2025 Rutgers Accounting Research Conference
Friday, September 26, 2025
Rutgers Business School-New Brunswick
100 Rockafeller Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
This event is by invitation only and will be held at Rutgers Business School in Room 2071 and the 2nd Floor Lounge.
Agenda
| 9:00 am – 9:45 am | Breakfast and Registration |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am | Welcome Lei Lei, Dean, Rutgers Business School |
| 10:00 am – 10:50 am |
Paper 1: Can Municipalities Weather the Weather? Presenter: Michael Dambra, University at Buffalo Moderator: Ryan McDonough, Rutgers Business School |
| 10:50 am – 11:10 am | Break |
| 11:10 am – 12:00 pm |
Paper 2: Opaque Markets, Visible Jobs: Real-Time Labor Demand and Municipal Finance Presenter: Stephanie Cheng, Tulane University Moderator: Brad Nathan, Rutgers Business School |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 1:50 pm |
RBS Center for Governmental Accounting Education & Research (CGAER) Yaw Mensah, RBS Vice Dean and Director, CGAER Irfan Bora, Director, Master of Governmental Accounting Program Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Marc Pfeiffer, Senior Policy Fellow |
| 1:50 pm – 2:40 pm |
Paper 3: State government trifectas and municipal bond pricing Presenter: Riddha Basu, George Washington University Moderator: Disen Huang, Rutgers Business School |
| 2:40 pm – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm – 3:50 pm |
Paper 4: Algorithmic-Aided Predictive Continuous Auditing Presenter: Melissa Dardani, Rutgers Business School Moderator: Hussein Issa, Rutgers Business School |
| 4:00 – 6:00 pm | Reception at The Rutgers Club |
Conference Organizers:
Ryan McDonough, mcdonough@business.rutgers.edu
Brad Nathan, brad.nathan@business.rutgers.edu