Phil is an assistant professor in the Crews School of Accountancy. He earned a bachelors degree in accounting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, a masters degree from the University of Notre Dame, and a PhD from the University of Missouri.
Before pursuing a doctorate degree, Phil worked for two years as a tax practitioner in St. Louis, MO for Anders CPA + Advisors. Phil teaches graduate tax classes and a research seminar. His research interests are primarily in the interaction between corporate tax behavior, capital markets, and the information environment.
In his spare time, his favorite activities are spending time and traveling with his wife, Jamie, and playing with his sons, Cash and Roman.
- ACCT 7510
- ACCT 7511
- ACCT 8910
- ACCT 8621
- ACCT 2020
- Antinozzi, H.S., Cui, L., and Kunz, P.W. 2025. The Influence of Fraud on Bond Yield in the New Information Age: Evidence from Municipal Bond Issuances. Advances in Taxation, forthcoming.
- Kunz, P.W. 2024. Do stock prices affect corporate tax behavior? Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting.
- Antinozzi, H.S., DiGabriele, J.A., Kunz, P. W., and Russo, C. 2024. Taxation and Forensic Accounting: Informing Research and Practice. Journal of Forensic Accounting Research. 9 (1): 213 鈥� 233.
- Dunn, R., Inger, K., and Kunz, P. W. 2024. Multi-jurisdictional Taxes: A Tax Research and Planning Case Using Major League Baseball (MLB) Players. Issues in Accounting Education. 39 (3): 133 鈥� 145.
- 鈥淐an Analysts Anticipate Tax-Related Earnings Management?鈥� with Stevanie Neuman
- 鈥淧ersistence and the Cross-section of Corporate Effective Tax Rates鈥�
- 鈥淲hat Does the Volatility of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Signal about Firms鈥� Tax Positions?鈥� with Stevanie Neuman and Jane Song
- 鈥淒ecoding Unrecognized Tax Benefits: An Analysis of Critical Audit Matter Reports鈥� with Stevanie Neuman and Hannah Smith
- 鈥淒o Stock Prices Influence Corporate Tax Behavior?鈥� (dissertation)
- 鈥淐an Analysts Anticipate Tax-Related Earnings Management?鈥� with Stevanie Neuman
- 鈥淧ersistence and the Cross-section of Corporate Effective Tax Rates鈥� with Inder Khurana
- 鈥淭he Persistence of Firm Disclosure Policy: Evidence from Management Earnings Forecasts鈥� with Inder Khurana and Wenye Tang
- 鈥淢ultijurisdictional Taxes and Baseball鈥� with Ryan Dunn and Kerry Inger
- 鈥淲hat Does the Volatility of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Signal about Firms鈥� Tax Positions?鈥� with Stevanie Neuman and Jane Song
- 鈥淭axation and Forensic Accounting: Informing Research and Practice鈥� with Hannah Smith Antinozzi and James DiGabriele
- 鈥淒eterminants of Tax Fraud鈥� with Hannah Smith Antinozzi
- 鈥淒oes Board Diversity Influence a Firm鈥檚 Tax Outcomes?鈥� with Hannah Smith Antionizzi and Nirmalee Raddatz
- 鈥淓ffects of Auditor CAM Reports on IRS Scrutiny鈥� with Stevanie Neuman and Hannah Smith