Paul Demere

Paul Demere is an Assistant professor at Terry College of Business, University of Georgia. He earned a PhD, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2017 , MAcc, Taxation, Virginia Tech, 2008 and BS, Accounting, Virginia Tech, 2007.

Research Interest

Corporate taxation through an archival/empirical methodology.

Companies

• Assistant Professor University of Georgia - Terry College of Business (2017)
• Senior Associate PwC (2011 — 2012)
• Senior Associate PwC (2010 — 2010)
• Associate PwC (2008 — 2010)

Education:

• PhD, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
• MAcc, Taxation, Virginia Tech, 2008
• BS, Accounting, Virginia Tech, 2007

Publications

• The Economic Effects of Special Purpose Entities on Corporate Tax Avoidance”, with Michael Donohoe and Petro Lisowsky. [2]
• Do Smoothing Activities Indicate Higher or Lower Financial Reporting Quality? Evidence from Effective Tax Rates”, with Laura Li, Petro Lisowsky, and R. William Snyder.
• “The Value of International Income Shifting to U.S. Multinational Firms: Evidence from a New Income Shifting Identification Strategy”, with Jeffrey Gramlich