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Curriculum vitae · July 2026
Asher Curtis
Associate Professor of Accounting
Herbert O. Whitten Endowed Professorship in Accounting
Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98115 U.S.A.
- Phone: 206-685-2813
- abcurtis@uw.edu
- Faculty website
- SSRN profile
- Google Scholar
Areas of Specialization
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Forecasting
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Capital Markets
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Financial Reporting
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Sentiment
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Emerging Business Technologies
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Automation
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Data Analytics
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Social Media
Education
Degrees
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2005–2007
PhD (Accounting)
University of New South Wales
Dissertation: An Empirical Evaluation of the Time-Series Relation between Price and Fundamental Value in Imperfect Markets.
Supervised by: Philip Brown, Neil Fargher
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2002–2004
Master of Commerce (with honours in Accounting)
University of New South Wales
Thesis topic: Using Accounting Fundamentals to Value Initial Public Offerings.
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1998–2001
Bachelor of Commerce (with honours in Accounting and a major in Finance)
University of New South Wales
Thesis topic: Opening Day Price Formation of Initial Public Offerings.
Certifications and Training
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Alteryx
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UIPath
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MSFT Azure
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Celonis
Grants, Honors, and Awards
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2022
UiPath Global Visionary Educator Award.
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2022
Charles E. Summer Memorial Teaching Award.
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2022
Financial Accounting Section MYM Outstanding Reviewer Award.
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2019
William A. & Helen I. Fowler Endowment Award for Special Achievement in Accounting.
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2016
Lex N. Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development & Curriculum Innovation.
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2015–
Herbert O. Whitten Endowed Professorship.
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2014
Lane A. Daley Fellowship Accounting Professor.
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2011
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Accounting Research Journal.
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2006
Jerome A. Chazen Institute International Visiting Scholar, Columbia University.
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2005
AFAANZ/CPA/ICAA PhD Fellow Scholarship.
AFAANZ PhD Colloquium Fellow.
UNSW Staff Doctoral Acceleration Fellowship.
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2004
AFAANZ Research Grant (with Neil Fargher).
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2003
UNSW Special Research Grant (with Andrew Ferguson).
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2002
UNSW Special Research Grant.
Prior Appointments
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2017–2021
Director of Faculty & Curriculum, Master of Professional Accounting, University of Washington.
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2016–2017
Assistant Professor and Herbert O. Whitten Endowed Professorship, University of Washington.
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2014–2015
Assistant Professor and Lane A. Daley Fellowship Accounting Professor, University of Washington.
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2012–2014
Assistant Professor, University of Washington.
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2007–2012
Assistant Professor, University of Utah.
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2006–2007
Jerome A. Chazen Institute International Visiting Scholar, Columbia University.
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2006
Visiting Scholar, New York University.
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2003–2007
Lecturer, University of New South Wales.
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2002–2003
Assistant Lecturer, University of New South Wales.
Publications
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2011
The Use of Earnings Forecasts in Stock Recommendations: Are Accurate Analysts More Consistent?
Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 38 (1&2) 119-144
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2012
A Fundamental-Analysis-Based Test for Speculative Prices.
The Accounting Review 87 (1): 121–148
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2014
Does Short-Selling Amplify Price Declines or Align Stocks with their Fundamentals?
Management Science, 60 (9): 2324–2340
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2014
Forecasting Sales: A Model and Some Evidence from the Retail Industry.
Contemporary Accounting Research, 31 (2): 581–608
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2014
The Disclosure of Non-GAAP Earnings Information in the Presence of Transitory Gains.
The Accounting Review, 89 (3): 933–958
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2014
An Analysis of the Implications of Discontinued Operations for Continuing Income.
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 33 (2): 190–201
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2015
Historical Cost Measurement and the Use of DuPont Analysis by Market Participants.
Review of Accounting Studies 20 (3): 1210-1245
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2016
Investor Attention and the Pricing of Earnings News
in Handbook of Sentiment Analysis in Finance, Chapter 8, 212-232. eds. Gautum Mitra and Xiang Yu
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2017
Aggregate Margin Debt, Future Returns, and Accounting Fundamentals.
Contemporary Accounting Research 34 (3):1418-1445
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2020
The Changing Implications of Research and Development Expenditures for Future Profitability,
Review of Accounting Studies. 25: 405–437
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2021
The Use of Adjusted Earnings in Performance Contracts.
