Coles Research Highlights
2014-2015
RESEARCH AWARDS
Listed below are recipients of research awards instituted by Coles College such as Best Publication Award,
Best Working Paper Award, Coles College Collaboration Award, to name a few.
Best Publication Award
Aniruddha Bagchi and Jomon Aliyas Paul for their paper "Optimal Allocation of Resources in Airport Security:
Profiling vs. Screening" published in Operations Research.
Sridhar Ramamoorti for his book "A.B.C.'s of Behavioral Forensics: Applying Psychology to Financial Fraud
Prevention and Detection" with David E. Morrison and III and Kelly R. Pope, published by Wiley Publishing.
Xuepeng Liu for his paper "Evasion behaviors of exporters and importers: Evidence from the U.S.–China trade data
discrepancy" with Michael J. Ferrantino and Zhi Wang, published in the Journal of International Economics.
Coles Working Paper Awards
Elizabeth M. Boyd for her paper “Managing Invisible Boundaries: How “Smart” is Smartphone Use as a Boundary
Management Tactic?” with Sarah E. Chatfield and Beth A. Livingston. Coles Working Paper Series, SPRING15-05,
March 2015.
John L. Abernathy for his paper “Income Statement Reporting Discretion Allowed by FIN 48: Interest and Penalty
Expense Classification” with Brooke Beyer, Andrew Gross, and Eric T. Rapley. Coles Working Paper Series, FALL1401, October 2014.
Dana R. Hermanson and Vineeta D. Sharma for their paper “Audit Committee Oversight of Fraud Risk: The Role
of Social Ties and Governance Characteristics” with Robert M. Wilbanks (Coles DBA Graduate). Coles Working
Paper Series, SPRING15-03, March 2015.
Rongbing Huang for his paper “Relationship Banking and Loan Syndicate Structure: The Role of Private Equity
Sponsors” with Donghang Zhang and Yijia Zhao. Coles Working Paper Series, FALL14-11, October 2014.
Xuepeng Liu for his paper “Trade Agreements and Economic Growth”. Coles Working Paper Series, FALL14-09,
October 2014.
Coles Working Paper Series Best Reviewer Award
Marcus Caylor
Coles College Collaboration Award
Jomon Aliyas Paul and Michael Maloni
Aniruddha Bagchi and Jomon Aliyas Paul