Research Interests

• Financial Reporting as Communication with Investors
• International Financial Statement Analysis
• Valuation
• Related Party Transactions

Selected Publications

• "Market Reaction to Verbal Components of Earning Press Releases: Event Study Using a Predicative Algorithm" Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting.
• International Financial Statement Analysis. CFA Candidate Readings (coauthor with Robinson, van Greuning, and Broihahm).  Charlottesville, VA: CFA Insititute.
• "Related Party Transactions and Corporate Governance" (co-author with Gordon and Palia) Advances in Financial Economics.
• "Auditing Related Party Transactions: A Literature Overview and Research Synthesis." (co-author with Gordon, Louwers, and Reed).  Accounting Horizons.
• "Making the right comparisons: Novartis AG."  (co-author with Yang) Issues in Accounting Education.
• "The Role of Related Party Transactions in Fradulent Financial Reporting", Working Paper, (co-authored with Gordon, Louwers, and Reed.)
• "Are Investors Influenced by the Way Earnings Press Releases are Written?" Working Paper. Presented at 2005 Financial Reporting and Business Communication Conference at University of Cardiff, Wales, and 2005 American Accounting Association annual meeting.

Degrees

• Rutgers University, Ph.D. in Accounting. 2005.
• Harvard Business School, MBA with high distinction. 1981.
• Millsaps College, B.B.A. summa cum laude, Accounting. 1977.
• Millsaps College, B.A. summa cum laude, English. 1975.

Specialties

• Financial Reporting as Communication with Investors
• International Financial Statement Analysis
• Valuation
• Related Party Transactions

Teaching & Professional Experience

• Rutgers University, Undergraduate financial accounting, MBA level accounting for managers (basic concepts of financial and managerial accounting)
• Citibank, Corporate banking – Athens, London, New York
• McKinsey & Company, Strategy consulting
• Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, Corporate finance
• CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst)