Don Pagach

About

Don Pagach is a Professor of Accounting and the Director of Research for the Enterprise Risk Management Initiative at NC State University's Poole College of Management. He earned his Ph.D. in Accounting from Florida State University in 1992. His areas of expertise include financial analyst forecasts, market micro-structure issues, and forecasting groups. He is actively involved in initiatives related to enterprise risk management and has contributed to research and teaching in the field of accounting. His work is recognized within the college, and he has been featured in news articles highlighting research and teaching achievements.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Business
• Finance
• Accounting
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Law
• Marketing
• Mathematics
• Geography

Selected publications

• Information Conveyed in Hiring Announcements of Senior Executives Overseeing Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Processes

  Journal of Accounting Auditing & Finance · 2008-07-01 · 320 citations

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  Enterprise risk management (ERM) is the process of analyzing the portfolio of risks facing the enterprise to ensure that the combined effect of such risks is within an acceptable tolerance. While more firms are adopting ERM, little academic research exists about the costs and benefits of ERM. Proponents of ERM claim that ERM is designed to enhance shareholder value; however, portfolio theory suggests that costly ERM implementation would be unwelcome by shareholders who can use less costly divers…

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• The Effects of Enterprise Risk Management on Firm Performance

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2010-01-01 · 182 citations

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• The effects of enterprise risk management on firm performance

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2015-12-22 · 125 citations

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  We study the effect of adoption of enterprise risk management (ERM) principles on firms’ long-term performance by examining how financial, asset and market characteristics change around the time of ERM adoption. Using a sample of 106 firms that announce the hiring of a chief risk officer (an event frequently accompanied by adoption of enterprise risk management), we find that some firms adopting ERM experience a reduction in earnings volatility. In general, however, we find little impact from ER…

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• An analysis of the maturity and strategic impact of investments in ERM

  Journal of Accounting and Public Policy · 2015-02-24 · 109 citations

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• The Characteristics of Firms that Hire Chief Risk Officers

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2010-01-01 · 90 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Bruce C. Branson

  North Central State College

  14 shared

• Mark S. Beasley

  11 shared

• Richard S. Warr

  North Carolina State University

  7 shared

• Naciye Sekerci

  4 shared

• Kenneth S. Lorek

  4 shared

• Daryl M. Guffey

  2 shared

• Stephen P. Baginski

  University of Georgia

  2 shared

• John M. Hassell

  Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

  2 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Business Administration

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1989

• Other, Business Administration

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1985

• B.S., Business Administration

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  1983

Awards & honors

• Poole College Professors Recognized for Research and Teachin…
• Lifelong Learning Motivates Professor Don Pagach (Dec. 10, 2…

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