DEEN KEMSLEY
A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
Exxon Professor of Accounting
14 Merlins Lane, Newtown, CT 06470
dkemsley@tulane.edu
(203) 240-2857
EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1995, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Major Field: Accounting.
Minor Fields: Tax and Economics.
Master of the Arts, December, 1986, The University of Kentucky. Major Field: International Business. Minor Field: Doing Business in Asia.
Bachelor of Science, December, 1982, Brigham Young University. Major Field: Accounting. Minor Fields: Business Administration and Asian Studies.
GENERAL PUBLICATION
Trust in the Lord: Reflections of Jesus Christ, forthcoming in spring, 2008, by CFI Press. See www.deenkemsley.com.
BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS
W. Gentry, D. Kemsley, and C. Mayer, 2003, Dividend taxes and share prices: Evidence from real estate investment trusts, Journal of Finance, February, 2003.
D. Kemsley and D. Nissim, 2002, Valuation of the debt-tax shield, Journal of Finance, October, 2002. Finalist for the Brattle Prize.
T. Harris, R. G. Hubbard, and D. Kemsley, 2001, The share price effects of dividend taxes and tax imputation credits, Journal of Public Economics 79, 569 596.
J. Collins and D. Kemsley, 2000, Capital gains and dividend taxes in firm valuation: Evidence of triple taxation, The Accounting Review 75, 405 427.
T. Harris and D. Kemsley, 1999, Dividend taxation in firm valuation: New evidence, Journal of Accounting Research 37, 275 291.
J. Collins, D. Kemsley, and M. Lang, 1998, Cross jurisdictional income shifting and segment earnings valuation, Journal of Accounting Research 36, 209 229.
D. Kemsley, 1998, The effect of taxes on production location, Journal of Accounting Research 36, 321 341. Awards: American Taxation Association Dissertation Award, 1995; Columbia University Chazen Institute International Research Award, 1999.
J. Collins, D. Kemsley, and D. Shackelford, 1997, Zero taxable income of foreign
controlled domestic corporations: Transfer price manipulation or low profitability?
Journal of the American Taxation Association, Supplement, 68 83.
J. Collins, D. Kemsley, and D. Shackelford, 1995, Tax reform and foreign acquisitions: A microanalysis, National Tax Journal, 1 21.
PUBLISHED REVIEWS
D. Kemsley, 2001, comments regarding: The impact of transfer pricing on intrafirm trade (by Kimberly Clausing), in International Taxation and Multinational Activity, edited by James R. Hines Jr.
D. Kemsley, 2001, comments regarding: Permanently reinvested foreign earnings (by Linda Krull), Report of the University of Illinois Tax Symposium.
D. Kemsley, 2000, Book Review of Significant Current Issues in International Taxation, published in The International Journal of Accounting 35, 442-443.
TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Morgan Stanley, New York, New York (1999 present). Provide accounting training services in FID Analyst Summer Program each year. Provide ModelWare and valuation training for the ModelWare Client Solutions and Sales Group. Provide accounting,valuation, and modeling training services for Global Equity Research on an on-going basis.
Lehman Brothers, Jersey City, New Jersey (2006-present). Provide accounting, valuation, and capital structure training for analysts and associates in various divisions.
Morgan Stanley, Mumbai, India (2006-present). Provide accounting, financial statement analysis, valuation, credit analysis, and capital structure training for equity research associates.
BNP Paribas, New York, New York (2006-present). Provide accounting, valuation, and finance training for analysts.
Tulane University (2004-present). Teach MBA core accounting course, equity analysis, and tax factors in business decisions.
Columbia University (1995 2003). Teach MBA core accounting course and teach the primary tax elective course at Columbia Business School.
Yale University (2001). Teach MBA tax elective course at Yale School of Management.
Computer Sciences Corporation, New York, New York (1999 2001). Teach financial accounting to new management consultants.
The University of North Carolina (1994). Taught two sections of Taxes and Business Strategy to students in the Masters of Accounting program.
National Professional Education, Coopers & Lybrand (April, 1991 to August, 1991). Developed tax courses and taught national education courses throughout the country. On a contract basis, I continued to occasionally teach courses from 1991 1995.
The University of Kentucky (1985 1986). Taught financial accounting.
