Rate My Professor Norman Massell

Massel's research focuses on accounting for income taxes, financial accounting, and auditing, with particular emphasis on information asymmetries in the initial public offering market. He has presented his work at prominent conferences, including the American Taxation Association Midyear Meeting, the National Tax Association Spring Symposium, and the Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance Conference. His peer-reviewed publications appear in leading journals such as Advances in Accounting, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, National Tax Journal, and Advances in Taxation. Key works include 'The Concerns of Linking IRS Tax Disclosures to Financial Statements on Analysts’ Effective Tax Rate Forecasts' with Barber and Hollie (Advances in Accounting, 2024); 'Do Revenues Matter More than Earnings for IPO Firms' with Park and Reichelt (Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, 2024); 'The Pricing of IPO Audit Expertise and Subsequent Issuer Underpricing' with Park (Accounting Horizons, 2022); 'The Effectiveness of Schedule UTP: A Comparison of Multinational and Domestic Firms' with Howard (Advances in Taxation, 2019); and 'Increased Tax Disclosures and Corporate Tax Avoidance' with Henry and Towery (National Tax Journal, 2016). These contributions examine topics such as tax disclosures, audit quality in IPOs, and corporate tax strategies.