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Joshua A. Khavis

Assistant Professor
Accounting and Law

Education

PhD, Temple University
MA, Baruch College
Fulbright Scholar, Hebrew University, Israel
BBA, Pace University

Vita

Teaching

  • Data Analytics for Accountants
  • Financial Accounting

Research

  • Auditing
  • Financial accounting and reporting
  • Crowdsourcing and big data

Select Publications

Khavis, J. A., M. Li. and B. Szerwo. Staffing Leverage at the Audit Office and Audit Quality. Contemporary Accounting Review, forthcoming.

Dambra, M., J.A. Khavis, Z. Lin. 2026. Accounting-Employee Flows and Financial Reporting Quality. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Khavis, J. A., A. Sheneman, and B. Szerwo. 2025 Does Gender Composition of the Audit Workforce Matter? An Examination of Audit Quality. Review of Accounting Studies.

Khavis, J. A., and B. Szerwo. 2025. Audit-employee Turnover, Audit Quality and the Auditor-Client Relationship. The Accounting Review.

Khavis, J. A., J. Krishnan, S. Maex, and C. Tipton. 2025. Remote Work and Auditors’ Work-Life Balance: Disproportionate Impacts on Engagement Leaders. Accounting Horizons

Khavis, J. A. and H. Park. 2024. Collaborating with Data Aggregators and the Estimize.com Setting. Journal of Financial Reporting.

Felix, R., J. A. Khavis, and M. Pevzner. 2024. The effects of local newspaper closures on nonprofits’ executive compensation. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Khavis, J. A., and J. Krishnan. 2021. Employee Satisfaction in Accounting Firms, Work-life Balance, and Audit Quality. AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory

Select Working Papers

“Nudging Towards Better Earnings Forecasts” with L.D. Brown and H. Park

“Labor Market Consequences of Pay Transparency: Evidence from the Initial Pay Ratio Disclosure” with M. Dambra, Z. Lin, and Inho Suk

“Acquiring Big 4 Talent: Consequences to Non-Big 4 Workforces and Audit Production” with M. Li and B. Szerwo

“Crowdsourced Earnings Forecasts: Implications for Analyst Forecast Timing and Market Efficiency” with R. Banker and H. Park

“Reliability of Crowdsourced Earnings Forecasts” with L.D. Brown

“Do Analysts Learn from Online Feedback?”

Awards, Grants and Honors

  • PhD Teaching Award, Temple University
  • AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow
  • IMA Doctoral Research Summer Scholarship
  • Fulbright Scholarship, Institute of International Education, U.S. Department of State Professional

Professional Affiliations

  • American Accounting Association

Industry Experience

Khavis was part of the New York City startup scene where he oversaw operations, accounting and finance for a number of new ventures. He has also worked in the fixed income technology division at Barclays Investment Bank.

Contact Information

Joshua A. Khavis
 Assistant Professor
Accounting and Law
School of Management
University at Buffalo
346 Jacobs Management Center
Buffalo, NY 14260-4000

Tel: 716-645-3274
jakhavis@buffalo.edu

Research Websites

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