Education
December 1998 Ph.D., University of Iowa Major: Accounting
Minor: Finance
1987 Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants,
India
1988 Bachelor of Commerce, University of Bombay, India
Academic experience
September 2006- Professor, University of Washington
September 2004- August 2006: Associate Professor, University of Washington
July 2003- August 2004: Assistant Professor, University of Washington
July 2002-June 2003: Assistant Professor, Fuqua School of
Business, Duke University
September 1998-June 2002: Assistant Professor, University of
Washington
Research interests
Financial reporting issues
Teaching experience
Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis (MBA core, daytime
and evening MBA)
Advanced Financial Statement Analysis (2 MBA electives, daytime
and Technology MBA at UW)
Ph.D seminars on Positive Theory of Accounting and Capital
Markets Research
Professional experience
1989 - 1992 Manager, Non-resident banking operations, Citibank
N.A., India, including an assignment to Currency swap operations,
Citibank N.A. Singapore for a year.
1987 - 1988 Management Trainee, Tax planning, Proctor and
Gamble Ltd., India.
Select publications
1. "Neighborhood Matters: The Impact of Location on Broad
Based Option Plans" with Simi Kedia, Journal of Financial
Economics (forthcoming).
2. "The Accrual Anomaly: International Evidence,"
with Mort Pincus and Mohan Venkatachalam, The Accounting Review
2007 82(1): 169-203.
3. "Value Destruction and Financial Reporting
Decisions," with John Graham and Campbell Harvey, Financial
Analysts Journal November/December 2006, Vol. 62, No. 6:
27-39.·
Awarded the Graham and Dodd Scroll Prize for 2006 by the
Editorial and Advisory Board of the Financial Analysts Journal.
4. "CEO's Outside Employment Opportunities and Lack of
Relative Performance Evaluation" with Terry Shevlin and
Valentina Zamora, Journal of Finance 2006 LXI(4): 1813-1844.
5. "Why is the Accrual Anomaly not Arbitraged Away?"
with Christina Mashruwala and Terry Shevlin, Journal of Accounting
and Economics 2006, 42: 3-33 (Lead article).
6. "The Economic Implications of Corporate Financial
Reporting," with John Graham and Campbell Harvey, Journal of
Accounting and Economics, 2005, 40: 3-73 (Lead article).
Paper cited as one of the "Breakthrough Ideas for
2006" in the February 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review.
· Awarded the Best Paper Prize for 2006 by the Financial
Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) of the American Accounting
Association (AAA).
. Awarded the 2006 Notable Contribution to the Accounting
Literature by the American Accounting Association (AAA).
