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Rock, Steve

Associate Professor

Positions

Associate Professor, Leeds School of Business
Chair, Leeds School of Business

Research Areas

Research

research overview

My research involves a variety of topics related to accounting including: earnings management, analyst forecasting and activities, management forecasting and incentive compensation, executive compensation, performance budgeting, management incentive plans, and issues related to disclosure, performance, monitoring activities surrounding initial public offerings (IPOs).

keywords

Earnings management, analyst forecasting and activities, management forecasting and incentive compensation, executive compensation, performance budgeting, management incentive plans, and issues related to disclosure, performance, monitoring activities surrounding initial public offerings (IPOs)

Publications

selected publications

journal article
- The Shapes of Scaled Earnings Histograms Are Not Due to Scaling and Sample Selection: Evidence from Distributions of Reported Earnings per Share. Contemporary Accounting Research. 498-521. 2014
- The financial analyst forecasting literature: A taxonomy with suggestions for further research. International Journal of Forecasting. 34-75. 2008
- Disclosure of intended use of proceeds and underpricing in initial public offerings. Journal of Accounting Research. 111-153. 2007
- Earnings management to minimize superfund clean-up and transaction costs. Contemporary Accounting Research. 617-642. 2005
- Value line and I/B/E/S earnings forecasts. International Journal of Forecasting. 185-198. 2005

Teaching

courses taught

ACCT 3230 - Corporate Financial Reporting 2
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Second in a two-course sequence building and extending detailed knowledge of preparation, analysis and use of financial statements.
ACCT 7320 - Doctoral Seminar: Accounting and Capital Markets I
Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023
Focuses on research evaluating the usefulness of accounting information for valuing equity securities. The seminar builds a foundation for conducting accounting-related capital markets research.

Background

education and training

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University 1996
M.B.A., Pennsylvania State Univ Erie Behrend College 1987
B.S., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania 1984

awards and honors

Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award, conferred by American Accounting Association, 2005
Management Accounting Section-Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award, conferred by American Accounting Association, 2005

International Activities

geographic focus

Denmark Country
India Country
Switzerland Country
United Kingdom Country

Other Profiles

ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-5854

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NB5j-mwAAAAJ&hl=en

ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steve_Rock