Review of Accounting Studies. 26: 1290-1322
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2023
Investor Disagreement, Disclosure Processing Costs, and Trading Volume: Evidence from Social Media.
The Accounting Review, 98 (1): 109–137
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2024
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2025
Published Large Scale Research Collaboration
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2023
The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How Well Does It Answer Accounting Assessment Questions?
Issues in Accounting Education. 38 (4): 81-108
Working Papers
Working Papers Including Papers in the Review Process
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Why Are Aggregate Investments Negatively Associated with Future Market Returns? The Role of Intangible Investments.
Status: Working paper, revising
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Delayed updating of fair values: Lack of information or intentional delays?
Status: Working paper, revising
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Earnings as an anchor for speculation: Evidence from social media
Status: Working paper, revising
Completed Working Papers Not Seeking Publication
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Accounting for crypto-assets: What can be inferred from their time-series properties?
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Perceived accounting quality and the information content of non-accounting information.
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How large is the premium on expected rate of return for Initial Public Offer firms?
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A Comparison of Residual Income and Comparable Firm Valuation of Initial Public Offerings.
Selected Media, Business, Regulatory, and Teaching Coverage
Media
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“GameStop Takes Everyone on a Wild Ride, Except Its Accountants” Bloomberg, “SEC Signals It Could Curb Use of Adjusted Earnings Figures” Wall Street Journal, “SEC Cracks Down on Novel Earnings Measures That Boost Profits: Adjusted measures, often result in a rosier view of profits” Wall Street Journal, “Fuzzy-Math Accounting Chided by Buffett Gets Fresh SEC Scrutiny” Bloomberg, “SEC Cracks Down on Novel Earnings Measures That Boost Profits” Wall Street Journal, “The academic evidence is clear: short sales do not hurt equity prices” Securities Finance Monitor, “Short Selling and Market Efficiency” hedged.biz, “Trading up” National Affairs, “Learning from the Current Research on Non-GAAP Financial Measures” Jian Zhang, The CPA Journal.
Business
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“News & Social Media Analytics for Behavioral Market Mispricings”, Thomson Reuters, “Securities lending: Still no free lunch” Vanguard, “Short-sellers and investor protection” Finadium LLC, “Investor Attention and the pricing of earnings news” (video) RavenPack, “Short Squeeze Model” Markit Research Signals, “Securities Lending, Market Liquidity and Retirement Savings: The Real World Impact” Finadium LLC.
Regulatory
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“How does short-selling affect financial markets?” Bank of Sweden, “Hedge Funds and the Financial Market: Testimony Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform” Houman B. Shadab, “Financial Detectives: Defending shareholder value by demanding accountability: A primer about short selling” Coalition of Private Investment Companies, “IMF staff comments on EU commission consultation on short selling” International Monetary Fund, “Securities lending your questions answered” International Securities Lending Association. “Public consultation on short selling and credit default swaps” CFA France. “Unusual items” IFRS Staff paper, project Primary Financial Statements, The Law of Capital Markets in the EU, Macmillan, Shareholders Duties, Kluwer Law, Corporate Governance: A Synthesis of Theory, Research, and Practice, Wiley, The Oxford Handbook of Empirical Legal Research, Oxford University Press.
Teaching
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“Get started with robotic process automation: Experts offer their advice on teaching this emerging technology.” Journal of Accountancy. “Visionary Educator 2022,” UIPath Academic Alliance.
Presentations
Conference Presentations
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2026
EYARC Colloquium workshops.
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2023
EYARC Colloquium workshops on “EDGAR Explorer: Alteryx” and “Introduction to UIPath,” UIPath Forward VI Conference “How to Upskill your Automation CoE for the AI Revolution,” Accounting, Taxation & Technology Conference UW-Bellevue College “Innovation, Technology, and Disruption: The Impact on Accounting Education.” AICPA Faculty Hour Webinar “Innovation, Technology, and Disruption: The Impact on Accounting Education and Meeting New CPA Requirements.”
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2022
EYARC Colloquium presentation on “XBRL Offerings” and workshop on “Liberty Bell Cybersecurity Case”, AAA Data Intensive Conference (Blockchain and Process Mining Sessions), Journal of Financial Reporting Conference on Empirical Settings in Accounting (virtual).
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2021
EYARC Colloquium, AAA Annual Panel on Emerging Technology.
