G. Ryan Huston
Assistant Professor
G. Ryan Huston is an assistant professor in the School of Accountancy. He teaches both undergraduate courses in taxation and advanced partnership taxation in our Masters of Accountancy program.
Huston’s research interests include empirical taxation and associated impact on financial accounting and earnings management. His most recent paper, “Earnings Management through Effective Tax Rates: The Effects of Tax Planning Investment and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,” was published in Contemporary Accounting Research. Huston has presented at several industry conferences, including at the American Taxation Association Mid-Year Conference, the American Accounting Association National Meeting, and the Lone Star Accounting Research Conference.
Huston has served as a panelist with the American Accounting Association Southeast Region and co-chair and panelist for the American Taxation Association Doctoral Consortium, among others. He earned a PhD in accounting from Texas A&M University and also received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&M University.
- Vita (pdf)
room: BSN 3503 | phone: 813.974.6597 | fax: 813.974.6528 | grhuston@usf.edu
Teaching
- TAX 6005 Advanced Partnership Taxation
- TAX 6134 Advanced Corporate Taxation
Current Research
- “Do Firms Overproduce Inventory to Meet Earnings Targets?” with K. Cook and M. Kinney
- “Managing Earnings by Manipulating Production: Coordinating Tax and Financial Reporting Incentives” with K. Cook and M. Kinney
- “The Implications of Shareholder Income Taxes on the Dividend Policies of Growth and Non-Growth Firms” with M. Kinney
- “Effects of executive compensation plans on firms’ dividend policies” with M. Kinney
- “Do Taxes Matter? Evidence of Individual and Corporate Tax Incentives on the Choice to Hold Shares Acquired from Exercise of Employee Stock Options” with T. Smith
- “Managing Earnings by Manipulating Production: Market Reaction to Unexpected Changes in Inventory Levels of Manufacturing Firms” with K. Cook and M. Kinney
- “Do Increased Depreciation Allowances Truly Spur Investment?”
Service
- Meeting panel member, American Accounting Association Southeast Region
- Co-chair and panel member, American Taxation Association Doctoral Consortium
