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Education

BS Marketing - University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA USA 1989
MS Accounting - University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA USA 1998
Ph.D. Accountancy - Arizona State University Tempe, AZ USA 2005

Areas of Expertise

Accounting

Financial Reporting

Selected Works

Articles

Werner, Edward M, Chang, Hsihui , Suh, Sang-Hyun and Zhou, Jian . "The Effect of SOX on the Predictability of Future Cash Flows in Litigious and Non-litigious Industries " Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics . (forthcoming)

Werner, Edward M. "The Effect of SOX on the Predictability of Future Cash Flows in Litigious and Non-litigious Industries" Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics . (forthcoming)

Werner, Edward M. "The Value Relevance of Pension Accounting Information: Evidence from Fortune 200 Firms" Review of Accounting and Finance . (forthcoming)

Werner, Edward M, Cianci, Anna M and Fernando, G . "The differential CEO dominance-compensation and corporate governance-compensation relations: Pre- and post-SOX" ADVANCES IN ACCOUNTING . (forthcoming)

Werner, Edward M, Beaudoin, Cathy and Chandar, Nandini . "Good Disclosure Doesn’t Cure Bad Accounting – or Does it? Evaluating the Case for SFAS 158" ADVANCES IN ACCOUNTING 27.1 (Jun 2011):99-110

Werner, Edward M, Beaudoin, Cathy and Chandar, Nandini . "Are Potential Effects of SFAS 158 Associated with Firms’ Decisions to Freeze Their Defined Benefit Pension Plans?" Review of Accounting and Finance 9.4 (Winter 2010):424-451

Werner, Edward M and Schmidt, Andrew . ""Secondary Evasion" and the Earned Income Tax Credit" JOURNAL OF AMERICAN TAXATION ASSOCIATION 27.2 (Fall 2005):27-55

Presentations

Werner, Edward M and Schmidt, Andrew . "Secondary Evasion" and the Earned Income Tax Credit American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting : New Orleans, LA

Werner, Edward M, Beaudoin, Cathy and Chandar, Nandini . An Empirical Investigation of the Defined Benefit Pension Plan Freeze Decision American Accounting Association (Financial Accounting and Reporting Section) 2008 Annual Meeting : Anaheim, CA Aug 2008

Awards

2009 Excellence in Teaching Award (Drexel Univeristy)

2008-2009 Excellence in Teaching Award (Drexel University - LeBow College of Business)

Professional Experience

Accounting Controller, McEvoy Distributors, Inc. New Orleans, LA Jan 1993-Jan 1996

Senior Tax Consultant, Legier & Materne, APAC New Orleans, LA Jan 1995-Aug 1998