Zahn Bozanic Doctoral Candidate Accounting Department Smeal College of Business
The Pennsylvania State University 384A Business Building University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-3572 Email: zahn.bozanic@psu.edu

Greetings and Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in Accounting in the Smeal College of Business and am currently working on my dissertation.

Research Interests

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Debt contracting

International accounting convergence

Teaching

Accounting 471, Intermediate Financial Accounting I

Finance 406, Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management

Accounting 211, Financial and Managerial Accounting

Education

I earned my bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley where I studied economics and philosophy. I also hold a master’s degree in economics (with a concentration in finance) from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.

Experience

I have worked in various capacities for the William Davidson Institute (economic research), Linsco/Private Ledger (brokerage / financial planning), and Wells Fargo (banking). In addition, I have held NASD Series 7 and 66 securities licenses, as well as tax preparation and insurance licenses in the State of California.

Working Papers

• Single Stock Futures: An Analysis of the Impact of Short-Sale Constraints and Earnings Surprises on Market Dynamics
• Managerial Motivation and Timing of Open Market Share Repurchases

Awards

Smeal Doctoral Research Grant

G. Kenneth Nelson Scholarship

Jane O. Burns Graduate Scholarship

Ossian R. MacKenzie Doctoral Teaching Award

Center For The Study of Finance Graduate Fellowship

Hobbies

When I’m not working on research, I love to travel. Here’s a fairly representative map of the places I’ve been.

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