Zahn Bozanic

Background

Dr. Zahn Bozanic, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at The Ohio State University. He earned his doctorate in Business Administration from The Pennsylvania State University, holds an M.A. degree from The University of Michigan, and holds a B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.  

His primary research interests are in the areas of corporate disclosure, debt contracting, information intermediaries, and regulation. Professor Bozanic’s research has been published by outlets such as the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Accounting, Organizations, and Society. His fraudrelated research on corporate disclosure has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CFO.com and has been put into practice by commercial data vendors such as Audit Analytics and Bloomberg.

Professor Bozanic teaches Financial Statement Analysis at the undergraduate and graduate levels at Ohio State.

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AWARDS

Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award AAA FARS MidYear Meeting Best Paper Award The National Center for the Middle Market Research Fellowship Ossian R. MacKenzie Doctoral Teaching Award Smeal Competitive Dissertation Award

Smeal Doctoral Research Grant G. Kenneth Nelson Scholarship Jane O. Burns Graduate Scholarship Center for the Study of Finance Graduate Fellowship

Courses

ACCTMIS 4210 Financial Statement Analysis

Methods of fundamental analysis will be examined in detail; improve ability to use financial statements as part of an overall assessment of a firm's strategy and valuation. Prereq: 3201 (523) and BusMHR 2292 (BusAdm 499.01). Repeatable to a maximum of 12 cr hrs.

ACCTMIS 7220 Financial Statement Analysis

Examines the role of financial statement analysis in the evaluation of the firm's financial performance and the prediction of its future economic condition. Prereq: MBA 6211 (800), or enrollment in MAcc program. Not open to students with credit for 842.

ACCTMIS 7221 Financial Statement Analysis II

Examines additional techniques to evaluate the firm's financial performance and the prediction of its future economic condition based on financial statements. Prereq: 7220, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 842.