Dr. Evelyn McDowell

Assistant Professor I

• Email Address: emcdowell@rider.edu
• Phone: (609) 895-5712
• Office: Sweigart Hall 331
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• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Dr. McDowell joined the Rider community in 2005, and comes to Rider with extensive experience in public accounting.  She teaches the introductory financial accounting and managerial accounting courses.  Her research interests are in the relevance of accounting information and decision making, in tax policy and in taxpayer behavior.

McDowell is a recipient of the KPMG Doctoral Scholarship, and researches primarily in the areas of the effects of tax policy on decision making.   Her work has appeared in publications including the Tax Update Newsletter and Research in Accounting Regulation.   She is a frequent participant at meetings of the American Accounting Association, of which she is a member.   She is also a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Ohio Institute of CPAs, National Tax Association, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, and the National Association of Black Accountants.

Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 2005, Case Western Reserve University
• Master of Accountancy, 1999, Case Western Reserve University
• Bachelor of Arts, 1983, Baldwin-Wallace College, Business Administration

• McDowell, E., Li, W., & McDougal, K. (in press, 2009).  Introduction To Compilation Services As A Reinforcement Of Basic Accounting Concepts For Intermediate Accounting Student. Journal of Business Case Studies.
• Li, S. & McDowell, E. (in press, 2008).  Accrual Based Earnings Management, Real Transactions Manipulation and Expectations Management: U.S. and International Evidence. Journal of Global Business Management.
• McDowell, E. (2008).  Tax Strategy Patents: Truth and Consequences. CPA Journal, the (NY State Soc. of CPAs), 78 (2), 46-50.
• McDowell, E. & Smith, P. (2007).  The Policy Implications of Tax Strategy Patents. The ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research.

• Li, W. & McDowell, E. (2008).  Restricted Contributions: Are Donors Deceived? American Accounting Association - Government and Nonprofit Section Annual Meeting.
• Li, W. & McDowell, E. (2008).  Restricted Contributions and Fungible Dollars: Can Donors Tell the Difference? American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. & Li, W. (2008).  The Influence of Financial Efficiency and Affect on Individual Donors' Donation Decisions. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2007).  Does the Use of Financial Information Help Donors Behave More Rationally? American Accounting Association - Government and Nonprofit Section Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2007).  Why Do Donors Give to Inefficient Organizations? American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2007).  Does the Use of Financial Information Make Donors Behave More Rationally? American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. & Fogarty, T. (2007).  Head or Heart: Program Efficiency and Reciprocity as Antecedents of Donations. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2007).  Does the Use of Financial Information Make Donors Behave More Rationally? American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2006).  Reciprocity and Financial Information Relevance. American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2006).  Reciprocity and Financial Information Relevance. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2006).  A Longitudinal Study of the Mobility of Working Families Using the Earned Income Tax Credit. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2005).  The Effect of Reciprocity on Choice and Financial Information Relevance. KPMG Accounting Doctoral Student Association Annual Conference.
• McDowell, E. (2004).  The Use of the Affect Heuristic, Perception of Risk and Benefit, and Investment Decision Making. KPMG Accounting Doctoral Student Association Annual Conference.
• McDowell, E. (2004).  Earned Income Tax Credit: Is It An Effective Redistribution Tool? American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
• McDowell, E. (2003).  The Use of the Affect Heuristic, Perception of Risk and Benefit, and Investment Decision Making. KPMG Accounting Doctoral Student Association Annual Conference.

Presentation of Refereed Papers
National

• Li, W. & McDowell, E. (2008, August). Restricted Contributions and Fungible Dollars: Can Donors Tell the Difference?   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
• McDowell, E. & Li, W. (2008, August). The Influence of Financial Efficiency and Affect on Individual Donors' Donation Decisions.   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
• McDowell, E. (2007, August). Does the Use of Financial Information Make Donors Behave More Rationally?   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
• McDowell, E. & Fogarty, T. (2007, August). Head or Heart: Program Efficiency and Reciprocity as Antecedents of Donations.   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
• McDowell, E. (2007, March). Does the Use of Financial Information Help Donors Behave More Rationally?   Presented at American Accounting Association - Government and Nonprofit Section Annual Meeting, Norwalk, Connecticut.
• McDowell, E. (2006). Reciprocity and Financial Information Relevance.   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia.
• McDowell, E. (2006, August). Does Financial Information Make Donors Behavior More Rationally?   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia.
• McDowell, E. (2006, August). A Longitudinal Study of the Mobility of Working Families Using the Earned Income Tax Credit.   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Washington, District of Columbia.
• McDowell, E. (2005, August). The Effect of Reciprocity and Choice on Financial Information Relevance.   Accepted for KPMG Accounting Doctoral Student Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California.
• McDowell, E. (2004, August). Earned Income Tax Credit: Is it an Effective Redistribution Tool?   Presented at American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida.

Regional

• Li, W. & McDowell, E. (2008, February). Restricted Contributions: Are Donors Deceived?   Accepted for American Accounting Association - Government and Nonprofit Section Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas.
• McDowell, E. (2007, April). Why Do Donors Give to Inefficient Organizations?   Presented at American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Parsippany, New Jersey.
• McDowell, E. (2006, April). Reciprocity and Financial Information Relevance.   Accepted for American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Research Grants

• 2007 - Restricted Contributions: Can They Increase Charitable Contributions, Summer Fellowship, Rider University.
• 2006 - McDowell, E., "A Longitudinal Study of the Mobility of Working Families Using the earned Income Tax Credit", Summer Fellowship, Rider University, ($7,200).

Awards/Honors

• 2006:  Influential Professor to Andrew J. Rider Scholar, Rider University.
• 2006:  Faculty Development Grant: A Longitudinal Study of the Mobility of Working Families using the Earned Income Tax Credit, Rider University.
• 2006: Advisor Appreciation Award, Rider University.
• 2004:  Travel Grant, American Tax Association.