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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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2015

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Guess Who's Your Mentor?, Wayne Taylor Aug 2015

Guess Who's Your Mentor?, Wayne Taylor

EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement

This research will explore the lived experience of aspirant minority accountants in their summer mentorship relationships. Only 4% of all Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are minorities (primarily African American or Latinos). While the hiring of minority CPAs has increased in recent years, retention rate of those CPAs needs improvement (cite?). One way that public accounting firms are seeking to increase minority retention rates isthrough formal mentorship programs. The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) stated that, “the best mentoring relationships require trust and a good quality match between mentor and the young CPA.” However, what is a good quality match? Is …


Troubled Asset Relief Program: Impact As Seen In The Agricultural Sector, Georgia Maye Ralston Apr 2015

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Impact As Seen In The Agricultural Sector, Georgia Maye Ralston

EURēCA: Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement

I extend Butler and Cornaggia (2011) to examine the impact on agricultural productivity of shocks in access to capital and the impact of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in moderating these shocks. Adapting their empirical methodology in Butler and Cornaggia (2011), I find that the financial crisis of 2008 exacerbates the negative relation between counties with low access to capital and productivity. Further, I find that this negative relation is reduced in counties where more banks took advantage of TARP financing. My results underscore the impact of access to capital on productivity and also suggest that the TARP has …