Steve Cox, Ph.D.

Phone:

765-455-9314

Email:

scox@iu.edu

Department:

School of Business

Campus:

IU Kokomo

Biography

Education:

Ph.D. in Finance, University of Florida
MBA. University of Northern Iowa    
BBA in Economics University of Iowa
CPA - Certified Public Accountant
CMA - Certified Management Accountant

Area of Expertise:

• Managerial Accounting
• Merger and Acquisition Accounting
• Partnership Accounting
• Corporate Finance
• International Finance

Research Interests:

• Ownership Structure
• Costs and Benefits of Diversity
• Structure of Boards of Directors

Top 10 Selected Publications:

• The Composition and Compensation of the Board of Directors as Predictors of Corporate Fraud (with Joung Yeon Kim and Dianne Roden) - Published in Accounting and Finance Research, Volume 2, 3, 2013, 142-154.
• The Costs and Benefits of Diversity: Are Religious Differences Most Important? (with Jason VanAlstine, and Dianne Roden) - Published in the Journal of Global Business Issues, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2013.
• Quality Perception and the Championship Effect: Do Collegiate Sports Influence Academic Rankings? (with Dianne Roden) - Published in the Research in Higher Education Journal, Volume 6, 2010: 4-14.
• Demutualization: Determinants and Consequences of the Mutual Holding Company Choice, (with Kenneth Carow and Dianne Roden) - Published in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 33, 2009, 1454-1463.
• The Role of Insider Influence in Mutual-to Stock Conversions (with Kenneth Carow and Dianne Roden) - Published in the Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Volume 39, 2007, 1285-1304.
• Have the Big Accounting Firms Lost their Audit Quality Advantage? Evidence from the Returns-Earnings Relation (with Brian Lee and Dianne Roden) - Published in the Journal of Forensic Accounting, Volume 8, 2007: 271-286.
• Mutual Holding Companies:  Evidence of Conflicts of Interest through Disparate Dividends (with Kenneth Carow and Dianne Roden) - Published in the Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 28, Issue 2, February 2004, 277-298.
• The Source and Value of Voting Rights and Related Dividend Promises (with Dianne Roden) - Published in the Journal of Corporate Finance. Volume 8, 2002, 337-351.
• The Effects of Multiple Accountability Pressures on Tax Return Preparation Decisions (with Robin Radtke) - Published in the Journal of Advances in Taxation. Volume 12, 2000, 23-50.
• Initial Public Offerings by Mutual Thrifts: The Regulatory Impact (with Dianne Roden) - Published in the Journal of Economics and Finance.  Volume 23, 1999, 113-122.

Academic/Professional Activities:

• Beta Gamma Sigma
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Institute of Management Accountants 
• Indiana CPA Society 
• Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET)
• Indiana University Graduate Faculty

Awards/Honors:

• Nominated and named a Favorite Professor at IUPUI (2019)
• Indiana University Graduate Faculty (Full-Status) (2004)
• Outstanding Paper in Financial Intermediation at the Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri (March 2003) - Financial award sponsored by Wharton Research Data Services
• Selected to the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET), (2002)
• Amicus Teaching Award for Resident Faculty, Indiana University Kokomo (2000)
• Outstanding Scholarship Award, University of Northern Iowa (1985)