Leslie A. Robinson

Assistant Professor of Business Administration

E-Mail: leslie.a.robinson@tuck.dartmouth.edu Phone: 603-646-4018

BS, 1998, MSA, 1999, Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Wake Forest University; PhD, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006

Areas of expertise

Financial reporting and taxation

Current research topics

Interaction of tax policy and financial reporting, corporate tax aggressiveness and accounting disclosure, regulation and enforcement

Selected Publications

With R. Sansing, "The effect of ‘invisible’ tax references on investment and tax preference measures," Journal of Accounting and Economics, 46, 2008; "Do firms incur costs to avoid pre-tax income? Evidence from the accounting for lowincome housing tax credits," The Accounting Review, forthcoming

Working Papers

With L. Mills and R. Sansing, "FIN 48 and tax compliance"; with J. Slemrod, "Measuring the effect of tax systems on economic behavior using new cross-country data"; with J. Blouin and L. Krull, "Is U.S. multinational intra-firm dividend policy influenced by capital market incentives?"; with A. Schmidt, "Mandatory disclosure quality: Evidence from FIN 48"; with P. Stocken, "Quality of earnings in multinational firms"

Awards

Calloway School Fellowship, 1998–99; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Candidate High Distinction Report, 1999

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Adjunct Professor, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001–02; Tuck School of Business, 2006–present

Nonacademic positions: Tax Senior, Ernst & Young LLP, 1999–2001; Tax Manager, Wachovia Corporation, 2001–02