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

Publications

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

Cited by the PCAOB: Release No. 2024-002 [PDF]; Release No. 2024-012 [PDF]

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 43: 107168

Media Mentions: The Buffalo News; Niagra Gazette; UBNow; Cleburne Times Review; Phys.org

Khavis, J. A., and J. Krishnan. 2021. Employee Satisfaction in Accounting Firms, Work-life Balance, and Audit Quality. AUDITING: A Journal of Practice & Theory 40 (2): 161–192.

Featured in the American Accounting Association Podcast Series.

Select Working Papers

“Does Gender Composition of the Audit Workforce Matter? An Examination of Audit Quality” with A. Sheneman and B. Szerwo

“Manager Staffing Leverage and Audit Quality” with M. Li, and B. Szerwo

“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

“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.