Susan Watts
Emanuel T. Weiler Chair in Management
Accounting
Education
Ph.D., Accounting, University of Iowa
M.A., Accounting, University of Iowa
B.B.A., Accounting, University of Iowa
Forthcoming Publications
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. On the Corporate Use of Green Bonds. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy,
Journal Articles
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2017). Voluntary Assurance of Voluntary CSR Disclosure. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, vol. 26 (1), 205-230.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2015). Competitve Intelligence and Disclosure. RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 46 (4), 709-729.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2015). Delegating Disclosure and Production Choices. The Accounting Review, vol. 90 (3), 835-857.
- Watts, S., M. Bagnoli & T. Wang (2014). How Do Corporate Websites Contribute to the Information Environment? Evidence from the U.S. and Taiwan. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, vol. 33 (6), 596-627.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2013). Knowing Versus Telling Private Information About a Rival. Journal of Management Accounting Research, vol. 25 35-58.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & H. Liu (2011). Family Firms, Debtholder-Shareholder Agency Costs and the Use of Covenants in Private Debt. Annals of Finance, vol. 7 (4), 477-509.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2010). Oligopoly, Disclosure and Earnings Management. The Accounting Review, vol. 85 (4), 1191-1214.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Y. Zhang (2008). Reg FD and the Competitiveness of All-Star Analysts. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, vol. 27 (4), 295-316.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2007). Financial Reporting and Supplemental Voluntary Disclosures. Journal of Accounting Research, vol. 45 (5), 885-913.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Levine, S. (2006). Trading Strategies Based on Analyst Estimate Revision Clusters and Associated Corporate Information Events. Journal of Investing, vol. 15 (1), 32-42.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2005). Conservative Accounting Choices. Management Science, vol. 51 (5), 786-801.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Levine, S. (2005). Analyst Estimate Revision Clusters and Corporate Events, Part II. Annals of Finance, vol. 1 (4), 379-393.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Levine, S. (2005). Analyst Estimate Revision Clusters and Corporate Events, Part I. Annals of Finance, vol. 1 (3), 245-265.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Clement, M. (2004). Hiding in Plain Sight? Bad Earnings News Still Mostly Shows Up on Fridays and Mondays. Investor Relations Quarterly, vol. 6 (2), 15-32.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2003). Selling to Socially Responsible Consumers: Competition and the Private Provision of Public Goods. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, vol. 12 (3), 419-445.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Kross, W. (2002). The Information in Management's Expected Report Date: A Day Late, A Penny Short. Journal of Accounting Research, vol. 40 (5), 1275-1296.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Penno, M. (2001). Auditing in The Presence of Outside Sources of Information. Journal of Accounting Research, vol. 39 (3), 435-47.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2000). The Effect of Relative Performance Evaluation on Earnings Management: A Game-Theoretic Approach. The Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, vol. 19 (4-5), 377-397.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2000). Whisper Numbers, the Internet and Investor Relations. Investor Relations Quarterly, vol. 3 (2), 42-48.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (2000). Chasing Hot Funds: The Effects of Relative Performance on Portfolio Choice. Financial Management, vol. 29 (3), 31-50.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Beneish, M. (2000). Earnings Expectations: How Important Are the Whispers?. American Association of Individual Investors Journal, vol. 22 (5), 11-14.
- Watts, S., Gillette, A., Stevens, D. & Williams, A. (1999). Price and Volume Reactions to Public Information Releases: An Experimental Approach Incorporating Traders' Subjective Beliefs. Contemporary Accounting Research, vol. 16 (3), 437-480.
- Watts, S., Bagnoli, M. & Beneish, M. (1999). Whisper Forecasts of Quarterly Earnings Per Share. Journal of Accounting and Economics, vol. 28 (1), 27-50.
- Watts, S. & Bagnoli, M. (1998). Information Acquisition, Information Release and Trading Dynamics. Journal of Financial Markets, vol. 1 (3), 221-252.
- Watts, S., Begley, J. & Ming, J. (1996). Bankruptcy Classification Errors in The 1980s: An Empirical Analysis of Altman and Ohlson's Models. Review of Accounting Studies, vol. 1 (4), 267-284.
- Watts, S. & Greene, J. (1996). Price Discovery on NYSE and NASDAQ: The Case of Overnight and Daytime News Releases. Financial Management, vol. 25 (1), 19-42.
- Watts, S. (1992). Private Information, Prices, Asset Allocation, and Profits: Further Experimental Evidence. Research in Experimental Economics, vol. 5 81-117.
- Watts, S., DeJong, D., Forsythe, R. & Lundholm, R. (1992). Do Prices Convey Information? Further Empirical Evidence. Research in Experimental Economics, vol. 5 61-79.
Book Review
- Watts, S. (2012). Financial Statement Analysis and the Prediction of Financial Distress. The Accounting Review, vol. 87, 1445-1447.
Advancing Accounting
The Krannert School of Management presented the fourth annual Purdue Accounting Theory Conference in May with a program that included distinguished guest speakers from across the country as well as rising scholars in the field. Accounting professors Mark Bagnoli, the Olson Chair in Management, and Susan Watts, the Emanuel T. Weiler Chair in Management, served as coordinators of the conference along with Associate Professor Lin Nan.
Contact
swatts@purdue.edu
Phone: (765) 49-44504
Office: RAWL 4041
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Area(s) of Expertise
Effect of information and competition in markets, accounting