Current Research Topics

Accounting valuation rules, credible communication of information, earnings management, corporate governance, voluntary disclosure

Selected Publications

With V. Laux, "Managerial Reporting, Overoptimism, and Litigation Risk," Journal of Accounting and Economics, 53(3), June 2012; with P.E. Fischer, "Communicating in the Presence of Another Information Source," Accounting Review, 85(6), November 2010; with J. Morgan, "Information Aggregation in Polls," American Economic Review, 98(3), 2008; with R. Reis, "Strategic Consequences of Historical Cost and Fair Value Measurements," Contemporary Accounting Research, 24(2), 2007; with J.L. Rogers, "Credibility of Management Forecasts," Accounting Review, 80(4), 2005; with P.E. Fischer, "Effect of Speculation on Earnings Management and Investor Information," Journal of Accounting Research, 42(5), 2004; with R.E. Verrecchia, "Financial Reporting System Choice and Disclosure Management," Accounting Review, 79(4), 2004; with J. Morgan, "An Analysis of Stock Recommendations," RAND Journal of Economics, 34(1), Spring 2003; with P.E. Fischer, "Information Intermediaries and Communication," Journal of Accounting Research, 39(1), June 2001; "Credibility of Voluntary Disclosure," RAND Journal of Economics, 31(2), Summer 2000

Awards

Tuck Class of 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2011 (inaugural award); Wharton School Graduate Division Miller-Sherrerd MBA Core Teaching Award 2003, 2002; Wharton Graduate Association Teaching Award, 2001; Wharton Graduate Association MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award, 2000, 1999

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 2003–present; Assistant Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1997–2003

Nonacademic positions: Assistant Audit Manager, Ernst & Young, 1989–91

Board memberships: Director, West Central Behavioral Health, 2011–present

Editorial positions: Co-Editor, Accounting Review; Editorial Board, Review of Accounting Studies; Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Economic Review; Contemporary Accounting Research; Economic Journal; European Accounting Review; Games and Economic Behavior; Journal of Accounting and Economics; Journal of Accounting Research; Journal of Economic Theory; Journal of Economic and Management Strategy; Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of Finance; Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization; Management Science; National Science Foundation; RAND Journal of Economics; Review of Economic Studies; Review of Financial Studies