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• Accounting/Finance Faculty & Staff
• Raymond Shaffer
• Jennifer Cambouris
• Joseph Antenucci
• Peter Chen
• Gregory Claypool
• Wayne Counts
• Marsha Huber
• David Law
• Jill McCullough
• Kathleen Mumaw
• Elsa Parsegian
• Karin Petruska
• Norbert Pierre
• David Stout
• James Tackett
• Ronald Volpe
• Fran Wolf
• Peter Woodlock
• Xiaolou Yang

DR. FRAN M. WOLFProfessorwolf1876 AT yahoo DOT com330-941-7259EDUCATIONPh.D. Finance Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 1994 M.B.A. Accounting Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio 1988B.A. Psychology Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 1974Certified Public Accounting (non-practicing)–Ohio

AREAS OF INTERESTFinancial Analysis Corporate Finance PUBLICATIONSWolf, F. & Tackett, J. (2010) “Deflationary Spiral or Hyperinflation?” The Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, Volume 22, Number 1, pp. 3-7. Schenck, N. & Wolf, F. (2010) “Issues of Financial Statement Analysis of Small Homebuilders in Commercial Lending Decision Process in the U.S.” International Journal of Business, Accounting, and Finance, Volume 4, Number 2 pp. 33-44. Antenucci, J., Tackett, J., Wolf, F., & Claypool, G. (2010) "The Rationalization of Academic Dishonesty," Journal of Business and Accounting, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 2010, pp. 77-92. Wolf, F. & Tackett, J. (2009) "Managing Cash If Hyperinflation Hits." The Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, Volume 21, Number 1, pp. 23-28. Lloyd, T., Heinfeldt, J. & Wolf, F. (2008) "Corporate Social Responsibility From The Employees Perspective: An Empirical Organizational Analysis." Review of Business Research, Volume 8, Number 3, pp. 17-24.Wolf, F. & Tackett, J. (2008) "A Treasurer's Guide to Security Broker Swindles." The Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, Volume 20, Number 1, pp. 31-35. Tackett, J., Antenucci, J., & Wolf, F. (2007) "Profiling Fictitious Tax Data," Tax Notes, Volume 116, Number 11, pp. 953-958. CPTackett, J., Wolf, F., & Kinsley, J. (2007) "Enhanced Business Reporting : An Auditing Perspective," Journal of Business and Economics Research, Volume 5, Number 9, pp. 45-52.Tackett, J., Wolf, F., & Claypool, G. (2007) “Profiling High-Risk Employees," Internal Auditing, Volume 22, Number 2, pp. 8-20. Tackett, J., Claypool, G., & Wolf, F. (2007) "In God We Trust," Journal of Business Case Studies, Volume 3, Number 4, pp. 1-8. Tackett, J., Wolf, F., & Kinsley, J. (2007) "Private Company GAAP: A Closer Look," Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, Volume 18, Number 2, pp. 75-81. Tackett, J., Wolf, F., & Claypool, G. (2006) "Fraud Specialists on Independent Audits," Journal of Business and Economics Research, Volume 4, Number 7, pp. 63-67. Wolf, F., Heinfeldt, J. & Finnick, R. (2006) "Using Student Consumer Debt to Enhance Financial Education," Advances in Financial Education, Vol. 4, pp. 14-21. Tackett, J., Antenucci, J., & Wolf, F. (2006) "A Criminological Perspective of Tax Evasion," Tax Notes, Volume 110, No. 5, pp. 654-658. Tackett, J., Wolf, F., & Claypool, G., (2006) "Internal Control Under Sarbanes-Oxley: A Critical Examination," Managerial Auditing Journal, Volume 21, Issue 3, pp. 317-323.

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