Professor and Chair of the Stan Ross Department of AccountancyMasako_Darrough@baruch.cuny.edu Education:| BA | International Christian University |
| 1966 | | PhD | University of British Columbia | Economics | 1975 |
Areas of Expertise:Strategic Use of Information Within the Firm and the Capital Markets
Selected Publications:"Do Managers Manipulate R&D Spending When They Sell Their Shares in an Initial Public Offering?" (with Srinivasan Rangan). Journal of Accounting Research, March 2005. "A Positive Model of Earnings Forecasts: Top Down and Bottom Up" (with Tom Russell). Journal of Business, January 2002. "Privatization and Corruption: Patronage vs. Spoils." International Public Management Journal, 2000. "Product Reliability and Firm Value: The Experience of American and Japanese Automakers, 1973-1992" (with Brad Barber). Journal of Political Economy, 1996. "Divisional vs. Company-wide Focus: The Tradeoff Between Allocation of Managerial Attention and Screening of Talent" (with Nahum Melumad). Journal of Accounting Research, 1995. "Disclosure Policy and Competition: Cournot and Bertrand,'' Accounting Review, 1993.
Working Papers:"Is Accounting Profitability Diverging? The Roles of Accounting Conservatism, Sampling Bias, and Economic Fundamentals" (with Jimmy Ye). April, 2005. (download 'pdf', all rights reserved) "The FCPA and the OECD Convention: The Lessons from the U.S. Experience" Octorber 2004. "Why Do Firms with More Negativ ROE Have Higher M/B Ratios?" (with Jimmy Ye).
Academic Activities:Has taught at a number of universities, including the University of California at Davis, University of California at Los Angeles, and Columbia University. Editorial Board member, Accounting Review, 1991-96.
Awards, Honors, etc.:Summer Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, 1978.
Has taught at a number of universities, including the University of California at Davis, University of California at Los Angeles, and Columbia University. Editorial Board member, Accounting Review, 1991-96.
Summer Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, 1978.
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