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2020
EYARC Colloquium (scheduled but cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic).
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2019
EYARC Colloquium, workshop on “Robotic Process Automation Cases” and presentation on “Blockchain Course Offerings.”
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2018
Cambridge University Summer Accounting Conference.
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2007–2017
(As an Assistant Professor): AI, Machine Learning and Sentiment Analysis Applied to Finance 2017; AAA Annual meeting, HKUST Accounting Symposium 2016; RavenPack 3rd Annual Research Symposium, 5th INSEAD Accounting Symposium, OptiRisk 5th Annual Conference Behavioural Models & Sentiment Analysis: Applied to Finance 2015; Review of Accounting Studies Conference, Contemporary Accounting Research Conference 2014; UBCOW (a joint conference of the Universities of British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington) 2013; Western Region AAA PhD-Faculty Session, FARS Midyear meeting 2012; Western Region AAA PhD-Faculty Session 2011; Western Region AAA, CCRG/SEC Financial Reporting Conference, Financial Management Association (FMA) European Meeting 2010; FMA Annual Meeting 2009; FARS Midyear meeting, Utah Accounting Winter Conference, Western Region AAA 2008; AAA Annual Meeting (New Scholars Section) 2007.
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2003–2006
(As a PhD student): AFAANZ Annual Conference, 2006, 2005; Review of Financial Studies Conference at Indiana University on the Causes and Consequences of Recent Financial Market Bubbles, 2005; AAA Annual Meeting, 2005, 2004 (roundtable); AFAANZ Doctoral Colloquium, 2005; Capital Market Based Research in Accounting Symposium – University of Melbourne, 2004; The KPMG & UNSW Accounting and Auditing Quality Conference, 2004; European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) Workshop on Capital Markets Research in Accounting at Goethe University Frankfurt 2003.
Workshop Presentations
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2023
University of Georgia, University of Barth (virtual).
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2018
Boston University, University of Arkansas.
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2009–2017
(As an Assistant Professor): Financial Accounting Standards Board, University of Miami 2017; University of Oregon, London School of Economics and Political Science 2016; University of California-Berkeley 2015; University of British Columbia 2014; McGill University 2013; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington 2012; Arizona State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, California Polytechnic – San Luis Obispo, University of Alberta. 2011; University of California-Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Utah 2010; University of Washington, Utah State University, Brigham Young University 2009.
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2003–2006
(As a PhD student): Columbia Business School, 2006; New York University, 2006 (January), 2006 (November); Queensland University of Technology, 2006; University of Utah, 2006; University of Western Australia, 2006; Monash University, 2006, 2004; AFAANZ Annual Conference, 2006, 2005; University of Queensland, 2005; Rice University, 2004; University of Technology Sydney, 2004; Macquarie University, 2004.
Teaching and Teaching Related Activities
Curriculum and Course Development
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2017–2026
Curriculum development:
Curriculum for Master of Professional Accounting (Audit, Assurance and Analytics). Developed Curriculum for the MPAcc (AAA) program to incorporate the use of data analytics and software tools including Tableau, Power BI, R, Python, and Alteryx. Incorporation of the implications of technology for accounting service provision including artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and blockchain including practical RPA material using UI Path.
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2026–2027
Business Analytics course development:
Accounting & Finance. A graduate level data analytics and automation-based course focusing on digital innovation in accounting & finance.
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2017–2025
MPAcc course development:
Advanced Financial Statement Analysis. A graduate level case-based course on the usefulness of accounting and other information in solving business problems with data analytics.
Advanced Cases in Advisory Services. A graduate level case-based course on emerging technologies and advisory services, including robotic process automation, intelligent automation, blockchain, AI, Generative AI, machine-learning, and Agentic AI.
Data Analytics for Professional Accountants. A graduate level case-based course that applies data analytics to accounting-based problems.
Accounting, Audit and Assurance Regulation. A graduate level case-based course using data analytics to better understand regulation around Environmental, Social and Governance Issues and how they are affecting accounting disclosures.
Advanced Cases in Assurance Services. A graduate level case-based course focused on modern audit problem solving using data analytics and visualization.
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2012–2024
Other course development:
Accounting Analytics for Undergraduates. An undergraduate level case-based course that applies introductory data analytics to accounting-based problems.
Accounting Capstone. An undergraduate case-based course with a focus on unstructured problem solving for financial accounting, auditing, managerial and tax issues using applied data analytics approaches.