EXPERT WITNESS AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Expert Witness, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana (2006-2007). Wrote expert report, gave deposition, and testified regarding FASB Interpretation 46R and consolidated accounting. I was qualified as an expert in accounting and accounting standards by federal Judge Jerry A. Brown.
Expert Witness Reports, Department of the Treasury, New York, New York (September, 1997 to present). Wrote expert reports and rebuttals for two large tax cases that hinged on accounting issues, with up to $1 Billion in taxes at stake. The issues involved cost allocation in a cross-jurisdictional context, derivatives, multinational accounting issues, and merger & acquisition accounting issues. Both cases focused on substance over form.
Manager, Coopers & Lybrand, San Francisco, California (March, 1987 to April, 1991). In charge of providing tax and investment consulting services to about eighty individual business executives. Researched technical tax issues. Taught national and local courses. Taught instructor training course on regular basis.
Manager, Financial Planning Department, U.S. Financial Consultants, Burbank, California (1984 1985). As a registered securities representative, was in charge of the firm's tax and investment planning activities, including the preparation of our clients' tax returns. Also acted as the controller of a West Virginia Coal Mining Corporation that our firm operated.
Certified Public Accountant, Cox and Company, CPA's , Farmington, New Mexico (1983 1984). Worked in both the tax and audit departments of the firm. Earned a CPA certificate from the State of New Mexico in April, 1984.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Tulane University Teaching Honor Roll 2006. Selected as the top professor for the Master’s of Accounting program.
Tulane University Teaching Honor Roll 2004. Selected as the top MBA professor for both core and elective courses.
Exxon Professor of Accounting, A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University.
David W. Zalaznick Jr. Associate Chaired Professor of Business, Columbia Business School.
Singhvi Teaching Award for Scholarship in the Classroom 1999. Selected by the graduating Columbia Business School Class of 1999 as the top professor in their MBA program.
Columbia Business School Dean’s Annual Teaching Award 1998. Selected for excellence in teaching the core accounting MBA course.
Price Waterhouse Tax Fellowship 1998. Awarded on a competitive basis to two professors in the United States each year.
Kenan Flagler Business School Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award 1995. Selected as the top Ph.D. student at the Kenan Flagler Business School.
Kenan Flagler Business School Ph.D. Program Teaching Award 1994. Selected for excellence in teaching based on student evaluations and nominations.
Doctoral Fellowship, Deloitte and Touche, 1993 1994. Awarded on a competitive basis to ten accounting doctoral students nationwide.
American Accounting Association Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 1993.
Doctoral Scholarship, KPMG Peat Marwick, 1992. Awarded on a competitive basis to ten second year accounting doctoral students nationwide.
Doctoral Fellowship, AICPA, 1991. Awarded on a competitive basis to a select number of new doctoral students in accounting.
Portable Doctoral Fellowship, AACSB, 1991. Awarded on a competitive basis to fifteen new doctoral students in business.
William R. Kenan Fellowship, UNC Graduate School, 1991 1994. Awarded on a competitive basis to twelve new doctoral students in the University.
Presidential Fellowship, University of Kentucky, 1985 and 1986. Awarded on a competitive basis to ten graduate students in the University.
Summa Cum Laude, Brigham Young University, 1982. Awarded to students with grade point averages in the top one percent of the class.
GUEST LECTURES
American Executive Institute of Public Policy (twice)
AAA/BAA Second Globalization Conference in Cambridge, England
American Accounting Association Annual Meeting
American Taxation Association Mid year Meeting
University of California at Berkeley
Brigham Young University
Burton Summer Accounting Workshop at Columbia University
Columbia Real Estate Group
Cornell University
European Accounting Association Meetings in Antwerp, Belgium
George Washington University
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Accounting Conference
Illinois University
Illinois Tax Symposium
New York University
NBER Summer Institute (two years)
Ohio State University
Stanford University
Tel Aviv University Finance and Accounting Conference
Texas A&M University
Tsinghua University, Beijing
UCLA
University of Houston
University of North Carolina Annual Tax Conference
Michigan State University
AAA Annual Conference
Yale Faculty Workshop
PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: February 6, 1957
Family Status: Married, nine children.
Languages Spoken: Thai.