Ross L. Watts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

Erwin H. Schell Professor of Management

E52-325

Cambridge, MA 02142

United States

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Conservatism in Accounting - Part I: Explanations and Implications

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Jun 2003
Ross L. Watts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Accounting Conservatism, Financial Reporting, Accounting Standard-setting, Contracting, Corporate Governance

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Conservatism in Accounting

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Jan 2003
Ross L. Watts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Accounting Conservatism, Financial Reporting, Accounting Standard-setting, Contracting, Corporate Governance

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The Relevance of the Value Relevance Literature for Financial Accounting Standard Setting

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The Relevance of the Value Relevance Literature for Financial Accounting Standard Setting

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 20 Oct 2000
Robert W. Holthausen and Ross L. Watts
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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The Relevance of the Value Relevance Literature for Financial Accounting Standard Setting

Posted: 02 Oct 2001
Robert W. Holthausen and Ross L. Watts
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Conservatism in Accounting - Part Ii: Evidence and Research Opportunities

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Aug 2003
Ross L. Watts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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accounting conservatism, financial reporting, accounting standard-setting, contracting, corporate governance

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The Information Role of Conservatism

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The Information Role of Conservatism

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 Aug 2006
Ryan LaFond and Ross L. Watts
Algert Global, LLC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Conservatism, Accounting Standards, Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, Securities Litigation

The Information Role of Conservatism

Accounting Review, 2008
Posted: 19 Sep 2007
Ryan LaFond and Ross L. Watts
Algert Global, LLC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Conservatism, Accounting Standards, Earnings Management, Corporate Governance, Securities Litigation

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The Effect of Accounting Conservatism on Corporate Investment during the Global Financial Crisis

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The Effect of Accounting Conservatism on Corporate Investment during the Global Financial Crisis

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2016
Karthik Balakrishnan, Ross L. Watts and Luo Zuo
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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Accounting Conservatism; Investment; Information Frictions; Financing Constraints; Crisis

The Effect of Accounting Conservatism on Corporate Investment during the Global Financial Crisis

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. 43, No. 5-6, 2016
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2016
Karthik Balakrishnan, Ross L. Watts and Luo Zuo
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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Accounting Conservatism; Investment; Information Frictions; Financing Constraints; Crisis

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A Proposal for Research on Conservatism

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Mar 2001
Ross L. Watts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Estimation and Empirical Properties of a Firm-Year Measure of Accounting Conservatism

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4640
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2010
Mozaffar Khan and Ross L. Watts
Causeway Capital Management, LLC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Conservatism, Firm-Year Measure, Properties, Information Asymmetry, Litigation

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Asymmetric Timeliness of Earnings, Market-to-Book and Conservatism in Financial Reporting

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4550-05, Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 04-21
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Dec 2004
Sugata Roychowdhury and Ross L. Watts
Boston College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Conservatism, asymmetric timeliness, accruals, earnings management, international accounting, executive compensation, debt financing

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Evidence on the Use of Unverifiable Estimates in Required Goodwill Impairment

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2012, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 09-106
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 May 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2012
Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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agency theory, goodwill impairment, fair-value accounting, FASB, SFAS 142

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Evidence on the Effects of Unverifiable Fair-Value Accounting

Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 08-014
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Sep 2007
Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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goodwill impairment, fair-value accounting, SFAS 142

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A Framework for Financial Reporting Standards: Issues and a Suggested Model

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A Framework for Financial Reporting Standards: Issues and a Suggested Model

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2010, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-678
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2013
Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Karim Jamal, Stephen R. Moehrle, James A. Ohlson, Stephen H. Penman, Gary Previts, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder, Ross L. Watts and Robert H. Colson
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Accountancy, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Grant Thornton LLP
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FASB, IASB, Conceptual Framework, Accounting Standards, Financial Reporting

A Framework for Financial Reporting Standards: Issues and a Suggested Model

University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-1004
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2013
Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Robert H. Colson, Karim Jamal, Stephen R. Moehrle, James A. Ohlson, Stephen H. Penman, Gary Previts, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Grant Thornton LLP, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Accountancy, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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FASB, IASB, Conceptual Framework, Accounting Standards, Financial Reporting

