John A. Elliott
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Dean, Zicklin School of Business,
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| BS | University of Maryland | Economics | 1967 |
| MBA | University of Maryland | 1972 | |
| PhD | Cornell University | Accountancy | 1985 |
Areas of Expertise:
Accounting Disclosures, Earnings Management, Market Effects
Selected Publications:
Elliott, J.A., Nelson, M.A. and Tarpley, R., "Evidence from Auditors About Managers' and Auditors' Earnings-Management Decisions", The Accounting Review (Quality of Earnings Conference Supplement), 2002.Elliott, J.A., Barth, M. and Finn, M., "Market Rewards for Increasing Earnings Patterns", Journal of Accounting Research, Fall 1999.
Elliott, J.A. and Hanna, J.D., "Repeated Accounting Write-Offs and the Information Content of Earnings", Journal of Accounting Research, Supplement 1996 and summarized in The CFA Digest, Winter 1996.
Elliott, J.A., Philbrick, D. and Wiedman, C., "Evidence from Archival Data on the Relation between Security Analysts' Forecast Errors and Prior Forecast Revisions", Contemporary Accounting Research, 1995.
Academic Activities:
Associate Dean Johnson School, Cornell UniversityChair, Global Task Force Johnson School
STET, Strategic Task Force Johnson School
Director Doctoral Program Johnson School
Chair, Task Force on Marketing Johnson School
Professional Activities:
Co-chair Financial Accounting and reporting Section Research Conference 1997
Representative to COSO Task Force on Derivatives 1994-1996
Professional Practice Issues Committee 1995-1996
Financial Accounting and Reporting Committee 1992-1995
Founding President, Financial Accounting and Reporting Sections 1993-1994
