Antonis Kartapanis

Assistant Professor
Department of Accounting

Biography

Dr. Kartapanis is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. He joined Mays in August 2019. Prior to joining, he received his Ph.D., Masters, and B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

His main research interests lie at the intersection of law and accounting (e.g., securities litigation, fraud, and misreporting). Dr. Kartapanis research is published in accounting journals, such as the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, and Contemporary Accounting Research, finance journals, such as the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, as well as law and economics journals, such as the Journal of Law and Economics.

He is currently teaching Financial Accounting Statements combined with Data Analytics.

Prior to his doctoral program, Dr. Kartapanis has worked at a Big 4 firm in Cyprus. His audit clients included banks and shipping companies.

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Research Interests

Litigation, Fraud, Political Connections, Media

Research

Title	Year	Type
Getting Back to the Source: A New Approach to Measuring Ex Ante Litigation Risk using Plaintiff-Lawyer Views of SEC Filings (forthcoming) Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis	2023	Article
How do auditors respond to competition? Evidence from the bidding process Journal of Accounting and Economics	2022	Article
Measuring Accounting Fraud and Irregularities Using Public and Private Enforcement The Accounting Review	2021	Article
Does Media Coverage Cause Meritorious Shareholder Litigation? Evidence from the Stock Option Backdating Scandal Journal of Law and Economics	2021	Article
Do Political Connections Induce More or Less Opportunistic Financial Reporting? Evidence from Close Elections Involving SEC-Influential Politicians Contemporary Accounting Research	2021	Article