Alexander Nekrasov

Alex Nekrasov’s research examines corporate disclosure, financial analysts, and human capital. He has published in The Accounting Review, Management Science, Review of Accounting Studies, and Contemporary Accounting Research. His research has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, IR Magazine, Accounting Today, CPA Practice Advisor, and Value Walk.

Academic Positions

• Associate Professor, with tenure, University of Illinois Chicago, 2020–present
• Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Chicago, 2016–2020
• Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine, 2008–2016

Education

• Ph.D. in Accounting University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
• Ph.D. studies in Economics University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• M.S. in Physics Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)

Selected Publications

• “Employee turnover and firm performance: Large-sample archival evidence” with Q. Li, B. Lourie, and T. Shevlin. Management Science, forthcoming.
• “Visuals and attention to earnings news on Twitter” with S. Teoh and S. Wu. Review of Accounting Studies, forthcoming.
• “Cater to Thy Client: Analyst Responsiveness to Institutional Investor Attention,” with P. Chiu, B. Lourie, and S. Teoh. Management Science, forthcoming.
• “Are Online Job Postings Informative to Investors?” with E. Gutierrez, B. Lourie, and T. Shevlin. Management Science, 2020.
• “Opportunity Knocks But Once: Delayed Disclosure of Financial Items in Earnings Announcements and Analyst and Investor Neglect of Earnings News,” with Y. Li and S. Teoh. Review of Accounting Studies, 2020.
• “Key Performance Indicators as Supplements to Earnings: Incremental informativeness, Demand Factors, Measurement Issues, and Properties of Their Forecasts” with D. Givoly, Y. Li, and B. Lourie. Review of Accounting Studies, 2019.
• “Valuation Implications of Unconditional Accounting Conservatism: Evidence from Analysts’ Target Prices,” with J. Kim, P. Shroff, and A. Simon. Contemporary Accounting Research, 2019, 36: 1669–1698.
• “Headline Salience, Managerial Opportunism, and Over- and Underreactions to Earnings,” with X. Huang and S. Teoh. The Accounting Review, 2018, 93: 231–255.
• “Using Earnings Forecasts to Simultaneously Estimate Firm-Specific Cost of Equity and Long-Term Growth,” with Maria Ogneva. Review of Accounting Studies, 2011, 16: 414–457.
• “Fundamentals-Based Risk Measurement in Valuation,” with Pervin Shroff. The Accounting Review, 2009, 84: 1983–2011.

Selected Working Papers

• “Female accounting employees and internal control quality” with C. Liang, B. Lourie, and P. E. Yeung
• “The Gender Position Gap and Firm Performance” with C. Liang, B. Lourie, and T. Shevlin.
• “Too much of a good thing? Administrative support, innovation, employee satisfaction, and firm performance” with C. Liang, B. Lourie, and S. Xia.
• “Voluntary disclosure of workforce gender diversity” with C. Liang, B. Lourie, and I. Yoo.

Notable Honors

• 2018, 2017, Dean’s Recognition for Outstanding Teaching, UIC Business
• 2014, Best Paper Award, CAPANA Research Conference
• 2014, Excellence in Teaching, Core, Full-Time MBA, University of California-Irvine
• 2010, Best Paper Award, Review of Accounting Studies conference