Ryan Leece

Ryan Leece
Associate Professor

Associate Professor (P), Accounting and Finance , Collat School of Business

Overview

Dr. Leece is an Associate Professor and Program Director for the undergraduate and graduate accounting programs in the Collat School of Business. He earned a Ph.D. in Accounting from Virginia Tech after careers as a software engineer and auditor. Dr. Leece worked in the television sports industry writing software to support telecasts. He also worked in public accounting as a financial statement auditor ultimately becoming a Certified Public Accountant in Kentucky.

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2019	The Information Value of Qualified and Adverse Audit Reports: Evidence from the Municipal Sector. Auditing: a Journal of Practice and Theory. 2019
2017	An investigation of the effectiveness of the division of corporate finance as a monitor of financial reporting. Research in Accounting Regulation. 29:44-51. 2017
2017	The effects of firms’ information environment on analysts’ herding behavior. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 48:503-525. 2017
2017	An Investigation of the Effectiveness of the Division of Corporate Finance as a Monitor of Financial Reporting. Research in Accounting Regulation. 29. 2017
2017	Nonprofit Lobby Expense Reporting 2017
2017	Nonprofit lobby expense reporting. Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management. 29:522-553. 2017
2017	The Effects of Firms' Information Environment on Analysts' Herding Behavior. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 48:503-525. 2017
2016	The Going Concern Gap in GAAP 2016
2016	The Going Concern Gap in GAAP 2016
2015	The Impact of Recession on the Value-relevance of Accounting Information. Australian Accounting Review. 25:185-191. 2015
2015	Do risk management activities impact earnings volatility?. Research in Accounting Regulation. 27:66-72. 2015
2015	The Impact of Recession on the Value-Relevance of Fundamental Signals Used by Analysts. Australian Accounting Review. 73:185-191. 2015
2015	The Relation between Risk Management and Earnings Volatility. Research in Accounting Regulation. 27:66-72. 2015
2013	CEO bonus compensation: The effects of missing analysts' revenue forecasts. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 41:149-170. 2013
2013	The Effects of Missing Analysts' Revenue Forecasts. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 41:149-170. 2013

Research Overview

Dr. Leece has most recently conducted research investigating how the municipal bond market reacts to accounting information. In his article, "The Information Value of Qualified and Adverse Audit Reports: Evidence from the Municipal Sector", Dr. Leece and his coauthors find the bond market penalizes cities and counties via higher bond yields when they issue debt accompanied by financial statements with and adverse or qualified audit opinions. The article was published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.

Teaching Overview

Dr. Leece primarily teaches financial accounting topics at the undergraduate and graduate level. His AC 600 graduate course, Accounting Research, incorporates boardroom meetings where students present to their peers. Students not only gain experience preparing and conducting presentations but also how to prepare professional memoranda. Dr. Leece is a 2018 Loudell Ellis Robinson Award for Excellence in Teaching recipient.