Capital Market Based Accounting Research. A PhD level research-based course focusing on current archival empirical studies and research methods in accounting. Including in-depth SAS coding assignments.
Financial Statement Analysis. An undergraduate case-based course with a focus on the usefulness of accounting information for forecasting and valuation.
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2007–2011
(At University of Utah) Financial Statement Analysis, Undergraduate, Master of Accounting, and MBA; Introductory Financial Accounting, MBA.
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2001–2004
(As a student at University of New South Wales) Undergraduate Introductory Financial and Managerial Accounting.
External Teaching Related Presentations
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2020
Presentation on “Integrating Accounting Analytics Throughout the Accounting Curriculum” to the Intelligent Accounting Alliance (October).
Internal Teaching Related Presentations
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2019
Presentation on “Leveraging RPA in Business Education” to the Neu Group and Treasurers of Mega Caps.
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Presentation on “Leveraging RPA in Business Education” to the Foster Advisory Board.
Development of Instructional Cases
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2019–2026
As part of the Ernst & Young Academic Resource Center (EYARC) team:
Net Present Value (review materials)
Peach State University, revision (summer 2026)
Intelligent Automation / Agentic AI Materials (UIPath case supplements)
EDGAR Explorer (with UIPath and Alteryx Case supplements)
Robotic Process Automation materials (with UIPath supplements)
Introductory blockchain materials (user guide, primer, slides)
Blockchain explorer (Spotfire supplements)
Intermediate and advanced blockchain materials:
Blockchain for intercompany.
Xbox royalties.
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2018
Master level long cases with Tableau and R/Alteryx solutions. Each case covers 2 – 6 classes:
MPAcc Case 18-01: The Economics of Auditing (9 pages with Tableau and R supplements);
MPAcc Case 18-02: Mapping Business Risk to Financial Statement Risk (16 pages with Tableau and R supplements);
MPAcc case 18-03: What an auditor needs to know when the client wants to IPO (15 pages 4 parts; including analytical testing for higher financial risk at IPO);
MPAcc case 18-04: Applying analytics to the audit process (overview case uses materials in collaboration with EY and PwC).
MPAcc Case 18-05: Good Growth, Bad Growth (an overview case).
MPAcc case 18-06: Demand for audit regulation: A case on CAMS (2-part case; in process);
MPAcc case 18-07: Analytical approaches to predicting misstatements and fraud (4 parts; in process).
Master level short cases with Tableau and R solutions. Each case covers 1-2 classes:
MPAcc case 18-04A: Introductory Accounting Analytics: Measuring Earnings Quality.
MPAcc case 18-04B: Forecasting analytics.
MPAcc case 18-05A: Auditing estimates around the M&A.
MPAcc case 18-05B: Convergence.
MPAcc case 18-05C: Measuring MD&A disclosures: content and sentiment analyses.
MPAcc case 18-05D: Fair value measurement: Spotting red-flags.
MPAcc case 18-05E: How innovative is that firm? A short-case case on R&D.
MPAcc case 18-06C: Going Concern Risk (2 classes).
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2017
Undergraduate level with Excel accompaniments: Q&A with Executives from Starbucks (conference calls), Screening for Fraud Risk (data analytics); Extending the Boundaries of Disclosure: Social Media (disclosure and textual analysis); Analysis of Effective Tax Rates (data analytics); The usefulness of web browser history for selecting lay-offs (reserve estimation and ethics of big data); The nut job: Predicting misstatement Risk (analytical prediction of Diamond foods’ misstatement); DuPont Analysis of the FAANG (visualizing the effects of competition on ratio analysis in Tableau and Excel); PRE? Just check the box (tax avoidance, loopholes with visualization component in Tableau).
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2016
Benchmarking Performance at Alcoa (compensation); Nothing to Report? Analysis of Level 3 Fair Value Estimates (fair value estimates); Managerial Actions to Limit Financial Statement Analysis: The Leverage Ratios of Lehman Bros (limitations of FSA).
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2014
Are Diamonds Forever? (Industry analysis); Assessing Apple’s Prior (and Future) Revenue Growth (rev rec and forecasting); How Innovative is Facebook? (R&D and M&A); Benchmarking Performance at Goldman Sachs (Compensation); One Burger at a Time: A Bottom Up Approach to Forecasting McDonalds (Forecasting); Incorporating Management Guidance for Starbucks (Forecasting); Valuing your Local Grocery Chain: QFC (Valuation); Herbalife: Battle of the Billionaires (valuation, disagreement and Short-selling).
