Ananda Ganguly, Ph.D.
Department
Areas of Expertise
Teaching Interests
Financial Accounting & Reporting,Managerial Accounting & Reporting,Strategic Cost Management & Decision Making
Research Interests
Behavioral Decision Making & Cognitive Psychology,Individual Decisions vs. Aggregate Outcomes in accounting & auditing,Financial Analysis,Laboratory experiments in accounting & economics
Education
B.Comm (Honors in Accounting) - St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta; Ph.D. in Business Administration (Accounting & Economic Decision Making) - University of Pittsburgh
Awards and Affiliations
MEDIA COVERAGE:
National Media:
National Public Radio, 27 minute "Hidden Brain" episode, based on Anticipatory Utility paper with Professor Joshua Tasoff, September 18, 2017:
http://www.npr.org/2017/09/18/551901221/we-shouldn-t-stick-our-heads-in-the-sand-but-we-do-it-anyway
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=551901221
National Public Radio, 5 minute segment on “Morning Edition,” interview based on Anticipatory Utility paper with Professor Joshua Tasoff, July 28, 2014:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/28/333945706/why-we-think-ignorance-is-bliss-even-when-it-hurts-our-health
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=333945706
The Atlantic, “When Health Ignorance Is Bliss: Why do so many people avoid taking medical tests?” by Jon Fortenbury, Oct 21, 2014.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/when-health-ignorance-is-bliss/381370/
Selections from National Blogs, news aggregators & online newsletters, etc.:
John Kiernan in Wallethub, May 2016: https://wallethub.com/edu/auto-financing-report/10131/#ananda-ganguly
Carl Richards in KS Financial Advisors newsletter, July-August, 2014:
http://www.ksfinancialadvisors.com/new/ksfinancialadvisors/KSFA%20Newsletter%20-%20August%202014.pdf?advisorid=332168
and http://www.behaviorgap.com/behavior-gap-newsletter-stick-head-sand/
John Carlos Baez in Azimuth, August 22, 2014:
http://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/information-aversion/
John Baez in Dennis Wallez blog "Nirvana is Freedom from Lust, from Aversion, from Ignorance," August 22, 2014.
http://www.koan.mu/gplus/AM5cPHQtwhM
Jennifer Portillo in Psych2Go.Net "Contrary to The Saying: Ignorance is Bliss"
http://www.psych2go.net/contrary-to-the-saying-ignorance-is-bliss/
Nicole Arens & Rachael Susaneck "Taking the Scary Out," in Powell Tate Insights, August 27, 2014.
http://www.powelltate.com/insights/2014/08/
Claremont Colleges Media:
"10 Classes you HAVE to Take Before Graduation," in Forum April 2011, by Ellie Beckett
http://cmcforum.com/life/04182011-10-classes-you-have-to-take-before-graduation
"Get to Know CMC's New Massoud Chair of Accounting: Professor Ananda Ganguly" News and Events (CMC Website) November 29, 2011
https://www.cmc.edu/news/get-to-know-cmcs-new-massoud-chair-of-accounting-professor-ananda-ganguly
Research and Publications
"Fantasy and Dread: The Demand for Information and the Consumption Utility of the Future," with Joshua Tasoff. Forthcoming in MANAGEMENT SCIENCE.
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2370983
or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2370983
"Is NeuroAccounting Waiting in the Wings? An Essay," with Jacob G. Birnberg, ACCOUNTING, ORGANIZATIONS & SOCIETY, January 2012, Vol, 37(1), pp. 1-13, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2011.11.004
Available at SSRN:http://ssrn.com/abstract=1759460
or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1759460
"Covariation Assessments with Costly Information Collection in Audit Planning: An Experimental Study," with Jacqueline Hammersley, AUDITING: A JOURNAL OF PRACTICE AND THEORY, May 2009, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 1-27.
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=949348
"Assurer Reputation for Competence in a Multi-Service Context," With Mark E. Peecher and T. Joshua Herbold, CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Spring 2007, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 133-170.
Available at SSRN:http://ssrn.com/abstract=949352
"The Riskiness of Large Audit Firm Client Portfolios and Changes in Audit Liability Regimes: Evidence from the U.S. Audit Market,” with Jong-Hag Choi and Rajib Doogar, CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Winter 2004, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 747-785.
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=572281
"Do Asset Market Prices Reflect Traders’ Judgment Biases," with John H. Kagel and Donald V. Moser, JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY, May 2000, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 219-245.