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What Has the Invisible Hand Achieved?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Feb 2006
Ross L. Watts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Accounting, Standards, Financial reporting, FASB, Conservatism, Corporate governance

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Corporate Financial Statements, a Product of the Market and Political Processes

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 4, April, 1977
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Jul 2006
Ross L. Watts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Financial reporting, accounting theory

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A Perspective on the SEC's Proposal to Accept Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Without Reconciliation to U.S. GAAP

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2008, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-679
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2013
Karim Jamal, George J. Benston, Douglas R. Carmichael, Theodore E. Christensen, Robert H. Colson, Stephen R. Moehrle, Shivaram Rajgopal, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, Emory University - Department of Accounting, City University of New York (CUNY) - Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Grant Thornton LLP, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Columbia Business School, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Financial Reporting, U.S. GAAP, IFRS, SEC, Reconciliation

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Response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's and the International Accounting Standard Board's Joint Discussion Paper Entitled, 'Preliminary Views on Revenue Recognition in Contracts with Customers'

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2010, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-682, Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 37-09
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2013
Robert H. Colson, Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Karim Jamal, Stephen R. Moehrle, James A. Ohlson, Stephen H. Penman, Gary Previts, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
Grant Thornton LLP, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Accountancy, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Financial Accounting Standards Board, International Accounting Standards Board, Revenue Recognition, Contracts

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A Research Based Perspective on SEC’s Proposed Rule on ROADMAP FOR Potential Use of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by U.S. Issuers

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2010, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-683, Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 21-09
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2013
Karim Jamal, Robert H. Colson, Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Stephen R. Moehrle, James A. Ohlson, Stephen H. Penman, Gary Previts, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, Grant Thornton LLP, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Accountancy, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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U.S. GAAP, IFRS, SEC, Reconciliation, Roadmap

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Response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's and the International Accounting Standard Board's Joint Discussion Paper Entitled, 'Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation'

Johnson School Research Paper Series No. #32-09
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 24 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2013
Robert H. Colson, Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Karim Jamal, Stephen R. Moehrle, James A. Ohlson, Stephen H. Penman, Thomas L. Stober and Ross L. Watts
Grant Thornton LLP, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Financial Accounting Standards Board, International Accounting Standards Board, Exposure Draft, Financial Statement Presentation

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Comments on Canadian Accounting Standards Board Exposure Draft on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Private Enterprises

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2010, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-693, Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 38-09
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2013
Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Robert H. Colson, Karim Jamal, Stephen R. Moehrle, James A. Ohlson, Stephen H. Penman, Gary Previts, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Grant Thornton LLP, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Accountancy, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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accounting standards, private GAAP

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Understanding Practice and Institutions: A Historical Perspective

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Understanding Practice and Institutions: A Historical Perspective

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2016
Ross L. Watts and Luo Zuo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
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stewardship; conservatism; prudence; market forces; political forces

Understanding Practice and Institutions: A Historical Perspective

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2016
Posted: 30 Jul 2016
Ross L. Watts and Luo Zuo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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stewardship; conservatism; prudence; market forces; political forces

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Comments on Proposed SEC 2010-2015 Draft Strategic Plan

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2010, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-696, Johnson School Research Paper Series No. 04-2010
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 28 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2013
Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Jonathan C. Glover, Susan F. Haka, Karim Jamal, James A. Ohlson, Stephen H. Penman, Kathy R. Petroni, Eiko Tsujiyama and Ross L. Watts
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Columbia Business School, Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Waseda University - Graduate School of Commerce and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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SEC Plan, Disclosure Accounting Standards, Enforcement

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Response to the FASB's Preliminary Views on Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Equity

University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-1011
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 16 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2013
Thomas L. Stober, Douglas R. Carmichael, Theodore E. Christensen, Robert H. Colson, Karim Jamal, Stephen R. Moehrle, Shivaram Rajgopal, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, City University of New York (CUNY) - Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Grant Thornton LLP, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Columbia Business School, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Financial Reporting, FASB, Financial Instruments, Equity

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Response to FAF Exposure Draft on 'Proposed Changes to Oversight, Structure, and Operations of the FAF, FASB, and GASB'

