Current Research Topics

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

Selected Publications

With J. Morgan, "The Effects of Business Risk on Audit Pricing," Review of Accounting Studies, 3(4), 1998; "Credibility of Voluntary Disclosure," RAND Journal of Economics, 31(2), Summer 2000; with P.E. Fischer, "Information Intermediaries and Communication," Journal of Accounting Research, 39(1), June 2001; with J. Morgan, "An Analysis of Stock Recommendations," RAND Journal of Economics, 34(1), Spring 2003; with R.E. Verrecchia, "Financial Reporting System Choice and Disclosure Management," Accounting Review, 79(4), 2004; with P.E. Fischer, "Effect of Speculation on Earnings Management and Investor Information," Journal of Accounting Research, 42(5), 2004; with J.L. Rogers, "Credibility of Management Forecasts," Accounting Review, 80(4), 2005; with R. Reis, "Strategic Consequences of Historical Cost and Fair Value Measurements," Contemporary Accounting Research, 24(2), 2007; with J. Morgan, "Information Aggregation in Polls," American Economic Review, 98(3), 2008; with P.E. Fischer, "Communicating in the Presence of Another Information Source," Accounting Review, 85(6), November 2010

Awards

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

Professional Activities

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

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

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