Haas Ph.D. Program
Faculty
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Patricia M. Dechow Professor |
Ph.D. from University of Rochester: The William E Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
Research: accrual accounting and detecting earnings management, financial statement analysis and valuation in capital markets
Publication Highlights: "Earnings Quality," with Catherine Schrand, 2004 Research Foundation of CFA Institute
"The quality of accruals and earnings: The role of accrual estimation errors," with Ilia Dichev, Supplement 2002 The Accounting Review
"Causes and Consequences of Earnings Manipulation: An Analysis of Firms Subject to Enforcement Actions by the SEC," with R. Sloan and A. Sweeney, 1996 Contemporary Accounting Research
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Sunil Dutta Director, Ph.D. Program Joan and Egon von Kaschnitz Distinguished Professor of Accounting and International Business |
Ph.D. from University of Minnesota in business administration
Research: accrual accounting information and managerial performance measures, firms’ disclosure policies and their valuation in capital markets
Publication Highlights: "Cost Allocation for Capital Budgeting Decisions," with T. Baldenius and S. Reichelstein, July 2007 The Accounting Review
"Stock Price, Earnings, and Book Value in Managerial Performance Measures,"with Stefan Reichelstein, October 2005 Accounting Review
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Qintao Fan Assistant Professor On sabbatical Spring 2010 |
Ph.D. from Stanford University in business administration
Research: accounting information and capital market efficiency, agency theory and information economics
Publication Highlights: "Earnings Management and Ownership Retention for Initial Public Offering Firms: Theory and Evidence," 82 (1), 2007 The Accounting Review
"Hurdle Rates and Project Development Efforts," with Sunil Dutta, 84 (2), 2009 The Accounting Review
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Nicole Bastian Johnson Assistant Professor On sabbatical Fall 2009 |
Ph.D. from Stanford University in accounting
Research: divisional performance measurement, management incentives, transfer pricing
Publication Highlights: "Divisional Performance Measurement and Transfer Pricing for Intangible Assets," 2006, Review of Accounting Studies
"Transfer Pricing with Unknown Costs and Market Demand," with T. Pfeiffer, working paper
"Employee Stock Options and Future Firm Performance" with R.Kasnik and D. Aboody, working paper
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Shai Levi Assistant Professor |
Ph.D. from New York University in business administration
Research: financial statement analysis, disclosure, and valuation
Selected Working Papers: "Voluntary Disclosure of Accruals in Preliminary-Earnings Announcements and the Pricing of Accruals," March 2008 Review of Accounting Studies
"Information Asymmetry, Liquidity, and Expected Returns," with Xiao-Jun Zhang, 2008, working paper
"Loss-Aversion Discount before Earnings Announcements," with Xiao-Jun Zhang, 2007, working paper
"The Impact of Debt-Equity Reporting Classifications on Firms’ Decision to Issue Hybrid Securities," with Benjamin Segal, INSEAD 2006, working paper
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Maria Nondorf Assistant Professor |
Ph.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in accounting
Research: accounting and its impact on corporate financing activities, accounting for mergers and acquisitions, accounting or employee stock options regulation of disclosure, Sarbanes-Oxley
Selected Working Papers: "Pooling-of-Interests Accounting for Acquisitions: Was Everybody All Wet?" (2006)
"Accounting for the Employees in Information Technology Mergers and Acquisitions," (2006)
"SEC Comment Letters and the Quality of Disclosure for IPO Firms," with Yonca Ertimur, Stanford University (2006)
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Richard Sloan L. H. Penney Professor of Accounting |
Ph.D. from University of Rochester, Accounting and Finance
Research: financial accounting; capital markets
Publication Highlights: "Detecting Earnings Management," with Patricia Dechow and Amy Sweeney, 70, 1995 The Accounting Review
"Do Stock Prices Reflect Information in Accruals and Cash Flows About Future Earnings?" 71, 1996 The Accounting Review
"Accrual Reliability, Earnings Persistence and Stock Prices," with Scott Richardson, Mark Soliman and Irem Tuna, 39, 2005 Journal of Accounting and Economics
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Xiao-Jun Zhang Assistant Professor |
Ph.D. from Columbia University in business administration
Research: financial statement analysis, financial accounting theory, international accounting
Publication Highlights: "Accounting Treatment of Inherent versus Incentive Uncertainties and the Capital Structure of the Firm," with Pierre Jinghong Liang, March 2006 Journal of Accounting Research
"Discussion of ‘Conservatism, Growth and the Role of Accounting Numbers in Fundamental Analysis Process’," September 2005 Review of Accounting Studies
