Chad Larson

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Areas of Expertise:

Accounting - Financial Reporting

Research interests:

Accounting misstatements, manipulations, and fraud; institutional investors; earnings announcements; financial statement analysis

Selected Publications:

• "Accounting Fraud and Institutional Investors," dissertation , 2008
• "Predicting Material Accounting Manipulations," with P. Dechow, W. Ge, and R. Sloan, working paper
• "Assessing the Relative Informativeness and Permanence of Pro Forma Earnings and GAAP Operating Earnings," Journal of Accounting and Economics, with N. Bhattacharya, E. Black, T. Christensen, 2003

Academic/professional activities:

Member of the American Accounting Association

Awards/honors:

Deloitte & Touche Doctoral Foundation Scholarship, 2006
William A. Paton Fellowship, 2003-2007
Ross School of Business Fellowship, 2003-2006
Brigham Young University Office of Research and Creative Activities Scholarship, 2002
Brigham Young University Academic Trustees Scholarships, 1999-2002

Personal interests:

Professor Larson enjoys spending time with his wife and 2-year old son, traveling, scuba diving, obscure strategy board games and playing soccer.