William H. Beaver

Stanford University

Joan E. Horngren Professor of Accounting

655 Knight Way

Stanford, CA 94305-5015

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The Relevance of the Value Relevance Literature for Financial Accounting Standard Setting: Another View

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The Relevance of the Value Relevance Literature for Financial Accounting Standard Setting: Another View

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Nov 2000
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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The Relevance of the Value Relevance Literature for Financial Accounting Standard Setting: Another View

Posted: 25 Oct 2001
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Value relevance

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Accruals, Cash Flow and Equity Values

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Accruals, Cash Flow and Equity Values

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Mar 1999
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver, John R. M. Hand and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Accruals, Cash Flow and Equity Values

Posted: 13 Sep 1999
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver, John R. M. Hand and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Have Financial Statements Become Less Informative? Evidence from the Ability of Financial Ratios to Predict Bankruptcy

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Feb 2005
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Jung-Wu Rhie
Stanford University, Stanford University and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business (Deceased)
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Bankruptcy, accounting information, financial ratios

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Accruals, Accounting-Based Valuation Models, and the Prediction of Equity Values

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 May 2004
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver, John R. M. Hand and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Accruals, Valuation, Out-of-sample prediction

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An Alternative Interpretation of the Discontinuity in Earnings Distributions

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Jan 2004
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Karen K. Nelson
Stanford University, Stanford University and Texas Christian University - Department of Accounting
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earnings management, earnings distributions, conservatism, taxes

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Constraints on Accrual Components of Earnings in Equity Valuation

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Aug 2002
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver, John R. M. Hand and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Bankruptcy in Groups

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 15-48
Number of pages: 104 Posted: 20 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2021
William H. Beaver, Stefano Cascino, Maria M. Correia and Maureen F. McNichols
Stanford University, London School of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science and Stanford University
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Bankruptcy, Credit risk, Business groups, Subsidiaries, Veil piercing, Related-party transactions, Regulation

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Do Firms Issuing Equity Manage Their Earnings? Evidence from the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Jan 2000
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Karen K. Nelson
Stanford University, Stanford University and Texas Christian University - Department of Accounting
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Management of the Loss Reserve Accrual and the Distribution of Earnings in the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Nov 2000
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Karen K. Nelson
Stanford University, Stanford University and Texas Christian University - Department of Accounting
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Earnings management, losses, discretionary accruals, property-casualty insurance

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Group Affiliation and Default Prediction

Management Science 68 (8): 3559-3584, May 2019, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-46
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 12 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2019
William H. Beaver, Stefano Cascino, Maria M. Correia and Maureen F. McNichols
Stanford University, London School of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science and Stanford University
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Default prediction, Business groups, Consolidation, Financial reporting transparency, Credit spreads

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Delisting Returns and Their Effect on Accounting-Based Market Anomalies

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Delisting Returns and Their Effect on Accounting-Based Market Anomalies

Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 18
, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 43, pp. 341-368, 2007
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2009
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Richard A. Price
Stanford University, Stanford University and University of Oklahoma
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Delisting Returns, Anomalies, Market Efficiency, Accrual Anomaly, Trading Strategy

Delisting Returns and Their Effect on Accounting-Based Market Anomalies

Journal of Accounting and Economics (JAE) 43, issues 2+3, July 2007, 341-368
Posted: 25 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2009
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Richard A. Price
Stanford University, Stanford University and University of Oklahoma

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Delisting Returns, Anomalies, Market Efficiency, Accrual Anomaly, Trading Strategy

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Differential Properties in the Ratings of Certified vs. Non-Certified Bond Rating Agencies

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Differential Properties in the Ratings of Certified vs. Non-Certified Bond Rating Agencies

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 Sep 2004
William H. Beaver, Catherine Shakespeare and Mark T. Soliman
Stanford University, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Bond Ratings, Information Intermediaries, Contracting, NRSRO

Differential Properties in the Ratings of Certified vs. Non-Certified Bond Rating Agencies

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE),Vol. 42, No. 3, pgs. 303-334, 2006
Posted: 28 Aug 2006
William H. Beaver, Catherine Shakespeare and Mark T. Soliman
Stanford University, University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business

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Bond Ratings, Information Intermediaries, Contracting, NRSRO

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Asymmetry in Earnings Timeliness and Persistence: A Simultaneous Equations Approach

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2012
William H. Beaver, Wayne R. Landsman and Edward Owens
Stanford University, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business
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Conservatism, Earnings Persistence, Returns-Earnings Relation

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Have Changes in Financial Reporting Attributes Impaired the Ability of Financial Ratios to Assess Distress Risk?

Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 13
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2019
William H. Beaver, Maria M. Correia and Maureen F. McNichols
Stanford University, London School of Economics and Political Science and Stanford University
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bankruptcy, accounting information, financial ratios

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Differential Pricing of Discretionary, Nondiscretionary and Noise Components of Loan Fair Values

July 1999
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Feb 1999
William H. Beaver and Mohan Venkatachalam
Stanford University and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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The Information Content of Earnings Announcements: New Insights on Intertemporal and Cross-Sectional Behavior

Review of Accounting Studies, March 2018, Volume 23, Issue 1, pp 95-135, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 16-40, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 221
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 27 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2018
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Zach Zhiguang Wang
Stanford University, Stanford University and Cornerstone Research
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capital markets; earnings announcements; information content; return volatility

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Increased Market Response to Earnings Announcements in the 21st Century: An Empirical Investigation

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), 2020, Volume 69, Article 101244, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 17-69
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 17 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2020
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Zach Zhiguang Wang
Stanford University, Stanford University and Cornerstone Research
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capital markets, earnings announcements, information content, financial statements, management guidance, analyst forecasts

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The Costs and Benefits of Long-Short Investing: A Perspective on the Market Efficiency Literature

Journal of Accounting Literature, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2016
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Richard A. Price
Stanford University, Stanford University and University of Oklahoma
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Accounting-Based Anomalies; Long-Short Strategies; Short Selling; Market Efficiency; Sharpe Ratio; Short Interest Rebates

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Risky Debt, Mixed-Attribute Accounting, and the Identification of Conditional Conservatism

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Sep 2009
William H. Beaver and Stephen G. Ryan
Stanford University and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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risky debt, mixed-attribute accounting, conditional conservatism, asymmetry

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The Effects of CDS Trading on Information Asymmetry in Syndicated Loans

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2017
Dan Amiram, William H. Beaver, Wayne R. Landsman and Jianxin (Donny) Zhao
Tel Aviv University - Coller School of Management, Stanford University, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and Emory University
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CDS, Syndicated loans, Adverse selection, Moral hazard, Information asymmetry

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Have Changes in Financial Reporting Attributes Impaired Informativeness? Evidence from the Ability of Financial Ratios to Predict Bankruptcy

Rock Center for Corporate Governance Working Paper No. 13 (2008)
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 May 2019
William H. Beaver, Maureen F. McNichols and Maria Correia
Stanford University, Stanford University and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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bankruptcy, accounting information, financial ratios

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The Impact of Analysts' Forecast Errors and Forecast Revisions on Stock Prices

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 35, Issue 5-6, pp. 709-740, June/July 2008
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Jun 2008
William H. Beaver, Bradford Cornell, Wayne R. Landsman and Stephen Stubben
Stanford University, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Utah
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Biases and Lags in Book Value and Their Effects on the Ability of the Book-to-Market Ratio to Predict Book Return on Equity

Posted: 29 Nov 1999
William H. Beaver and Stephen G. Ryan
Stanford University and New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

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The Characteristics and Valuation of Loss Reserves of Property Casualty Insurers

Posted: 17 Sep 1999
William H. Beaver and Maureen F. McNichols
Stanford University and Stanford University

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Value-Relevance of Banks' Fair Value Disclosures Under SFAS 107

Posted: 08 Jul 1998
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Value-Relevance of Banks' Fair Value Disclosures Under SFAS No. 107

THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW, Vol 71, No 4, October 1996
Posted: 19 May 1998
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Valuation Characteristics of Equity Book Value and Net Income: Tests of the Abandonment Option Hypothesis

Posted: 30 Sep 1996
Mary E. Barth, William H. Beaver and Wayne R. Landsman
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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The Information Content of Earnings and Prices: A Simultaneous Equations Approach

Posted: 04 Sep 1995
William H. Beaver, Mary Lea McAnally and Christopher H. Stinson
Stanford University, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting

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