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David Larcker

at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

The James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at Stanford Graduate School of Business

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  • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
  • Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Professor Larcker presently holds the James Irvin Miller Professorship. He is the director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and senior faculty of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University. Professor Larcker was previously the Ernst & Young Professor of accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of accounting and information systems at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He received his PhD in Business from the University of Kansas and his BS and MS in Engineering from the University of Missouri- Rolla.

He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. Professor Larcker received the Notable Contribution to Managerial Accounting Research in 2001.

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Professor Larcker’s research focuses on executive compensation, corporate governance, and managerial accounting. His work examines the choice of performance measures and compensation contracts in organizations. He has current research projects on the valuation implications of corporate governance, the impact of proxy advisory firms on shareholder proxy voting and modeling the cost of executive stock options.

Professor Larcker presently holds the James Irvin Miller Professorship. He is the director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and senior faculty of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University. Professor Larcker was previously the Ernst & Young Professor of accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Professor of accounting and information systems at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He received his PhD in Business from the University of Kansas and his BS and MS in Engineering from the University of Missouri- Rolla.

He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. Professor Larcker received the Notable Contribution to Managerial Accounting Research in 2001.

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, University of Kansas, 1978
  • MS, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1974
  • BS, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1972

Academic Appointments

  • At Stanford University since 2005
  • Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1985-2005
  • Assistant Professor - Professor, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1978-1985

Awards and Honors

  • Winnick Family Faculty Fellow, Stanford GSB, 2013-2014
  • Notable Contribution to Managerial Accounting Research, 2001
  • PhD Faculty Distinguished Service Award, Stanford GSB, 2010

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Keller Williams Realty (B) | HR29B James Baron, David Larcker, Brian Tayan2011

Baker Hughes, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act | CG18 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2010

Equity on Demand, The Netflix Approach to Compensation | CG19 David Larcker, Allan McCall, Brian Tayan2010

Multimillionaire Matchmaker, An Inside Look At CEO Succession Planning | CG21 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2010

Sharks in the Water, Battling an Activist Investor for Corporate Control (A) | CG20A David Larcker, Brian Tayan2010

Sharks in the Water, Battling an Activist Investor for Corporate Control (B) | CG20B David Larcker, Brian Tayan2010

Royal Dutch/Shell, A Shell Game with Oil Reserves (A) | CG17A David Larcker, Robert Lawson, Brian Tayan2009

Royal Dutch/Shell, A Shell Game with Oil Reserves - Governance Overhaul After Scandal (B) | CG17B David Larcker, Robert Lawson, Brian Tayan2009

Selecting a CEO, The Leader, The Business Builder, or the Technologist | CG15 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2009

The Management of Berkshire Hathaway | CG16 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2009

Attention Shoppers, Executive Compensation at Kroger, Safeway, Costco and Whole Foods | CG13 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2008

Executive Compensation at Aquila, Moving Utility Services to Power Trading | CG14 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2008

Models of Corporate Governance. Who's the Fairest of Them All? | CG11 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2008

Say on Pay, Does the Buck Stop Here? | CG12 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2008

10b5-1 Plans, Mortgaging a Defense Against Insider Trading | CG10 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2007

Corporate Governance Ratings, Got the grade… What was the test? | CG08 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2007

Executive Compensation at Nabors Industries, Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right? | CG5 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2007

Shareholder Democracy, Does Gretchen Get It Right? | CG09 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2007

Sovereign Bancorp and Relational Investors, The Role of the Activist Hedge Fund | CG06 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2007

There's a New Sheriff in Town, Institutional Shareholder Services | CG07 David Larcker, Brian Tayan2007

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