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Ryan Wilson

Associate Professor
Accounting
W280  John Pappajohn Bus Bldg
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1994		 Ph: 319-335-0849
Fax: 319-335-1956
E-mail: ryan-wilson@uiowa.edu

Academic History

  • PhD in Accounting, University of Washington, 2007
  • BS in Accounting and Economics, University of Oregon, 1999

Expertise

  • Empirical tax research in accounting

Awards

  • Dean's Teaching Award, University of Iowa, May 2010
  • ATA/PricewaterhouseCoopers Best Tax Dissertation Award, American Taxation Association, March 2008
  • Journal of the American Taxation Association Outstanding Paper Award, Journal of the American Taxation Association Oustanding Paper Award, 2007
  • Best Paper Award - 13th Annual JATA Conference, Journal of the American Taxation Association, August 2007
  • Dean's Academic Achievement Award, University of Washington, September 2006
  • Deloitte Doctoral Fellowship, Deloitte , September 2006
  • Arthur N. and Mary S. Lorig Scholarship, University of Washington, September 2004

Selected Publications

  • Executive Compensation, Equity Risk Incentives, and Corporate Tax Aggressiveness, Sonja O. Rego, Ryan J. Wilson, Journal of Accounting Research - Forthcoming
  • Income Shifting by Chinese Domestic Firms, Terry Shevlin, Tanya Tang, Ryan J. Wilson, Journal of the American Taxation Association - Forthcoming
  • Tax Avoidance, Large Positive Book-tax Differences, and Earnings Persistence, Bradley Blaylock, Terry Shevlin, Ryan J. Wilson, The Accounting Review - Forthcoming, 2012
  • An Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants, Ryan J. Wilson, The Accounting Review, vol 84, 2009
  • Economic Consequences of Increasing the Conformity in Accounting for Uncertain Tax Benefits, Peter Frischmann, Terry Shevlin, Ryan J. Wilson, Journal of Accounting and Economics, vol 46, 2008
  • Examining Investor Expectations Concerning Tax Savings on the Repatriation of Foreign Earnings under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, Mitchell Oler, Terry Shevlin, Ryan J. Wilson, Journal of the American Taxation Association, vol 29, 2007, 25-55

Working Papers

    Other Work

    • Discussion of “Credit Ratings and Taxes: The Effect of Book/Tax Differences on Ratings Changes” by Ben Ayers, Stacie LaPlante, and Sean McGuire, Ryan J. Wilson, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2010
    • Discussion of “The Influence of Differences in Taxable Income and Book Income on the Bond Credit Market” by Aaron Crabtree and John Maher, Journal of the American Taxation Association. , Ryan J. Wilson, Journal of the American Taxation Association, 2009

    Work In Progress

    • Did FIN 48 Stop "Last Chance Earnings Management" of Tax Reserves?, Sonja O. Rego, Ryan J. Wilson, Xiaoli Tian, Richard Cazier

    Prior Positions

    • Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Washington, September 2003 - June 2007
    • Senior Associate - Tax and Legal Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, August 1999 - May 2003

    Review and Editorial Work

    • Referee, Journal of Accounting and Economics, January 2011 - current
    • Referee, Journal of Accounting Research, January 2011 - current
    • Referee, Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting, December 2010 - current
    • Referee, Review of Accounting Studies, January 2010 - current
    • Referee, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2008 - current
    • Referee, The Accounting Review, 2008 - current

    Professional Affiliations

    • Editorial Board Member, Accounting Horizons, March 2009 - January 2012
    • Editorial Board Member, Journal of the American Taxation Association , 2009 - 2011

    Presentations

    • Discussion of "Perception of Auditor Independence, Audit Committee Characteristics and Auditor Provision of Tax Services" and "Competition for Non-audit Services among Professional Services Firms: Determinants and Consequences of Tax Service Provider Choice in the Not-for-Profit Sector", University of Illinois Tax Symposium
    • Dual Class Ownership and Tax Avoidance, University of North Carolina
    • Discussion of "Distilling the Reserve for Uncertain Tax Positions: The Revealing Case of Black Liquor", AAA Annual Meeting, August 2011
    • Dual Class Ownership and Tax Avoidance, 2011 JATA Conference, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Washington DC, March 2011
    • Discussion of “Is there Information Content in the Tax Footnote?”, 2010 National Taxation Association Annual Conference, National Taxation Association, Chicago, November 2010
    • Discussion of “Relevant but Delayed Information in Negotiated Audit Fees”, 2010 University of Illinois Audit Symposium, University of Illinois, November 2010
    • Did FIN 48 Stop “Last Chance Earnings Management" through Tax Reserves?, University of Iowa, August 2010
    • Executive Compensation, Equity Risk Incentives, and Corporate Tax Aggressiveness, Michigan State University, Michigan State University, May 2010
    • A New Measure of Accounting Quality, Duke University, March 2010
    • Income Shifting by Chinese Domestic Firms, 2010 ATA Mid-Year Meeting, American Taxation Association, Denver, February 2010
    • Discussion of "The Importance of Tax Aggressiveness to Corporate Borrowing", 2010 JATA Conference - Discussant, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Denver, February 2010
    • Discussion of "The Effect of Financial Reporting and Foreign Investment Opportunities on Cross-Jurisdictional Income Shifting, 2009 National Taxation Association Annual Conference, National Taxation Association, Denver, November 2009
    • Executive Compensation, Equity Risk Incentives, and Corporate Tax Aggressiveness, Arizona State University, Arizona State University, November 2009
    • Early Evidence on the Determinants of Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Illinois Tax Symposium, University of Illinois, Chicago, October 2009
    • Discussion of "Do Corporate Governance Characteristics Influence Tax Management?", 2009 AAA Annual Meeting, American Accounting Association, New York, August 2009
    • Executive Compensation, Tax Reporting Aggressiveness, and Future Firm Performance, 2009 UNC Tax Symposium, University of North Carolina, January 2009
    • Discussion of "The Effect of Book/Tax Differences on Ratings Changes", 2009 Contemporary Accounting Research Conference - Discussant, Quebec, November 2008
    • Executive Compensation, Tax Reporting Aggressiveness, and Future Firm Performance, University of Texas, October 2008
    • Executive Compensation, Tax Reporting Aggressiveness, and Future Firm Performance, Texas A&M University, September 2008
    • Executive Compensation, Tax Reporting Aggressiveness, and Future Firm Performance, University of Iowa, September 2008
    • Ethical Misconduct by Senior Officers, 2008 AAA Annual Meeting, American Accounting Association , Anaheim, August 2008
    • Economic Consequences of Increasing the Conformity in Accounting for Uncertain Tax Benefits. Presentation in Current Topics Section, 2008 ATA Mid-Year Meeting, American Taxation Association, Memphis, February 2008
    • Discussion of “The Influence of Differences in Taxable Income and Book Income on the Bond Credit Market” , 2008 JATA Conference - Discussant, Journal of the American Taxation Association, Memphis, February 2008
    • Examining Investor Expectations Concerning Tax Savings on the Repatriations of Foreign Earnings under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, 2007 JATA Conference, Journal of the American Taxation Association, San Antonio, 2007
    • An Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants, Arizona State University, 2007
    • An Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants, Stanford University, 2007
    • An Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants, University of Chicago, 2007
    • An Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants, University of Georgia, 2007
    • An Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants, University of Illiniois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
    • An Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants, University of Iowa, 2007
    • An Examination of Corporate Tax Shelter Participants, University of Rochester, 2007

    Committees and Professional Service

    • Department of Accounting - Recruiting Committee, 2012-current
    • Dept of Accounting PhD Program Committee, 2008-current
    • ATA Doctoral Consortium Committee, 2011-2012
    • JATA Conference Committee, 2007-2012
    • ATA Midyear Meeting Planning Committee, 2009-2010
    • ATA New Faculty Concerns Committee, 2008-2009
    • ATA Annual Meeting Program Committee, 2007-2008

      Licensures and Certifications

      • Certified Public Accountant (Inactive), Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants, October - 1999