University at Albany School of Business

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	Name:	Kinsun Tam
	Position:	Assistant Professor
	Education:	Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1999 Passed Uniform CPA Exam in Massachusetts
	Email:	tam@albany.edu
	Phone:	518-442-4950

Contact Information:
Office Hours: Tuesday, 14:15-16:15 Fax Number: 518-442-3944
Academic Subfields:
Accounting Information Systems Financial Accounting
Research Interests:
My research interests are primarily in Accounting Information Systems and Financial Accounting. I am interested in computer programming, XBRL, XML, database, automated internal controls, computer networking & security, manipulations in financial reporting, and accounting for derivatives.
Applied Interests:
Java, XML, Unix shell scripts
Teaching Interests:
Accounting Information Systems, Financial Accounting, and Managerial Accounting
Recent Publications:
An XML schema design framework to simplify financial statement validation, (Tam) in International Journal of Digital Accounting Research, 2003, Vol. 3 (6), pp.133-164. Harmonization of auditor's report, (Gangolly, Hussein, Seow, Tam) in International Journal of Accounting, 2002, Vol. 37 (3), pp. 327-346. The usefulness of derivatives-related accounting disclosures, (Seow and Tam) in Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2002, Vol. 18, pp. 273-291. Foreign exchange risk and firm value: An analysis of U.S. pharmaceutical firms, (Chan, Seow, and Tam) in Managerial Finance, 2002, Vol. 28 (3), pp.57-72. Enterprise extension through extensible markup language, (Hussein and Tam) in International Journal of Digital Accounting Research, 2002,Vol 2 (4), pp. 157-194. On the design of an XML-Schema based application for business reporting: An XBRL Schema perspective, (Tam, Goel and Gangolly) in International Journal of Digital Accounting Research, 2002, Vol 2 (1), pp. 83-122. Pilgrims Manufacturing, Inc.: Activity-based costing versus volume-based costing, (Hussein and Tam) in Issues in Accounting Education, 2004, Vol. 19 (4), pp. 539-553. Online case is available at http://www.nobelresearch.com/macc. A neural network approach to compare predictive value of accounting versus market data, (Kim, Jun, and Tam) in Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 2004, Vol 10(1), pp. 77-91.
Courses:
Graduate Courses - ACC 681 : Accounting Information Systems ACC 682 : Analysis & Design of Accounting Databases ACC 683 Advanced Topics in Accounting Information Systems ACC 680 : Research Seminar in Accounting Undergraduate Courses - ACC 311 : Financial Accounting Theory ACC 381 : Financial Information Systems