University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-1010
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2013
George J. Benston, Theodore E. Christensen, Robert H. Colson, Karim Jamal, Stephen R. Moehrle, Shivaram Rajgopal, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
Emory University - Department of Accounting, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Grant Thornton LLP, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Columbia Business School, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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FAF, FASB

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Response to FAF Exposure Draft, 'Proposed Changes to Oversight, Structure, and Operations of the FAF, FASB and GASB'

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2009, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-1024
Posted: 02 Jul 2013
Robert H. Colson, George J. Benston, Douglas R. Carmichael, Theodore E. Christensen, Karim Jamal, Stephen R. Moehrle, Shivaram Rajgopal, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
Grant Thornton LLP, Emory University - Department of Accounting, City University of New York (CUNY) - Stan Ross Department of Accountancy, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Columbia Business School, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Comments on the Proposed SEC's 2010-2015 Draft Strategic Plan

Accounting Horizons, Forthcoming
Posted: 15 Jan 2010
Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Jonathan C. Glover, Susan F. Haka, Karim Jamal, James A. Ohlson, Stephen H. Penman, Kathy R. Petroni, Eiko Tsujiyama and Ross L. Watts
Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Columbia Business School, Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Waseda University - Graduate School of Commerce and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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SEC, Strategic Plan, Enforcement, Disclosure

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A Perspective on the Canadian Accounting Standards Board Exposure Draft on GAAP for Private Enterprises

Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24(1), March: 129-137, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-1001
Posted: 25 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2013
Karim Jamal, Robert J. Bloomfield, Theodore E. Christensen, Robert H. Colson, Stephen R. Moehrle, Stephen H. Penman, Gary Previts, James A. Ohlson, Thomas L. Stober, Shyam Sunder and Ross L. Watts
University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, Grant Thornton LLP, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Accounting Area, Columbia Business School - Department of Accounting, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Accountancy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, University of Notre Dame - Department of Accountancy, Yale University - School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Regulatory Competition, Private Enterprises, GAAP

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Positive Accounting Theory

Ross L. Watts, Jerold L. Zimmerman, POSITIVE ACCOUNTING THEORY, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1986
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Accounting theory, capital markets, contracting, political process

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Towards a Positive Theory of the Determination of Accounting Standards

Accounting Review, Vol. 53, 1978
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Positive theory, accounting standards, political costs, lobbying

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The Demand for and Supply of Accounting Theories: The Market for Excuses

Accounting Review, Vol. 54, 1979
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Political process, accounting theory, normative theory, lobbying

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Positive Accounting Theory: A Ten Year Perspective

Accounting Review, Vol. 65, 1990
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Positive theory, accounting, accounting choice, methodology

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Agency Problems, Auditing, and the Theory of the Firm: Some Evidence

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 26, 1983
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Rochester - Simon Business School

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Auditing, corporate governance, capital markets, agency costs

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The Investment Opportunity Set and Corporate Financing, Dividend, and Compensation Policies

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 32, 1992
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Clifford W. Smith and Ross L. Watts
Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Investment opportunity set, financing policy, dividend policy, compensation policy

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The Relation between Earnings and Cash Flows

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 25, 1998
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Patricia Dechow, S.P. Kothari and Ross L. Watts
USC Marshall School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Accruals, cash flows, earnings, correlations

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Stock Prices and Top Management Changes

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 20, 1988
Posted: 06 Sep 2006
Jerold B. Warner, Ross L. Watts and Karen H. Wruck
University of Rochester – Simon Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business, Department of Finance

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Management changes, stock price performance, governance

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A Market-Based Evaluation of Discretionary-Accrual Models

Simon School of Business Working Paper FR 96-01
Posted: 05 Jul 1998
Wayne R. Guay, S.P. Kothari and Ross L. Watts
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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The Correlation Structure of Earnings Cash Flows and Accruals

Posted: 19 Jun 1995
Patricia Dechow, S.P. Kothari and Ross L. Watts
USC Marshall School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Positive Research in Accounting

University of Rochester Working Paper FR 95-01
Posted: 15 May 1995
Ross L. Watts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Lawsuits Against Auditors

Working Paper No FR 93-09
Posted: 08 May 1995
Thomas Z. Lys and Ross L. Watts
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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