallas Paper: “Trade Activity by Institutional Investors around Earnings Announcements” (with William Cready and Musa Subasi)

  • Publications
    Journal Articles
    Publications:
    1. “Information Leakage Around SEC Comment Letters” with Marshall Geiger, Bret Johnson, and Keith Jones (November, 2022) Management Science Vol 68, Issue 11, pp. 7793-8514
    2. “Trading concentration and industry-specific information: an analysis of auto complaints.” with Geiger, M.A., Keskek, S. & Kumas, A Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting Vol. 59, pp. 913–937 (2022).
    3. "Information search in times of market uncertainty: an examination of aggregate and disaggregate uncertainty" Geiger, M.A., Hasan, R., Kumas, A. and Smith, J.v.d.L. (2022), International Journal of Managerial Finance, Vol. 18 No. 3, pp. 594-612
    4. "Aggregate market attention around earnings announcements" Cready, W.M. and Kumas, A. (2020), Asian Review of Accounting, Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 591-617.
    5. “Institutional Investor Trading Around Auditor’s Going Concern Modified Opinions: An Analysis of Mutual Funds and Pension Funds” with Marshall Geiger and Sami Keskek (2020) International Journal of Auditing Vol. 20 Issue 1, March: pp. 37-52.
    6. “Insider Trading Around Auto Recalls: Does Investor Attention Matter?” with Marshall Geiger, Omer Gokalp and Sami Keskek Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (2020) Vol. 55, pp. 1003–1033.
    7. “Anticipation and Reaction to Going Concern Modified Audit Opinions by Sophisticated Investors” with Marshall Geiger International Journal of Auditing 2018 (22): 522-535
    8. “Market Ambiguity and Information Demand by Individual Investors” with Joyce van der Laan Smith and Rajib Hasan Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 2018 (14): 126-141.
    9. “Reassessing the Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties on US FDI Activity” with Daniel Millimet Journal of Economics and Finance (2018) (42) 451-470.
    10. “Are Trade Size‐Based Inferences About Traders Reliable? Evidence from Institutional Earnings‐Related Trading” with William Cready and Musa Subasi Journal of Accounting Research 2014 (52): 877-909
    11. “It’s All in the Timing: Assessing the Impact of Bilateral Tax Treaties on US FDI Activity” with Daniel L. Millimet, in L. Sachs and K.P. Sauvant (eds.), The Effect of BITs and DTTs on FDI Flows, Oxford University Press, 2009: pp: 635-657.

    Working Papers: 

    1. “Information discovery, interpretation, and analysis by institutional investors around earnings            announcements?” with Sami Keskek
      *Submitted to 2024 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
    2. “Enhanced Information Access: How Investor Conferences Influence Institutional Trading Ahead of    Takeover Announcements” with Musa Subasi (University of Maryland)
      *Submitted to 2024 American Accounting Association Spark Meeting
    3. “Spider Business School:  Improving Cost Structure” with Zach Duray (University of Richmond)
      *Submitted to 2024 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting

    Working-in-progress:

    1. “A New Perspective on the Earnings-Induced Volume: Participation Rate and Participation Magnitude Components of Trading Volume” with William Cready (UT Dallas) and Musa Subasi (University of Maryland)
    2. “Director Network and Auditor’s Going Concern Modified Opinions” with Marshall Geiger (University of Richmond) and Ted Polat (George Mason University)
    3. “The Value of Cash and Relation between Earnings and Return” with William Cready and Sami Keskek
    4. “Value-at-Risk and Returns in Banking Industry” with Hulusi Inanoglu (Federal Reserve System)
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