Alastair Lawrence

Education
PhD, Management (Accounting), Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
M.Acc, University of Waterloo
BA, Accounting, University of Waterloo
Positions Held
 
At Haas since 2011
2011 – present, Assistant Professor, Haas Accounting Group, Haas School of Business
Selected Papers and Publications
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“Can Big 4 versus Non-Big 4 Differences in Audit-Quality Proxies Be Attributed To Client Characteristics?” (co-authored with Miguel Minutti-Meza and Ping Zhang) The Accounting Review, 86 (2011).

• “Individual Investors and Financial Disclosure” Journal of Accounting & Economics, 56 (2013).

• “Non-Discretionary Conservatism: Evidence and Implications” (co-authored with Richard Sloan and Yuan Sun) Journal of Accounting & Economics, 56 (2013). Presented at 2012 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference. 

• Discussion of “Implications of the integral approach and earnings management for alternative annual reporting periods” Review of Accounting Studies, 18 (2013). _Discussed at the _2012 Review of Accounting Studies Conference.

• “Who’s the Fairest of Them All? Evidence from Closed-End Funds” (co-authored with Jackie Siriviriyakul and Richard Sloan) The Accounting Review, 91 (2016).

• “SEC Comment Letters and Insider Sales” (co-authored with Patricia Dechow and James Ryans) The Accounting Review, 91 (2016).

• “Why Are Losses Less Persistent Than Profits? Curtailments versus Conservatism” (co-authored with Richard Sloan and Yuan Sun) (2016). Forthcoming at Management Science.

Teaching
- MBA 223 and EWMBA 223—Corporate Financial Reporting