Phillip Stocken

Jack Byrne Professor of Accounting at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Schools

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Expertise

Biography

Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Bio

Phil Stocken specializes in accounting and business analysis. He teaches accounting and financial management, analysis, and reporting in both executive education programs and MBA classes. He is highly skilled at conveying the essential information in financial statements and financial statement analysis to audiences with varying levels of financial experience and understanding.

Current Research Topics

Accounting valuation rules
Credible communication of information
Earnings management
Corporate governance
Voluntary disclosure

Professional Activities

Academic positions

Dartmouth College, Associate Dean for the MBA Program, July 2013–2015
Tuck School of Business, 2003–present
Assistant Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1997–2003

Nonacademic positions

Assistant Audit Manager, Ernst & Young, 1989–91

Board memberships

Director, West Central Behavioral Health, 2011–present

Editorial positions

Co-Editor: The Accounting Review
Editorial Board: The Accounting Review: 2005–2011, Review of Accounting Studies: 2003–2013
Reviewer for the National Science Foundation
Ad Hoc Reviewer: American Economic Review; The Accounting Review; Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory; Contemporary Accounting Research; Economic Journal; The European Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting & Economics; Journal of Accounting Research; Journal of Economics and Management Strategy; Journal of Economic Theory; Journal of the European Economic Association; Journal of Finance; Games and Economic Behavior; Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization; Management Science; RAND Journal of Economics; Review of Accounting Studies; Review of Economic Studies; Review of Financial Studies

Working Papers

With V. Laux, “Accounting Standards, Regulatory Enforcement, and Investment Decisions,” April 2013
With R. Sansing, “Corporate Governance in a Competitive Environment,” September 2011
With A. Hutton, “Prior Forecasting Accuracy and Investor Reaction to Management Earnings Forecasts,” December 2010

Awards

Tuck Class of 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2011 (inaugural award)
Wharton School Graduate Division Miller-Sherrerd MBA Core Teaching Award 2003, 2002
Wharton Graduate Association Teaching Award, 2001
Wharton Graduate Association MBA Core Curriculum Teaching Award, 2000, 1999

Selected Publications

With L. Robinson, “Location of Decision-Rights within Multinational Firms.” Journal of Accounting of Research, Volume 51, Issue 5, December 2013
With P. Hummel and J. Morgan, “A Model of Flops.” RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 44, No. 4, Winter 2013
With V. Laux, "Managerial Reporting, Overoptimism, and Litigation Risk," Journal of Accounting and Economics, 53(3), June 2012
With P.E. Fischer, "Communicating in the Presence of Another Information Source," Accounting Review, 85(6), November 2010
With J. Morgan, "Information Aggregation in Polls," American Economic Review, 98(3), 2008
With R. Reis, "Strategic Consequences of Historical Cost and Fair Value Measurements," Contemporary Accounting Research, 24(2), 2007
With J.L. Rogers, "Credibility of Management Forecasts," Accounting Review, 80(4), 2005
With P.E. Fischer, "Effect of Speculation on Earnings Management and Investor Information," Journal of Accounting Research, 42(5), 2004
With R.E. Verrecchia, "Financial Reporting System Choice and Disclosure Management," Accounting Review, 79(4), 2004
With J. Morgan, "An Analysis of Stock Recommendations," RAND Journal of Economics, 34(1), Spring 2003
With P.E. Fischer, "Information Intermediaries and Communication," Journal of Accounting Research, 39(1), June 2001
"Credibility of Voluntary Disclosure," RAND Journal of Economics, 31(2), Summer 2000