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2013
Valuing Tesla: I’ll Take Mine in Electric Blue (valuation); A GAAP in Logic? The Case of Bank of America’s DVAs (fair value liabilities).
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2012
Compuware: Analysis of Pro-Forma Information in the Presence of Transitory Gains (non-GAAP disclosures); Netflix: A Forecasting Case using Voluntary Disclosures (forecasting).
PhD Materials
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2020
Capital Markets Research (ACCTG 596) Course Notes.
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2018
Principles and ethics in accounting research (Course Notes).
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Capital Markets Research (ACCTG 596) Course Notes.
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2017
Capital Markets Research (ACCTG 596) Course Notes.
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2016
Creative Generation of Research Questions: Some Useful Heuristics.
A Guide to Selecting Projects Worth Pursuing (with Sarah McVay).
Capital Markets Research (ACCTG 596) Course Notes.
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2015
Generating and Selecting Research Ideas.
PhD Committee
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2018
Robert Raney, Dissertation Committee Co-chair (with Dave Burgstahler).
First Job: IESE Barcelona Campus.
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2012
Marcus Burger, Dissertation Committee Co-chair (with Christine Botosan).
First Job: SUNY-Binghamton. Currently: Idaho State University.
PhD Student Mentoring
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2018
Simmi Mookerjee, Second-Year Summer Paper Mentor.
Wei Loh, First-Year Summer Paper Mentor.
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2015
Robert Raney, First-Year Summer Paper Mentor.
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2014
Robert Raney, Faculty Mentor.
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2012
Errol Osecki, Faculty Mentor.
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2011
Sara Toynbee, Faculty Mentor.
Research Student Supervision (Undergraduate and Master level)
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2019
Sean Wareing (MPAcc, IPO earnings quality).
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2018
Kelly Lu (SAB 74 Rev Rec disclosures).
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2007–2015
2015: Sarah Karangelen (CEO compensation practices). 2014: Tianzhen Guo (CEO compensation practices). 2013: Samantha Xue (Financial Crisis), Baldeep Deoh (Financial Crisis). 2012: Carla Ortiz (Governance). 2009: Richard Tanner (MST, Computational Statistics, Forecasting Fed Rates).
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2003–2005
Hamish Magoffin (Value-to-price and analyst neglect), Anna Kuo (Biotech IPO valuation), Keith Ling (Chinese A-B stock spreads), Gary Chan (IPO valuation), Shutika Chugh, (MPhil, member), Timothy Cheung (MPhil, member), and Simon Ang (MFin, member).
Service to the Profession
Committee Service
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2015–2016
Chair, AAA-FARS Financial Reporting Policy Committee
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2015–2017
Member, AAA-FARS Financial Reporting Policy Committee
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2015
Program Committee, AAA Annual Meeting
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2012
Program Committee, FARS Mid-Year Meeting
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2009
Program Committee, FMA-Europe Annual Conference.
Comment Letters
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2016
“Comments on the FASB’s Tax Disclosure Framework” with the Financial Reporting Policy Committee, (as principal co-author) to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (September 30th 2016).
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2015
“Comments on the IASB’s Conceptual Framework” with the Financial Reporting Policy Committee, (as chair and principal co-author) to the International Accounting Standards Board (24th November 2015).
Special Project for the FASB
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2017
Confidential special project for the FASB, principal author, presented with Hollis Skaife to FASB Board members and technical staff, March 31st, 2017.
Panels
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2025
“AI Panel” at the University of Washington Financial Reporting Conference (as moderator), “Cryptocurrency, Social Media, and Technology” AIS Section AAA mid-year meeting (panelist).
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2024
“Innovative Insights: Unveiling AI’s Influence on Accounting Practices” at the University of Washington Financial Reporting Conference (as moderator).
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2022
“Innovation, Technology, Disruption: The Impact on Accounting Education and Licensure” at the University of Washington Financial Reporting Conference (panelist). “Building a successful Automation Edu Program” UIPath Automation Education Summit (panelist, virtual).
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2021
“Cybersecurity and the Accounting Profession: What you Need to Know” at the University of Washington Financial Reporting Conference (as moderator).
