Specialties

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2003
Assistant Professor, Duke University (2002-2003)
Assistant Professor, University of Washington (1998-2002)

Selected Publications

• “Does the Stock Market Fully Appreciate the Implications of Leading Indicators for Future Earnings? Evidence from Order Backlog,” with Terry Shevlin, and Mohan Venkatachalam, Review of Accounting Studies, (forthcoming).
  
  
• “The Role of Online Buying Experience as a Competitive Advantage: Evidence from Third-Party Ratings for E-Commerce Firms,” with Mohan Venkatachalam and Suresh Kotha, Journal of Business, (forthcoming).
  
  
• “The Value Relevance of Network Advantages: The Case of E-Commerce Firms,” with Suresh Kotha and Mohan Venkatachalam, Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 41, No. 1, March 2003, pp. 135-163.
  
  
• “Empirical Evidence on the Relation Between Stock Option Compensation and Risk Taking,” with Terry Shevlin, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, June 2002, p. 145.
  
  
• “Managerial Actions, Stock Returns, and Earnings: The Case of Business-to Business Internet Firms,” with Mohan Venkatachalam and Suresh Kotha, Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 40, No. 2, May 2002, pp. 529-557.
  
  
• “Institutional Ownership and the Extent to which Stock Prices Reflect Future Earnings,” with Jim Jiambalvo and Mohan Venkatachalam, Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring 2002, pp. 117-136.
  
  
• “Determinants of Revenue Recognition Policies of Internet Firms,” with Bob Bowen and Angela Davis, Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 19, No. 4, Winter 2002, pp. 523-563.
  
  
• “The Interaction between Accounting Policy Choice and Hedging: Evidence from Oil and Gas Producers,” with Morton Pincus, The Accounting Review, Vol. 77, No. 1, January 2002, pp. 127-161.
  
  
• “Are Executive Stock Options Associated with Future Earnings?” with Terry Shevlin, and Michelle Hanlon, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2, June 2002, p. 1215.
  
  
• “Early Evidence on the Informativeness of the SEC’s Market Risk Disclosures: The Case of Commodity Price Risk Exposure of Oil and Gas Producers,” The Accounting Review, Vol. 74, No. 3, July 1999, pp. 251-280.
  
  

Current Research

Accounting and disclosure interests related to derivatives and risk management; interface between strategy and financial reporting issues; financial reporting issues.

Honors and Awards

Dean's Faculty Research Award (2004, 2006, 2008)
Ph.D. Outstanding Mentor Award (2008)
William and Helen Fowler Award for Special Achievement (2007)
"Breakthrough Ideas for 2006" award from the Harvard Business Review and the World Economic

Forum awarded to Shiva Rajgopal and his coauthors Campbell Harvey and John Graham

for their article in the Journal of Accounting and Economics. (February 2006)

MBA Professor of the Quarter for Autumn, Class of 2006 (2005)