David Burgstahler

University of Washington

Julius A. Roller Professor of Accounting

555 Paccar Hall, Box 353226

Seattle, WA 98195-3226

United States

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The Importance of Reporting Incentives: Earnings Management in European Private and Public Firms

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The Importance of Reporting Incentives: Earnings Management in European Private and Public Firms

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Jan 2004
David Burgstahler, Luzi Hail and Christian Leuz
University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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International accounting, Earnings management, Private companies, Legal system, Accounting harmonization, Earnings properties

The Importance of Reporting Incentives: Earnings Management in European Private and Public Firms

Accounting Review, Vol. 81, No. 5, pp. 983-1016, 2006
Posted: 23 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
David Burgstahler, Luzi Hail and Christian Leuz
University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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international accounting, earnings management, private companies, legal system, accounting harmonization, earnings properties

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Size Management by European Private Firms to Minimize Proprietary Costs of Disclosure

Journal of Accounting & Economics 66 (2018) 94-122
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 22 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2018
Darren Bernard, David Burgstahler and Devrimi Kaya
University of Washington - Department of Accounting, University of Washington and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg
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proprietary costs, disclosure, mandatory audit, size management, private firms

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How Firms Avoid Losses: Evidence of Use of the Net Deferred Tax Asset Account

University of Washington Working Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Feb 2003
David Burgstahler, W. Brooke Elliott and Michelle Hanlon
University of Washington, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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deferred taxes, valuation allowance, net deferred tax asset

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The Materiality of Earnings Surprise

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Aug 1999
William R. Kinney Jr., David Burgstahler and Roger D. Martin
University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, University of Washington and University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce
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Time-Series Properties and Pricing of the Special Items Component of Earnings

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 May 1999
David Burgstahler, James J. Jiambalvo, Terry J. Shevlin and Terry J. Shevlin
University of Washington, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of California-IrvineUniversity of California-Irvine
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What Have We Learned About Earnings Management? Integrating Discontinuity Evidence

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2015
David Burgstahler and Elizabeth Chuk
University of Washington and University of California, Irvine
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earnings management, discontinuities

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Disclosure Incentives and Data Availability for Private Firms: Implications for Comparisons of Public and Private Firm Financial Reporting Quality

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2016
Darren Bernard, David Burgstahler and Devrimi Kaya
University of Washington - Department of Accounting, University of Washington and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg
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disclosure incentives, public and private firms, financial reporting quality, enforcement

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Earnings Precision and the Relations between Earnings and Returns

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2017
David Burgstahler and Elizabeth Chuk
University of Washington and University of California, Irvine
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Earnings precision, earnings response coefficients, analyst forecasts, uncertainty

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Error Projection and Uncertainty in the Evaluation of Aggregate Error

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Jan 1998
David Burgstahler, Steven M. Glover and James J. Jiambalvo
University of Washington, Brigham Young University and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Full Cost Pricing and the Illusion of Satisficing

Posted: 18 Aug 1998
Eric W. Noreen and David Burgstahler
University of Washington and University of Washington

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Earnings, Adaptation, and Equity Value

Posted: 30 Apr 1998
David Burgstahler and Ilia D. Dichev
University of Washington and Emory University - Department of Accounting

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Earnings Management to Avoid Losses and Earnings Decreases

Posted: 25 Feb 1998
David Burgstahler and Ilia D. Dichev
University of Washington and Emory University - Department of Accounting

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Earnings Management to Avoid Earnings Decreases and Losses

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1997
Posted: 17 Sep 1997
David Burgstahler and Ilia D. Dichev
University of Washington and Emory University - Department of Accounting

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Full-Cost Pricing and the Illusion of Satisficing

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Vol 9, 1997
Posted: 18 Jun 1997
David Burgstahler and Eric W. Noreen
University of Washington and University of Washington

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