Ananda Ganguly, Ph.D.

Areas of Expertise

Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Cost Management, Design of Cost Management Systems, Design of Management Systems, Financial Economics, Managerial Economics and Control

Selected Research and Publications

• "Fantasy and Dread: The Demand for Information and the Consumption Utility of the Future," with Joshua Tasoff.  Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2370983 orhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2370983

• "Is NeuroAccounting Waiting in the Wings? An Essay," with Jacob G. Birnberg, ACCOUNTING, ORGANIZATIONS & SOCIETY, January 2012, Vol, 37(1), pp. 1-13, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2011.11.004  Available at SSRN:http://ssrn.com/abstract=1759460 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1759460

• "Covariation Assessments with Costly Information Collection in Audit Planning: An Experimental Study," with Jacqueline Hammersley, AUDITING: A JOURNAL OF PRACTICE AND THEORY, May 2009, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-27.  Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=949348

• "Assurer Reputation for Competence in a Multi-Service Context," With Mark E. Peecher and T. Joshua Herbold, CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Spring 2007, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 133-170.  Available at SSRN:http://ssrn.com/abstract=949352

• "The Riskiness of Large Audit Firm Client Portfolios and Changes in Audit Liability Regimes: Evidence from the U.S. Audit Market,” with Jong-Hag Choi and Rajib Doogar, CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Winter 2004, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 747-785.  Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=572281

• "Do Asset Market Prices Reflect Traders’ Judgment Biases," with John H. Kagel and Donald V. Moser, JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY, May 2000, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 219-245.

Selected Awards and Affiliations

• MEDIA COVERAGE:

  National Media: 

  National Public Radio, 5 minute segment on “Morning Edition,” interview based on Anticipatory Utility paper with Professor Joshua Tasoff, July 28, 2014: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/28/333945706/why-we-think-ignorance-is-bliss-even-when-it-hurts-our-health

  The Atlantic, “When Health Ignorance Is Bliss: Why do so many people avoid taking medical tests?” by Jon Fortenbury, Oct 21, 2014. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/when-health-ignorance-is-bliss/381370/

  Selections from National Blogs, news aggregators & online newsletters, etc.:

  Carl Richards in KS Financial Advisors newsletter, July-August, 2014: http://www.ksfinancialadvisors.com/new/ksfinancialadvisors/KSFA%20Newsletter%20-%20August%202014.pdf?advisorid=332168 and  http://www.behaviorgap.com/behavior-gap-newsletter-stick-head-sand/ 

  John Carlos Baez in Azimuth, August 22, 2014: http://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/information-aversion/  

  John Baez in Dennis Wallez blog "Nirvana is Freedom from Lust, from Aversion, from Ignorance," August 22, 2014. http://www.koan.mu/gplus/AM5cPHQtwhM 

  Jennifer Portillo in Psych2Go.Net "Contrary to The Saying: Ignorance is Bliss" http://www.psych2go.net/contrary-to-the-saying-ignorance-is-bliss/ 

  Nicole Arens & Rachael Susaneck "Taking the Scary Out," in Powell Tate Insights, August 27, 2014.  http://www.powelltate.com/insights/2014/08/ 

  Claremont Colleges Media:

  "10 Classes you HAVE to Take Before Graduation," in Forum April 2011, by Ellie Beckett http://cmcforum.com/life/04182011-10-classes-you-have-to-take-before-graduation

  "Get to Know CMC's New Massoud Chair of Accounting: Professor Ananda Ganguly" News and Events (CMC Website) November 29, 2011 https://www.cmc.edu/news/get-to-know-cmcs-new-massoud-chair-of-accounting-professor-ananda-ganguly

   

   

• AWARDS etc.:

  BLAIS Challenge Award (CGU Grant) 2012.

  List of Distinguished Teachers, Module 4, MBA Program, Purdue University (2005)

• St. Louis Accountancy Committee Excellence in Teaching Award (2002)

• "Who's Who Among America's Teachers," 6th Edition, 2000

• Marquis' "Who's Who in America," Years 2000-2003, 2005, 2008-2009.

• Department of Accountancy Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997.

• Accounting Doctoral Student Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh, 1993-94.

• Arthur Andersen & Co. Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1993.