Asher Curtis

University of Washington

Associate Professor

Seattle, WA 98195

United States

Department of Accounting

224 Mackenzie Hall, Box 353200

Seattle, WA 98195-3200

United States

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1.

Forecasting Sales: A Model and Some Evidence from the Retail Industry

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Jan 2004 Last Revised: 31 May 2013
Asher Curtis, Russell J. Lundholm and Sarah E. McVay
University of Washington, University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business and University of Washington
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Revenue, forecasting, retail, financial statement analysis

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Investor Attention and the Pricing of Earnings News

Handbook of Sentiment Analysis in Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
Asher Curtis, Vernon J. Richardson and Roy Schmardebeck
University of Washington, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and The University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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Investor Attention, Investor Sentiment, Social Media, Earnings Announcements, Capital Markets.

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Does Short-Selling Amplify Price Declines or Align Stocks with Their Fundamental Values?

Management Science, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2014
Asher Curtis and Neil L. Fargher
University of Washington and Australian National University (ANU)
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Short-selling, price declines, fundamental analysis, market regulation

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The Changing Implications of Research and Development Expenditures for Future Profitability

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2020
Asher Curtis, Sarah E. McVay and Sara Toynbee
University of Washington, University of Washington and University of Texas at Austin
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R&D; Earnings Implications; Capital Markets; Analysts; Investors

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The Use of Adjusted Earnings in Performance Evaluation

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2020
Asher Curtis, Valerie Li and Paige Harrington Patrick
University of Washington, San Diego State University and University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Accounting
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Non-GAAP earnings, transitory items, incentives, compensation

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Investor Disagreement, Disclosure Processing Costs, and Trading Volume: Evidence from Social Media

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 May 2018 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2022
Adam Booker, Adam Booker, Asher Curtis and Vernon J. Richardson
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Department of AccountingUniversity of Denver, University of Washington and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Disagreement; Trading Volume; Social Media; Disclosure Processing Costs.

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Historical Cost Measurement and the Use of DuPont Analysis by Market Participants

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
Asher Curtis, Melissa F. Lewis-Western and Sara Toynbee
University of Washington, Brigham Young University - Marriott School of Business and University of Texas at Austin
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DuPont Analysis, Forecasting, Historical Cost Bias, Future Returns

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The Disclosure of Non-GAAP Earnings Information in the Presence of Transitory Gains

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 27 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Asher Curtis, Sarah E. McVay and Benjamin C. Whipple
University of Washington, University of Washington and University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business
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Non-GAAP earnings, transitory items, transitory gains, disclosure incentives, voluntary disclosure.

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A Comparison of Residual Income and Comparable Firm Valuation of Initial Public Offerings

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Jul 2003 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2013
Asher Curtis and Neil L. Fargher
University of Washington and Australian National University (ANU)
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residual income, comparable firm valuation, initial public offerings

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An Analysis of the Implications of Discontinued Operations for Continuing Income

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 33, 2014
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2014
Asher Curtis, Sarah E. McVay and Mindy Wolfe
University of Washington, University of Washington and University of Waterloo
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Discontinued operations, financial reporting, convergence, IASB, FASB

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A Fundamental-Analysis-Based Test for Speculative Prices

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Oct 2005 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2011
Asher Curtis
University of Washington
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Fundamental analysis, Speculative markets, Co-movement, Forecasting

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The Use of Earnings Forecasts in Stock Recommendations: Are Accurate Analysts More Consistent?

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2010
Andreas Simon and Asher Curtis
Pepperdine University - Graziadio Business School and University of Washington
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Forecast accuracy, Fundamental valuation, Stock recommendations, Analyst reputation

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Initial Public Offering First-Day Returns: An Information Arrival Perspective

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 May 2002 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2013
Asher Curtis and Neil L. Fargher
University of Washington and Australian National University (ANU)
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Information, Underpricing, Intra-day, Initial Day

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Arbitrage Risk and the Timeliness of Stock Price Adjustments to Accounting Fundamentals

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2008
Asher Curtis
University of Washington
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Fundamental analysis, Limits to arbitrage, Timeliness

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Does Insider Trading Activity Separate Winners and Losers when a Peer Firm Restates?

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2021
Terrence Blackburne, Asher Curtis and Anna Rossi
Oregon State University, University of Washington and University of Oulu - Department of Economics, Accounting and Finance
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Insider Trading; Restatements; Disclosure; Information Transfer; Contagion

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Why Are Aggregate Investing Activities Negatively Associated with Future Market Returns? The Role of Intangible Investments

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 25 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2021
Asher Curtis and Hyung Il Oh
University of Washington and College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Aggregate Investment; Tangibles; Intangibles; Rational Versus Behavioral; Future Returns

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Aggregate Margin Debt and the Divergence of Price from Accounting Fundamentals

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2020
Marcus Alexander Burger and Asher Curtis
University of North Carolina at Pembroke and University of Washington
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Margin Debt; Fundamental Analysis; Mispricing; Aggregation

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The Change in the Aggregate Earnings-Returns Relation and the Great Moderation

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2021
Asher Curtis, Chang‐Jin Kim and Hyung Il Oh
University of Washington, University of Washington and College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
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Aggregate Earnings-Returns Relation; Structural Change; Discount Rate News; Cash Flow News; Persistence; Great Moderation

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Social media as a setting for accounting research

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Feb 2025
Adam Booker, Adam Booker, Asher Curtis and Bin Ke
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Department of AccountingUniversity of Denver, University of Washington and National University of Singapore
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Social Media, Social Investing, Information Sharing, Disclosure Processing Costs, Capital Markets. JEL Codes: M40

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The Extent and Duration of Analysts' Optimistic Expectations of Initial Public Offer Firms

AAA 2008 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2011
Asher Curtis and Julian Yeo
University of Washington and Columbia University - Accounting
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IPOs, analysts expectations

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Delayed Updating of Fair Values: Lack of Information or Intentional Delays?

IESE Business School Working Paper
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2021
Asher Curtis and Robert A. Raney
University of Washington and IESE Business School
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Fair Value Estimates, Delayed Updating, Financial Reporting Quality; Partial Updating

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Financial Asset Aggregation and Information Loss

IESE Business School Working Paper No. 4433065
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 May 2023
Asher Curtis, Wei Ting Loh and Robert A. Raney
University of Washington, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and IESE Business School
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Aggregation, Heterogeneity, Information Loss, Fair Value, Historical Cost.

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Fair Value Estimates and Delayed Updating

Posted: 02 Apr 2016
Asher Curtis and Robert A. Raney
University of Washington and IESE Business School

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Fair Value Measurement; Unobservable Inputs; Subjectivity; Measurement Uncertainty; Prudence