Paul Madsen
- Deloitte Foundation Professor
- Deloitte Foundation Term Associate Professor
Location
- Warrington College of Business
- Fisher School of Accounting
- Gerson Hall 314
Expertise and interest areas
- 19th and 20th Century Accounting History
- Accounting Regulation
- Financial Accounting
- Standard Setting Institutions
- The Labor Economics of Accounting Occupations
- The Origins of Accounting.
News
Accounting isn’t a game, but learning it can be – April 1, 2024 – Cheers and groans echo through Gerson Hall. Following the noise, passersby may be surprised to discover a classroom of graduate students playing boardgames. The competitors…
Accounting is facing a labor crisis. Could fraud be part of the solution? – October 17, 2023 – GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The field of accounting is facing a labor crisis. From the high rates of baby boomer CPAs that are retiring to the…
Courses taught
- Advanced Research (ACG7979)
- Financial Accounting (ACG5005)
- Individual Work in Accounting (ACG6905)
- Overview of Accounting Research (ACG7885)
- Research for Doctoral Dissertation (ACG7980)
- Special Topics in Accounting (ACG6935)
Education
- PhD – Accounting, Emory University, Goizueta Business School, 2010
- MS – Finance, University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, 2005
- BS – Finance, University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, 2002
Students advised
- Kevin James Munch — 2024 — 2025
- Patrick Kmieciak — 2024 — 2025
- Mark Zakota — 2021 — 2023
Professional service
- Editor, Guest Editor: Special Issue on the Accounting Pipeline, Accounting Horizons — 2024 to Present
- Editorial Review Board Member, Accounting Horizons — 2021 to Present
- Editorial Review Board Member, Issues in Accounting Education — 2021 to Present
- Editorial Review Board Member, The Accounting Review — 2020 to Present
- Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Issues in Accounting Education — 2020 to 2021
- Conference-Related, Hawaii Accounting Research Conference — 2021
Journal article publications
- A longitudinal perspective on diversity in the legal profession
- Status: Accepted
- Journal: Florida State Law Review
- Accepted Year: 2025
- Authors: Paul Madsen, Jason Nance
- Motive Forces: How accountants' distinctive values constrain the profession's adaptability
- Status: Published
- Journal: Contemporary Accounting Research
- Authors: Paul Madsen, Kevin Munch, Marvin Nipper
- Externalities of Financial Statement Fraud on the Incoming Accounting Labor Force
- Status: Published
- Journal: Journal of Accounting Research
- Published Year: 2023
- Authors: Robert Carnes, Paul Madsen, Dane Christensen
- Research Initiatives in Accounting Education: Transforming Today's Students into Accounting Professionals
- Status: Published
- Journal: Issues in Accounting Education
- Published Year: 2020
- Author: Paul Madsen
- Margin of Safety: Life History Strategies and the Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Recessionary Conditions on Self-Selection into Accounting
- Status: Published
- Journal: Accounting, Organisations and Society
- Published Year: 2017
- Authors: Justin Leiby, Paul Madsen