Ivo D. Tafkov
KPMG / E. Harold Stokes Professor of Accounting School of Accountancy- Education
- Ph.D., Emory University
- MBA, Kennesaw State University
- B.B.A., Sofia University
- Specializations
- managerial accounting
- Biography
Professor Tafkov’s research investigates the effect of economic and behavioral factors on managerial decision-making.
- Publications
- Arnold, M., M. Artz, I. Tafkov. 2024. The Effect of Target Transparency on Managers’ Target Setting Decisions. Accounting, Organizations and Society Vol. 112.
- Newman, A., I. Tafkov, N. Waddoups, and X. Xiong. 2024. The effect of reward frequency on performance under cash rewards and tangible rewards. Accounting, Organizations and Society Vol. 112.
Best Paper Award – 2021 Management Accounting Section Midyear Meeting - Lill, J., M. Majerczyk, and I. Tafkov. Candidate Selection in Teams: Be the Best or Surround Yourself with the Best? Forthcoming at Journal of Management Accounting Research.
- Arnold, M., M. Artz, and I. Tafkov. 2022. The Effect of Past Performance and Task Type on Managers’ Target Setting Decisions: An Experimental Investigation, The Accounting Review Vol. 97 (7): 1-22.
- Tafkov, I., K. Towry, and F. Zhou. 2022. The Impact of Knowledge Transfer on Investment in Knowledge Creation in Firms. Contemporary Accounting Research Vol. 39 (2): 1260-1296.
-presented at the 2020 Annual Contemporary Accounting Research Conference - Arnold, M., R. L. Hannan, and I. Tafkov. 2020. Mutual Monitoring and Team Member Communication in Teams, The Accounting Review Vol. 95(5): 1-21.
- Newman, A., I. Tafkov, and F. Zhou. 2020. The Effects of Incentive Scheme and Task Difficulty on Employees’ Altruistic Behavior Outside the Firm, Contemporary Accounting Research Vol. 37(3): 1512-1535.
Best Paper Award – 2016 AAA Annual Meeting, Management Accounting Section - Choi, W., G. Hecht, I. Tafkov, and K. Towry. 2020. Bring the Noise, but not the Funk: Does the Effect of Performance Measure Noise on Learning Depend on whether the Learning is Experiential or Vicarious? The Accounting Review Vol. 95(4): 153-172.
- Arnold, M., and I. Tafkov. 2019. Managerial Discretion and Task Interdependence in Teams. Contemporary Accounting Research Vol. 36 (4): 2467-2493.
- Hecht, G., A. Newman, and I. Tafkov. 2019. Managers’ Strategic Use of Discretion over Feedback Provision and Implications for Team-Members’ Effort. Management Accounting Research Vol. 45.
- Hannan, R. L., G. McPhee, A. Newman, and I. Tafkov. 2019. The Informativeness of Relative Performance Information and its Effect on Effort Allocation in a Multi-Task Environment. Contemporary Accounting Research Vol. 36 (3): 1607-1627.
-presented at the 2017 Annual Contemporary Accounting Research Conference - Arnold, M., R. L. Hannan, and I. Tafkov. 2018. Team Member Subjective Communication in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Teams. The Accounting Review, Vol. 93 (5): 1-22.
- Choi, W., A. Newman, and I. Tafkov. 2016. A Marathon, a Series of Sprints, or Both? Tournament Horizon and Task Complexity in Multi-Period Settings, The Accounting Review. Vol. 91 (5): 1391-1410.
- Choi, W., G. Hecht, I. Tafkov, and K. Towry. 2016. Vicarious Learning under Implicit Contracts, The Accounting Review Vol. 9 1(4): 1087-1108.
- Newman, A. and I. Tafkov. 2014. Relative Performance Information in Tournaments with Different Prize Structures. Accounting, Organizations and Society Vol. 39 (5): 348-361.
- Hannan, R. L., G. McPhee, A. Newman, and I. Tafkov. 2013. The Effect of Relative Performance Information on Performance and Effort Allocation in a Multi-Task Environment. The Accounting Review Vol. 88 (2): 553-575.
- Tafkov, I. 2013. Private and Public Relative Performance Information under Different Incentive Contracts. The Accounting Review Vol. 88 (1): 327-350.
- Hecht, G., I. Tafkov, and K. Towry. 2012. Performance Spillover in a Multi-Task Environment. Contemporary Accounting Research Vol. 29 (2): 563-589.