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Kourosh Amirkhani

San Jose State University

Assistant Professor

1 Washington Square

Business Tower 850

San Jose, CA San Jose 95112

United States

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Chalk It Up to Experience: CEO General Ability and Earnings Management

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2023
Leila Zbib, Kourosh Amirkhani and Douglas J. Fairhurst
Bryant University, San Jose State University and Washington State University
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CEO general ability, earnings management

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Effect of Auditor Opinion on Discretionary Accruals Behavior of Distressed Firms: Empirical Evidences from Iran

African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 7(20), pp. 1956-1965, May 2013, 50+20 Research Paper
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2013
Hossein Etemadi, Hassan Farajzadeh Dehkordi and Kourosh Amirkhani
Tarbiat Modares University, Management & Economics Faculties, School of Economic Sciences and San Jose State University
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Auditor opinion, bankruptcy, discretionary accruals, distressed firms, earnings management

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Contemplating a Doctorate in Accounting: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional and Nontraditional Programs

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Apr 2025
William Lyle, Daniel Street, Kourosh Amirkhani and Valerie Simmons
Auburn University at Montgomery, Bucknell University, San Jose State University and University of West Florida
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Accounting Doctorate, Traditional vs. Nontraditional Programs, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Accounting Faculty Shortage, Academic Career Pathways

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Goodwill Impairments and the Cost of Debt: Evidence from Corporate Bonds

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2024
Kourosh Amirkhani, Zhuoli Axelton, Jeffrey Gramlich and Li Xu
San Jose State University, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, Carson College of Business and Washington State University, Vancouver
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Goodwill impairment; Goodwill; Bond spread, Goodwill, Bond spread, Cost of Debt, Corporate Bond

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The Effect of Audit Market Competition on Audit Quality and Pricing in a Non-Big 4 Market

The International Journal of Accounting, Forthcoming
Posted: 10 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2020
Masoud Azizkhani, Heibatollah Sami, Kourosh Amirkhani and Gary S. Monroe
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Lehigh University, San Jose State University and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Australian School of Business

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Audit Market Competition, Audit Fees; Audit Quality, Developing Economies