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2019
“EY Academic Resource Center: Stories from Professionals and An Overview of Curriculum Offerings on Emerging Technologies” AAA Annual meeting.
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2018
“Blockchain and the Accounting Profession: What you Need to Know” at the University of Washington Financial Reporting Conference (as moderator).
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2017
“So, You’re Adopting? What Should You Disclose and When Should You Disclose It?” at the University of Washington Financial Reporting Conference (as moderator), “A Panel on AI, Machine Learning and Sentiment Analysis” at UNICOM’s conference.
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2016
“All Aboard: Preparing to Adopt New Accounting Standards” at the University of Washington Financial Reporting Conference (as moderator).
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2015
“Sentiment Analysis in Asset Allocation & Risk Control for Multiple Asset Classes” at 5th Annual Conference: Behavioral Models & Sentiment Analysis: Applied to Finance.
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2014
“Thoughts from Experienced Assistants and Recently Promoted Associate Professors” at the Doctoral/Junior Faculty Consortium, Contemporary Accounting Research Conference.
Editorial Boards
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2017–2026
Contemporary Accounting Research
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2018–2024
Review of Accounting Studies
Ad-Hoc Referee
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Journals: Abacus, Accounting & Finance, Accounting Horizons, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Accounting Research Journal, Australian Journal of Management, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Journal of Accounting Derivatives, Journal of Accounting & Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Journal of Financial and Qualitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Reporting, Journal of Information Systems, Management Science, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Process and Operations Management, Review of Accounting Studies, The Accounting Review. Conferences: AAA Annual Meetings, AAA Western Region Meetings, Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting, Financial Management Association European Meetings, FARS Mid-Year Meetings, Midwest Finance Association Annual Meetings, Review of Accounting Studies Conference. Book: The Handbook of Sentiment Analysis in Finance. Research Grants: Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, Swiss National Science Foundation. PhD Examiner: Australian National University. Textbook: McGraw Hill.
Discussant
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2022
FARS Midyear meeting “An Empirical Investigation of Non-GAAP Earnings Quality Indicators.”
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2019
FARS Midyear meeting “ETFs and Information Transfer Across Firms” and “Accounting Standard Precision, Monitoring Structure, and Misreporting.”
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2018
IMO conference, Harvard University “The Influence of Manager-Analyst Interactions on Street Earnings: Evidence from Conference Calls.”
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2017
Western Region AAA PhD-Faculty Session, discussion of “Gross versus Net Presentation of Derivative Financial Instruments.”
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2016
Review of Accounting Studies Conference discussion of “Risk-Based Forecasting and Planning and Management Earnings Forecasts,” Western Region AAA PhD-Faculty Session, discussion of “Determinants and Effects of CSR-Based Performance Measures.”
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2015
AAA Annual Meeting, discussion of “The Effect of Sunshine on the Stock Market Response to Earnings News.”
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2013
AAA Annual Meeting, “Investor Sentiment” discussion of “News Sentiment, Accruals Quality, and Liquidity Volatility,” “Does Volume Chase Information?” and “Sentiment, Earnings Co-Movements, and Earnings Manipulation.” FARS Mid- Year Meeting, Asymmetric Timeliness of Recognition discussion of “A Competing Explanation for Sources of Bias in Earnings-Based Measures of Conditional Conservatism” “Direction of Sales Change and Asymmetric Timeliness of Earnings” and “Do Analysts Understand the Valuation Implications of Accounting Conservatism When Forecasting Target Prices?”
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2012
AAA Annual Meeting, “Fundamental Analysis” discussion of “Continuation Options and Returns-Earnings Convexity,” “Volatility Forecasting Using Financial Statement Information,” and “The Impact of Accounting Rules on Risk Measurement.” FARS Mid-Year Meeting, discussion of “Disclosure drifts in Investor Networks.” Western Region AAA PhD-Faculty Session, discussion of “Evaluating Proposed Remedies for Credit Rating Agency Failures: Improving Independence and Justifying Departures from Quantitative Credit Rating Model.”
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2011
AAA Annual Meeting, FARS Mid-Year Meeting, discussion of “Reporting Bias and Economic Shocks.” Western Region AAA PhD-Faculty Session, discussion of “Implications of Various Accruals for Stock Returns, Future Profitability and Compensation.”
