Faculty Media Mentions

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.

Jerry McGinn quoted on efforts by the Department of Defense to expand engagement with nontraditional defense firms.

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. 

Laurie Meamber, associate professor of marketing, talks to WalletHub about airline credit cards.

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.

"The importance of the supply chain for strategic and critical materials is not as well appreciated," writes Stephanie Halcrow, Senior Fellow at the Center for Government Contracting, in an op-ed for RealClear Defense.

“As women made gains in higher education, access to full-time employment, higher pay, and higher income positions—as well as with more households now identifying as led by women—this homeownership gap has shrunk over the last few decades,” says Eric Maribojoc, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, in an article on the home ownership gender gap in The Balance.

Victoria Grady, associate professor of management, was interviewed by the A Geek Leader podcast where she discussed her new book, Stuck: How to WIN in Business by Understanding LOSS.

Finance professor Derek Horstmeyer explains the bullwhip effect in an interview with Capital.com.

In an interview with the Washington Business Journal, Dean Ajay Vinzé outlines five priorities for Mason's School of Business. Tops on his list is broadening the education experience for students so that they are prepared for a range of careers.