Dr. Rasha Elbolok is an Assistant Professor of Accounting. She was a Ph.D. Visiting-Scholar at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA, and a Post-Doctoral research fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
Dr. Elbolok has published her research in International Academic Journals such as Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance & Research Journal of Finance and Accounting. Moreover, she has presented her papers in top academic accounting conferences such as American Accounting Association Conference, Temple Conference on Convergence of Financial and Managerial Accounting, USA and Cairo University International Conference of Business Science, Egypt. Dr. Elbolok research interests include Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, Fair Value Accounting, Executive Compensation, Conservatism, and Financial Reporting.
Dr. Rasha recently Joined the BUE, currently involved in the teaching of Advanced Accounting and Fundamental Accounting Principles.
Dr. Rasha holds a PhD in Accounting from Morgan State University and Suez Canal University (Joint Supervision Program), MSc in Accounting and BSc (highest honors, Major Accounting) from Suez Canal University.
- Post-Doc in VK Zimmerman Center for International Education and Research in Accounting, Geis School of Business, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, IL, USA.
- Ph.D. in Accounting in 2016: Joint Supervision Program between Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University (AACSB), Baltimore, MD, USA and Faculty of Commerce, Suez Canal University. Ismailia, Egypt.
- M.Sc. in Accounting in 2010 on "Conditional and Unconditional Accounting Conservatism Practices and their Impact on Earnings Quality and Stock Prices”.
- BSc. of Commerce, “Valedictorian Honor”, in 2005 from the Faculty of Commerce English Section, Suez Canal University, Majoring in Accounting.
- Elbolok, R., (2016),” CEO Bonus and Fair Value Accounting: Evidence from US Business Combination", Ph. D, Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, English Section, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
- Elbolok, R., (2016), "CEO Equity-Based Compensation and Goodwill Recognition Using the Purchase Price Allocation Setting", Ph. D, Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, English Section, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
- Cheng, K., Elbolok, R., (2015), “Is Push Down Accounting lifting you up?” Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance. Vol 26, No. 6, 55–59.
- Ismail, T.H., Elbolok, R., (2011),"Do Conditional and Unconditional Conservatism Impact Earnings Quality and Stock Prices in Egypt". Research Journal of Finance and Accounting. ISSN s. Vol 2, No.12.
- Elbolok, R., (2010),"Measuring the Impact of Conditional and Unconditional Accounting Conservatism Practices on Earnings Quality and Stock Prices ", M.Sc., Accounting, Faculty of Commerce, English Section, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
- (2020), Audit Committee Characteristics and Accounting Conservatism: Does the Power of People Matter? The 2020 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (virtual).
- (2019), The Mediating Effect of Incentive-based Compensations on the Association between Managerial Ability and Fair Value Accounting. The 2019 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
- (2019), The Mediating Effect of Incentive-based Compensations on the Association between Managerial Ability and Fair Value Accounting. The 2019 American Accounting Association Mid-Atlantic Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- (2018). Goodwill Recognition upon Business Combination and CEOs’ Reporting Incentives. Presented at the 2018 American Accounting Association – Mid-Atlantic Region Meeting Conference, May 10-12, 2018, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- (2018). CEO’s Reporting Incentives Via Purchase Price Allocation Upon Business Combination. Presented at 2018 Cairo University International Conference of Business Science (CUCBS), April 15-16, 2018, Cairo, Egypt.
- (2017). CEO Bonus and Recognition: Evidence from U.S Combinations. Presented at 2017 Cairo University International Conference of Business Science (CUCBS), April 22-24, 2017, Cairo, Egypt.
- (2016). CEO Compensation Structure and Goodwill Fair Value Accounting: Cases of Merger and Acquisition. Presented at 2016 Temple Conference on Convergence of Financial and Managerial Accounting: Cost Management and Earnings Forecasting, August 11-13, 2016, Philadelphia, PA.