DOUGLAS J. SKINNER KPMG Professor of Accounting

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 

• Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1989
• M.S., University of Rochester, 1988
• B.Ec., (Honors) Macquarie University, 1985

APPOINTMENTS 

• University of Michigan Business School
• KPMG Professor of Accounting, 1998-
• Professor, 1997-98
• Associate Professor, 1993-1997
• Assistant Professor, 1989-93
• Coopers & Lybrand
• 1980-83

SCHOLARLY HONORS AND AWARDS 

• KPMG Peat Marwick Faculty Fellow, 1993-96
• KPMG Peat Marwick Research Fellow, 1991-93
• American Accounting Association, Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 1988
• Deloitte Haskins & Sells Foundation Fellow, 1986-88
• University of Rochester Sproull Fellow, 1985-87
• Beta Gamma Sigma

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION APPOINTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS 

• Member, Editorial Advisory and Review Board: The Accounting Review, 1992-1996, 1997-present
• Associate Editor: Journal of Accounting & Economics, 1994-present
• Editorial Board, Review of Accounting Studies, 1998-present
• Referee for: Numerous journals in accounting & finance

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

Refereed Articles 

• "Earnings Disclosures and Stockholder Lawsuits." Journal of Accounting and Economics 23, 3, November 1997: 249-201.
• "Reversal of Fortune: Dividend Policy and the Disappearance of Sustained Earnings Growth" (with Harry DeAngelo and Linda DeAngelo). Journal of Financial Economics 40, 3, March 1996: 341-371.
• "Why Firms Voluntarily Disclose Bad News." Journal of Accounting Research 32, 1, Spring 1994.
• "Accounting Choice in Troubled Companies" (with Harry DeAngelo and Linda DeAngelo). Journal of Accounting & Economics 17, 1/2, January 1994.
• "The Investment Opportunity Set and Accounting Procedure Choice: Preliminary Evidence." Journal of Accounting & Economics 16, 4, October 1993.
• "Dividends and Losses" (with Harry DeAngelo and Linda DeAngelo). The Journal of Finance 47, 5, December 1992.
• "Options Markets and the Information Content of Accounting Earnings Releases." Journal of Accounting & Economics 13, 3, October 1990.

Non-Refereed Articles

• "Issues in Foreign Exchange Hedge Accounting" (with Michael H. Moffett). Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 8, 5, Fall 1995: 82-94.
• "Are the SEC's Safe Harbor Provisions Effective in Encouraging the Disclosure of Forward-Looking Information?" Financial Analysts Journal 51, 4, July-August 1995: 38-44.  

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY 

• Financial accounting with emphasis on empirical capital markets research
• Corporate dividend policy
• The effect of U.S. securities laws on corporate disclosure policy
• The effect of earnings surprises on 'growth' stocks
• Corporate conference calls