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Working Papers

1996

1. A Market-Based Evaluation of Discretionary-Accrual Models
   Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Financial Research and Policy Studies View citations (163)

1995

2. The Correlation Structure of Earnings, Cash Flows, and Accruals
   Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Financial Research and Policy Studies View citations (3)

1992

3. Accounting Choice Thoery and Market-Based Research in Accounting
   Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Financial Research and Policy Studies View citations (6)
4. The Investment Oppotunity set and Corporate Financing, Dividend and Compensation Policies
   Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Financial Research and Policy Studies View citations (158)
   See also Journal Article The investment opportunity set and corporate financing, dividend, and compensation policies, Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier (1992) View citations (1075) (1992)

1991

5. Decentralization of the Firm: Theory and Evidence
   Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Managerial Economics Research Center View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Decentralization of the firm: theory and evidence, Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier (2003) View citations (54) (2003)

1990

6. Economic Determinants of the Relation Between Earnings Changes and Stock Returns
   Working Papers, Rochester, Business - Managerial Economics Research Center View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2009

1. Response to FAF exposure draft, "Proposed changes to oversight, structure, and operations of the FAF, FASB, and GASB"
   Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2009, 28, (1), 51-57

2007

2. Asymmetric timeliness of earnings, market-to-book and conservatism in financial reporting
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2007, 44, (1-2), 2-31 View citations (121)

2003

3. Decentralization of the firm: theory and evidence
   Journal of Corporate Finance, 2003, 9, (1), 3-36 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper Decentralization of the Firm: Theory and Evidence, Working Papers (1991) View citations (2) (1991)

2002

4. Editorial data
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2002, 33, (1), 1-1
5. Editorial data
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2002, 33, (2), 143-143

2001

6. Editorial Data
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2001, 32, (1-3), 1-1
7. The relevance of the value-relevance literature for financial accounting standard setting
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2001, 31, (1-3), 3-75 View citations (410)

2000

8. Editorial data
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2000, 29, (3), iii-iii

1998

9. Commemorating the 25th Volume of the Journal of Accounting and Economics
   Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1998, 25, (3), 217-233 View citations (4)
10. The relation between earnings and cash flows
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1998, 25, (2), 133-168 View citations (326)

1997

11. Five year report on the Journal of Accounting and Economics
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1997, 23, (1), 3-6 View citations (1)

1995

12. THE DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE LEVERAGE AND DIVIDEND POLICIES
    Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 1995, 7, (4), 4-19 View citations (106)

1993

13. ACCOUNTING FOR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
    Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 1993, 5, (4), 83-88 View citations (2)

1992

14. Five year report on the journal of accounting & economics
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1992, 15, (1), 3-6
15. The investment opportunity set and corporate financing, dividend, and compensation policies
    Journal of Financial Economics, 1992, 32, (3), 263-292 View citations (1075)
    See also Working Paper The Investment Oppotunity set and Corporate Financing, Dividend and Compensation Policies, Working Papers (1992) View citations (158) (1992)

1991

16. Editorial data
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1991, 14, (3), 215-215
17. Editorial data
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1991, 14, (1), 1-1
18. Editorial data
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1991, 14, (2), 115-115

1990

19. Editorial data
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1990, 12, (4), 339-339
20. Editorial data
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1990, 12, (1-3), 1-1
21. Editorial data
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1990, 13, (2), 91-91
22. Editorial data
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1990, 13, (3), 189-189

1988

23. Stock prices and top management changes
    Journal of Financial Economics, 1988, 20, (1-2), 461-492 View citations (485)

1987

24. The first eight years of the journal of accounting and economics
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1987, 9, (1), 3-6 View citations (1)

1983

25. Agency Problems, Auditing, and the Theory of the Firm: Some Evidence
    Journal of Law and Economics, 1983, 26, (3), 613-33 View citations (249)

1980

26. On the irrelevance of replacement cost disclosures for security prices
    Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1980, 2, (2), 95-106 View citations (6)

1979

27. Some Additional Evidence on Survival Biases
    Journal of Finance, 1979, 34, (1), 197-206 View citations (4)

1977

28. Reply to Salamon and Smith: [Additional Evidence on the Time Series Properties of Reported Earnings Per Share]
    Journal of Finance, 1977, 32, (5), 1802-08

1976

29. Comments on "On the Informational Content of Dividends."
    The Journal of Business, 1976, 49, (1), 81-85 View citations (3)
30. Comments on "The Impact of Dividend and Earnings Announcements: A Reconciliation."
    The Journal of Business, 1976, 49, (1), 97-106 View citations (3)
31. Finance and Accounting: Discussion
    Journal of Finance, 1976, 31, (2), 677-79

1973

32. The Information Content of Dividends
    The Journal of Business, 1973, 46, (2), 191-211 View citations (106)

1972

33. Some Time Series Properties of Accounting Income
    Journal of Finance, 1972, 27, (3), 663-81 View citations (76)

Editor

1. Journal of Accounting and Economics
   Elsevier