Costello College of Business Faculty Media Mentions

Solar stocks are on the rise as the business landscape in the energy sector changes amid government pressure and an industry shift to more sustainable solutions, but Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer says this shift was already set into motion by EV vehicles in an interview with Capital.com.

Can Royal Caribbean afford to pay 11.6% interest on its growing $1.25bn debt pile? Finance Professor Derek Horstmeyer shares his thoughts with Capital.com.

In this episode of the RETHINK Retail podcast, Center for Retail Transformation Director Gautham Vadakkepatt discusses the center's recent panel discussions on a myriad of key trends impacting the retail landscape, such as sustainability, the metaverse, frictionless retail, and more. 

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will provide almost $80 billion to the Internal Revenue Service during the next 10 years to support a variety of expanded functions, including technology updates and administrative improvements that should make it easier for tax professionals and individual taxpayers to communicate with the IRS, according to accounting instructor Kevin Matthews in Accounting Today.

The Inflation Reduction Act includes increased IRS funding, which will eventually lead to more audits. But that's not necessarily a bad thing according to JK Aier, senior associate dean of academic affairs and global engagement, to Bloomberg. “Enforcement is always seen as ‘the taxman is coming for you,’ but it doesn’t necessarily need to have a negative connotation.” 

The Inflation Reduction Act includes a new minimum tax on the book income of corporations that earn over $1 billion in revenue, along with a tax on stock buybacks. These provisions are likely to change the tax planning used by the largest companies and their accounting firms. Accounting instructor Kevin Matthews spoke to Accounting Today about what these corporations may do. 

The Inflation Reduction Act includes an extra $80 billion in funding for the Internal Revenue Service over the next 10 years. Accounting instructor Kevin Matthews spoke to Accounting Today about why he believes this funding will be used to improve customer service for taxpayers as well as professionals.

Derek Horstmeyer, professor of finance, spoke to Clarín (Argentina) about a slight drop in inflation in the United States.

Brad Greenwood, associate professor of Information Systems and Operations Management looked into how peer-to-peer funding programs like Lending Tree may help people pay for abortion care. This article discusses his paper.

Since 2020, have COVID-19 case counts had any correlation with stock returns in certain regions? Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer and finance student Luis Paz-Perez examined this premise in an article for the CFA Institute.