Asher Curtis

University of Washington

Associate Professor

Seattle, WA 98195

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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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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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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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 Changing Implications of Research and Development Expenditures for Future Profitability

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2018
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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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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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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The Use of Adjusted Earnings in Performance Evaluation

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 07 May 2018
Asher Curtis, Valerie Li and Paige Harrington Patrick
University of Washington, University of Washington Bothell and University of Washington
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Non-GAAP earnings, transitory items, incentives, compensation

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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?

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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

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

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 38, Issue 1-2, pp. 119-144, 2011
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 Mar 2011
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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Bulls and Bears: Disagreement and Trading Volume Around News Announcements

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 May 2018
Adam Booker, Asher Curtis and Vernon J. Richardson
University of Arkansas, University of Washington and University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Social Media, Disagreement, Volume, Earnings Announcements

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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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Aggregate Margin Debt and the Divergence of Price from Accounting Fundamentals

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2016
Marcus Alexander Burger and Asher Curtis
Idaho State University and University of Washington
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Margin Debt; Fundamental Analysis; Mispricing; Aggregation

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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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Perceived Accounting Quality and the Information Content of Prior Insider Trades

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 10 May 2019
Terrence Blackburne, Asher Curtis and Anna Rossi
University of Washington, University of Washington and University of Oulu - Department of Accounting and Finance
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Insider Trading, Restatements, Disclosure, Signal Reweighting

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Why Are Aggregate Investing Activities Negatively Associated with Future Market Returns? The Role of Accounting Measurement

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2018
Asher Curtis and Hyung Il Oh
University of Washington and University of Washington, Bothell
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Aggregate Investment, Intangibles, Goodwill, Market Returns, Speculation

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Fair Value Estimates and Delayed Updating

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

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