ATA Outstanding Tax Dissertation Award Recipients (funded by PriceWaterhouseCoopers)

2013
Does Firm Life Cycle Explain
the Relation Between Book-Tax Differences and Earnings Persistence?
Katharine DrakeArizona State University

2012
Financial Derivatives in Corporate Tax Avoidance: An Empirical Analysis
Michael Donohoe,University of Florida

2011
A Comparison of the Tax-Motivated Income Shifting by Multinationals in Territorial and Worldwide Countries
Kevin Markle, UNC Chapel Hill

2010
Multi-Jurisdictional Tax Incentives and the Location of Innovative Activities
Christy MacDonald, University of Waterloo

2009
Seeking Shelter: Empirically Modeling Tax Shelters Using Financial Statement Information
Petro Lisowsky, Boston University

2008
Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants
Ryan Wilson, University of Washington

2007
The Relationship Between R&D Investment and Dividend Payment Tax Incentives
M. Catherine Cleaveland
Georgia State University

2006
Book-Tax Differences, Analysts’ Forecast Errors, and Stock Returns
Dave Weber 
University of Colorado – Boulder

2005
The persistence, forecasting ability, and valuation implications of the tax change component of earnings
Andy Schmidt, Arizona State University

2004
Investor tax heterogeneity and ex-dividend day trading volume: The effect of dividend yield and institutional ownership
Oliver Zhen Li, University of Arizona

2003
The persistence and pricing of earnings, accruals, and cash flows when firms have large book-tax differences
Michelle Hanlon, University of Washington

2002
Taxes and the reinvestment of foreign subsidiary earnings
Linda Krull, University of Arizona

2001
Tax motivated expense allocations by non-profit organizations
Robert Yetman
University of North Carolina

2000
Corporate tax planning effectiveness: The role of incentives
John Phillips, University of Iowa

1999
Tax induced trading of equity securities
Sandra Callaghan, Michigan State University

1998
The effect of the tax deductibility of goodwill on the structure of corporate acquisitions
Connie Weaver, Arizona State University

1997
The effect of taxes on the structure of corporate acquisitions
Merle M. Erickson, University of Arizona

1996
The effect of taxes on the choice between exports and foreign production
Deen Kemsley, University of North Carolina

1995
The relation between taxes and corporate financing decisions of U.S. multinationals
Kaye J. Newberry, Arizona State University

1994
Tax induced earnings management by firms with net operating losses
Edward L. Maydew, University of Iowa

1993
The timing of the stock price reaction to rifle shot transition rules in the Tax Reform Act of 1986
David S. Hulse, Pennsylvania State University

1992
Do taxes matter? The case of the property casualty insurance industry
Robert A. Walker, University of Texas at Austin

1991
The market for tax benefits: Evidence from leveraged ESOPs
Douglas A. Shackelford, University of Michigan

1990
An empirical investigation of the association of productivity with employee stock ownership plans
Amy E. Dunbar, University of Texas at Austin

1989
Factors in the non-compliance decision: An analysis of Michigan tax amnesty participants
James C. Young
Michigan State University

1988
The distributional and labor supply effects of alternative individual income tax proposals
Suzanne Luttman, University of Illinois

1987
An empirical analysis of the differential impact of the research and experimentation tax credit on U.S. corporate research expenditures
Steve J. Crowell
University of Georgia

1986
Empirical evidence on the market impact of the safe harbor leasing law
Wayne W. Shaw, University of Texas at Austin

1985
Valerie C. Milliron, University of Southern California
Taxpayers' perceptions of complexity and the effect of complexity on reporting decisions

(Beginning in 1985, the award was given to a completed dissertation. The award was funded in 1986 by Peat Marwick. In 1985 and all years after 1986 the award was funded by Price Waterhouse/PriceWaterhouseCoopers.)

1984
Carol Olson
University of Florida
 

1983
Kenneth E. Anderson
Indiana University
 

1982
Barbara A. Ostrowski
University of Illinois
 

1981
Steven T. Limberg
Arizona State University
 

1980
Edmund Outslay
University of Michigan
 

(1980 was the first year the award was given. From 1980 through 1984, it was given to a doctoral student to support their dissertation research. Alexander Grant and Touche Ross both sponsored awards during these years.)