Cecilia Ricci

Biography

Cecilia Wagner Ricci, Ph.D. is a professor of finance at MSU. She teaches at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Her courses include the Seminar in Finance, Mergers and Acquistions, Investment Principles and Portfolio Theory, Working Capital Management, and Fundamentals of Finance.
Dr. Ricci's research interests include the vendor financing, the telecommunications industry, financial impacts of industry deregulation, financial impacts of legal changes, and working capital management.
Other interests include behavioral finance, and ethical issues in finance.

Education

• BA, SUNY at Brockport
• MBA, Seton Hall University
• PhD, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing

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Research

Telecommunications and other tech industries.

Publications

• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2006). The Legs of a Giant: Financial Effects of the 1984 AT&T Divestiture. Journal of Applied Business and Economics
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2004). Impacts of a Professor's Knowledge of Students' Names: a Study of Undergraduate Finance Majors. Journal of Excellence in College Teaching
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2004). The Use of EBITDA by the S&P 500: A Survey. Journal of Contemporary Business Issues
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2004). The Use of Manditorily Redeemable Preferred Stock by the S&P 500. of Contemporary Business Issues
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2003). Bankruptcy Prediction: the Case of the CLECS. Mid-American Journal of Business
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2003). Growth through Acquisition in the Telecommunications Equipment Industry. Journal of Business Disciplines
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2002). The Relationship Between EBITDA and Operating Cash Flows: The Case of the S&P 500. Central Business Review
• Conference Proceedings: C. Ricci (2002). . National Business and Economic Society conference
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2001). Vendor Financing: Telecom Bomb. Journal of Business & Economic Perspectives
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2000). International Working Capital Practices in the US and the UK: A Comparison. European Financial Management
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2010). "Growth through Acquisition: The Case of Tyco". Perspectives in Business
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2009). Ex Post Analysis of Bad Debt Write-offs: The Case of the S&P 500. Journal of Contemporary Business Issues
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2008). "Upward Trending Days Payable Outstanding: A Cause for Pause?". Credit and Financial Management Review
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2007). Income Taxes and Dividend Payouts: the Case of the Russell 2000. Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2014). An Analysis of Earnings Manipulation via Inventory in Companies Sanctioned by the SEC. Journal of Applied Financial Research
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2012). Sector Variations in the Total Asset Turnover/Operating Profit Margin Relationship. Journal of Financial and Economic Practice
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (). Internal Financial Impacts of the SEC’s Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases. Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2011). Manipulating Receivables: A Comparison Using the SEC’s Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases. Journal of Applied Business and Economics
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2019). "Detecting Earnings Management via Financial Ratios in U.S. Small-Cap Corporations. International Research Journal of Applied Finance
• Journal Article: C. Ricci, S. O'Sullivan-Gavin (2018). "The Detection of Earnings Management in American Micro-Cap Companies". Journal of Applied Financial Research
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2017). "Annual Report Readability: The Case of Small-Cap Companies". International Research Journal of Applied Finance
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2017). Annual Report Readability: The Case of the Fortune 500. Journal of Applied Business and Economics
• Journal Article: C. Ricci, S. Gavin, , (2017). “Identifying Earnings Management: The Case of Small-Cap Corporations in the United States.” . International Research Journal of Applied Finance
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2022). “Checking the Checkers: Evaluating the Readability of the SEC’s Plain English Handbook” . Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting
• Journal Article: C. Ricci (2024). Hocus-Pocus Accounting: A Comparison of SEC Sanctioned and Non-sanctioned Companies. Journal of Business & Economic Perspectives