Robert E. Verrecchia Faculty Profile

Robert E. Verrecchia
Elizabeth F. Putzel Professor; Professor of Accounting

PhD, Stanford University, 1976; MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1972; ScB, Brown University, 1970

Research Areas
Financial accounting; information economics; discretionary disclosure

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1983-present (named Elizabeth F. Putzel, 2001; Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting, 1991-99; Arthur Young Professor of Accounting, 1983-91; Chairperson, Accounting Department, 1985-97). Previous appointments: University of Chicago; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Graduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1988

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1982-present; Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting Research,1982-present; Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, 1986-present; Associate Editor, Contemporary Accounting Research, 1988-present; Associate Editor, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 1990-present, Review of Accounting Studies, 1993-present

Representative Publications
"Discretionary Disclosure." Journal of Accounting and Economics 5 (1983).

(with O. Kim)
"Market Reaction to Anticipated Announcements." Journal of Financial Economics 30 (1991).