Mehmet C. Kara

• Ph.D., Accounting, Texas A&M University, 2019
• M.S., Accounting, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2011
• M.A., Economics, Georgia State University, 2008
• B.S., Economics, University of Houston, 2006

• Corporate Taxation
• Corporate Governance
• Executive Compensation
• Financial Reporting Quality

Journal Articles

• Arikan, M., M. C. Kara, A. Masli, and Y. Xi. 2023. Political euphoria and corporate disclosures: An investigation of CEO partisan alignment with the president of the United States. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 75(2 – 3).
• Kara, M. C., M. A. Mayberry, and S. G. Rane. 2023. Equity incentives and conforming tax avoidance. Contemporary Accounting Research. 40(3): 1909 – 1936.
• Beardsley, E. L., M. C. Kara, and C. D. Weaver. 2024. Managers’ stock price incentives and earnings management using tax expense. Journal of the American Taxation Association. 46(2): 9 – 30.

• Guy O. and Rosa Lee Mabry Best Paper Award, 2024
• Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student, 2018