David Guenther

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Degree History:

PhD, University of Washington, 1990
BA, California State University, 1976

Research/Teaching Awards:

Thomas C. Stewart Distinguished Professor, University of Oregon, 2017
American Taxation Association Tax Manuscript Award, 1993, 1999, and 2000

Bio:

David A. Guenther is the Scharpf Professor of Accounting at the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon. Professor Guenther is a leading scholar in the field of taxation as it applies to accounting issues. Professor Guenther's papers have been published in leading academic journals in accounting and finance, including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, and the Journal of Accounting Research, and his papers have been awarded the American Taxation Association's annual Tax Manuscript Award three times.

Professor Guenther has served on the faculties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Colorado at Boulder, and he has been an invited visiting scholar at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prior to his academic career he was a tax consultant and a certified public accountant. He is married with three children, and is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.

Economics-based research on the effects of income taxes on financing, investing, and financial reporting decisions.
Economic effects of international accounting differences.

Articles

Guenther, David, Lisa Bryant-Kutcher, and Mark Jackson. "How Do Cross-Country Differences in Corporate Tax Rates Affect Firm Value?" Journal of the American Taxation Association, 34, no. 2: 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.2308/atax-10207
October 2012
Guenther, David, and R. Sansing. "Unintended Consequences of LIFO Repeal: The Case of the Oil Industry." The Accounting Review, 87, no. 5: 1589-1602. https://dx.doi.org/10.2308/accr-50194
September 2012
Guenther, David, and R. Sansing. "The Valuation Relevance of Reversing Deferred Tax Liabilities." The Accounting Review, 79, no. 2: 437-451. https://dx.doi.org/10.2308/accr.2004.79.2.437
April 2004
Guenther, David A., and Danqing Young. "Financial Reporting Environments and International Capital Mobility." Journal of Accounting Research, 41, no. 3: 553-579. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-679X.00116
June 2003
Guenther, David, and Richard Sansing. "Valuation of the Firm in the Presence of Temporary Book-Tax Differences: The Role of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities." The Accounting Review, 75, no. 1: 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.2308/accr.2000.75.1.1
January 2000
Guenther, David A., and Danqing Young. "The Association between Financial Accounting Measures and Real Economic Activity: A Multinational Study." Journal of Accounting & Economics, 29, no. 1: 53-72. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-4101(00)00013-6
February 2000
Guenther, David A., and Michael Willenborg. "Capital Gains Tax Rates and the Cost of Capital for Small Business: Evidence from the IPO Market." Journal of Financial Economics, 53, no. 3: 385-408. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-405X(99)00026-4
September 1999
Guenther, David A., Dan S. Dhaliwal, and Mark A. Trombley. "Inventory Accounting Methods and Earnings Price Ratios." Contemporary Accounting Research, 16, no. 3: 419-436. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.1999.tb00589.x
February 1999
Guenther, David A., Edward L. Maydew, and Sarah E. Nutter. "Financial Reporting, Tax Costs, and Book-tax Conformity." Journal of Accounting & Economics, 23, no. 3: 225-248. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-4101(97)00009-8
November 1997

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UO Accounting #1 in Tax Research

UO Business: The Magazine, Summer 2017

Do Low Taxes Equal Risky Management?

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Social Responsibility and Taxes

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