Paul Wertheim, Ph.D., CPA
Professor of Accounting
Contact Information:
Office: 177 Mabee Business Building
Address: ACU Box 29311, Abilene, Texas 79699
E-mail: paul.wertheim@coba.acu.edu
Telephone: 325-674-2071
FAX: 325-674-2564
Degrees, Licenses & Certificates:
- Ph.D. (Accounting), University of Kansas, 1987
- MS (Accounting), University of Kansas, 1986
- Summer Institute in International Business and Management, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, 1983
- MBA (Accounting), Abilene Christian University, 1982
- B.B.A (Accounting), Texas A&M University, 1979
Academic Positions Held:
- Professor of Accounting, Pepperdine University, 1993-2000
- Assistant Professor of Accounting, East Carolina University, 1990-1993
- Assistant Professor of Accounting, Abilene Christian University, 1986-1990
- Instructor of Financial and Managerial Accounting, Abilene Christian University, 1981-1982
Other Positions:
- Research Assistant, University of Kansas, 1984-1985
- Certified Public Accountant, Dixon Drilling Company, Abilene, TX 1980-1982
Representative Publications/Research Presentations:
- "The Market Perception of Convertible Debt Versus Strait Debt: Some Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firms and Non-U.S. Firms Listed in the U.S." Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting.Forthcoming. Vol. 10, No. 1, 1999.
- "Institutional Portfolio Composition: An Examination of the Prudent Investment Hypothesis." (with Stan Eakins and Stan Stansell). The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Vol. 38, No. 1. Spring, 1998.
- "Earnings Forecasts and Institutional Demand for Common Stock." (with Stan Eakins and Stan Stansell). Journal of Applied Business Research. Vol. 14, No. 1. Winter, 1997-1998.
- "Corporate Downsizing and Shareholder Wealth: An Examination of the Short-Term and Long-Term Price Reactions to Announcements of Company Layoffs." Distresses Business and Real Estate Newsletter. March, 1998.