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2010
FARS midyear meeting, Implications of Various Accruals for Stock Returns, Future Profitability and Compensation discussion of “The Fair Value of Cash Flow Hedges, Future Profitability and Stock Returns,” “Relaxation of Conservatism Principle and Distributions to Stakeholders: The Association between the Revaluation Gains under IFRS and Executive Compensation” and “The Value of Long-Term Accrual Management.” Financial Management Association (FMA) European meeting, discussion of “Market crashes, order imbalance and stock returns: Evidence from NYSE” and “Hedge Accounting and its influence on financial hedging: Evidence from Germany and Switzerland.”
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2009
Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, discussion of “The quiet period has something to say.” FMA Doctoral Colloquium, discussion of “Realized volatility, liquidity, and corporate yield spreads.”
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2008
AAA Annual Meeting, Earnings Quality and Disclosure discussion of “Competitive advantages and the effect on firm-specific profitability,” “PRC Firms with primary foreign listings, economic determinants and the impact of earnings quality” and “Earnings quality and information asymmetry: Evidence from trading costs.”
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2002–2007
(As a PhD student) Multiple papers at: AFAANZ Annual Meeting, 2002, 2005, 2006; AFAANZ Doctoral Consortium, 2005; UNSW’s National Honours Colloquium 2003–2005.
Attendance at Invitation-Only Conferences
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2002–2022
Brazilian Accounting Research Conference, 2019, 2022. INSEAD Accounting Symposium, 2015. Stanford University Conference on Causality in the Social Sciences, 2014. Deloitte Trueblood Seminar, 2014. Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference, 2013, 2015, 2016. University of Alberta Accounting Research Conference, 2011, 2015, 2016. Center for Corporate Reporting & Governance Annual Conference, 2008, 2010. PwC University for Faculty, 2007. Contemporary Accounting Research Conference, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2018. Utah Winter Conference, 2007-2012. Review of Accounting Studies Conference, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance and KPMG Foundation Conference, 2006. Columbia University’s Burton Conference, 2006. Review of Financial Studies Conference at Indiana University on the Causes and Consequences of Recent Financial Market Bubbles, 2005. UTS Summer Camp, 2004–2005. Australian Graduate School of Management Conference, 2003–2006. International Symposium on Audit Research, 2002, 2006. Symposium on IPO Research by UNSW & UWA, 2002.
Engagement with Industry
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2019–2026
EY Academic Resource Center (EYARC) Faculty
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2020–2021
Deloitte AICC Case Competition (remote).
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2019–2020
Deloitte AICC Case Competition (Regional & National), E&Y Emerging Technologies Colloquium (2019) – note National event canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
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2017–2021
(As MPAcc Director): KPMG Data and Analytics Faculty Boot Camp (2017); E&Y Data and Technologies (2017). Development of MPAcc Advisory Board (2017-2021).
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2002–2017
(As an Assistant Professor 2007-2017) Deloitte Trueblood Seminar 2013, PwC University for Faculty, 2007.
Service to the University
Chair, MPAcc Advisory Board
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2021–2025
Academic director, Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc), Audit, Assurance and Analytics. Role includes relationship management with external stakeholders, board meetings, agendas and curriculum development.
Academic Program Director
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2017–2021
Academic director, Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc), Audit, Assurance and Analytics. Role includes oversight of faculty and curriculum, program growth, and relationship management with alumni and external stakeholders.
Standing Committees
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2025–2027
Member, Faculty Council.
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2017–2018
Chair, Foster Technology Committee.
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2015–2018
Member, Foster Technology Committee.
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2012–2015
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
Ad-Hoc Committees
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2026
Member, Accounting Department Recruiting Committee.
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2025
Member, Marketing Chair Search Committee.
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2024
Member, Foster Awards Committee.
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2023
Member, Foster Endowments Committee.
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2021
Chair, Search Committee for Teaching Professor in Accounting.
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2017
Member, ISOM Department Chair Search Committee.
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2014–2017
Member, Library Research Award for Undergraduates Committee.
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2013–2016
Member, PhD Application Committee.
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2013–2017
Member, Most Outstanding Accounting Student Committee.
Other Activities
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2018
Faculty Host, Waseda University Faculty Development.
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2017
Judge for the Foster Business Ethics Case Competition.
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2016
Faculty Coach for Foster undergraduate team, Australian Business Case Competition.
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2014
Faculty Host, Waseda University Faculty Development.
Recruiting Representative, University of Miami’s Accounting Rookie Camp.