UC Davis experts: Nonprofits and cooperatives

The following UC Davis faculty members are available for comment on various topics related to nonprofits and cooperatives. If you need more help in finding a source for a related topic, please contact Julia Ann Easley, News Service, (530) 752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu, or Claudia Morain, (530) 752-9841, cmmorain@ucdavis.edu.

Accounting and tax issues, economic incentives

Robert Yetman, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Management, can offer expert insight on corporate tax, financial accounting, income tax, U.S. and international financial accounting, and nonprofit accounting and tax issues. Yetman concentrates his research on the effect of taxes on business decisions and the response of nonprofit organizations to economic incentives. He has examined why some tax-exempt charities choose to be taxed on their unrelated business income, and how such charities’ behavior is not always driven by the desire to maximize profits. He teaches a course on business taxation and has lectured on cost accounting at executive education programs for wine industry professionals. Contact: Robert Yetman, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-3571, rjyetman@ucdavis.edu.

Financing of cooperatives

Richard Castanias, associate professor and associate dean of academic affairs for the Graduate School of Management, is an expert in international finance and trade. His research interests span many areas, including corporate financial theory; resource economics; industrial organization; economics and financing of small firms; small business bankruptcy; small business valuation; informal capital markets; economics of executive compensation and succession; financing of cooperative organizations; economics of information; and monetary economics. Castanias has published more than 20 major articles in leading academic journals and serves as an ad hoc reviewer for some 20 academic journals. He has led student study trips to Chile, Brazil and Mexico and is an authority on the economics of the countries. Richard Castanias, Graduate School of Management, (530) 752-8064, rpcastanias@ucdavis.edu.

Non-profits, faith-based organizations

UC Davis Cooperative Extention Specialist David Campbell studies local social service systems and non-profit organizations. He has studied the role of faith-based organizations in California. Campbell, a political scientist who works out of the UC Davis Department of Human and Community Development, works with California community programs, including state and federal agencies, local governments and their associations, regional agencies, nonprofit organizations, and citizens groups. He also directs The California Communities Program, a UC outreach effort that works with citizens throughout the state to develop their leadership, strengthen community self-governance, and enhance local and regional economies. Contact: Dave Campbell, Human and Community Development, (530) 754-4328, dave.c.campbell@ucdavis.edu.

Media contacts:

• Julia Ann Easley, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu
• Claudia Morain, News Service, (530) 752-9841, cmmorain@ucdavis.edu,

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