WILLIAM N. LANEN Associate Professor of Accounting

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1983
• M.S., Purdue University, 1970
• A.B., University of California, 1969

APPOINTMENTS

• University of Michigan Business School
  • Associate Professor, 1992-present
  • Assistant Professor, 1990-92
• The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Assistant Professor, 1983-90

SCHOLARLY HONORS AND AWARDS

• Victor L. Bernard Teaching Leadership Award, University of Michigan Business School, 1996
• Doctoral Consortium Fellow of the A.A.A., 1979
• New Faculty Consortium of the A.A.A., 1983

SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION APPOINTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

• American Accounting Association

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Articles

• "Analysts' Forecasts as Proxies for Investor Beliefs in Empirical Research" (with Jeffery Abarbanell and Robert Verrecchia). Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1995.
• "Executive Compensation Contract Adoption in the Electric Utility Industry" (with David Larcker). Journal of Accounting Research, Spring 1992.

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY

• Performance measurement in transitional economics
• Analytic modeling of empirical accounting research
• Performance measurement systems
• Accounting and environmental issues