Mark Soliman - Faculty Profile- Michael G. Foster School of Business

"During the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s, when many investors believed that the market was efficient with respect to accounting information, it was relatively easy to use that information to beat the market. Ironically, now that many sophisticated investors no longer believe in the efficiency of the market and are trying to beat it, stock prices have become far more efficient with respect to accounting information."

Mark Soliman

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Associate Professor of Accounting
William A. Fowler Endowed Professor in Business

PhD, University of Michigan 2003
MS, Seattle University, 1999
BS, California State Polytechnic University, 1993
CPA, California, 1995

Phone:	206-685-2813	Mailing Address:
Fax:	206-685-9875	Michael G. Foster School of Business
Office: Email:	264 Mackenzie Hall msoliman@u.washington.edu	Accounting Department Box 353200 Seattle, WA 98195-3200

Faculty Personal Web Page: http://faculty.washington.edu/msoliman/

Specialties

The role of financial information in capital price formation; Valuation and Fundamental Analysis; Financial Reporting and Selective Disclosure.

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2007
Assistant Professor, Stanford University (2003 – 2007)

Selected Publications

"The Use of DuPont Analysis by Market Participants.," The Accounting Review, forthcoming March, 2008.

“Conservatism, Growth and Return on Investment,” with M. Rajan and S. Reichelstein, Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 2/3, 2007.

“Differential Properties in the Ratings of Certified vs. Non-Certified Bond Rating Agencies,” with W. Beaver and C. Shakespeare, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 42, Issue 3, 2006.

Current Research

Bond ratings; accounting conservatism; selective disclosure; accounting based trading strategies.

Honors and Awards

Evening MBA Professor of the 2008-2009 Year, Class of 2011 (2009)
EMBA Excellence in Teaching Award for 2008-2009, Regional Class 25 (2009)
American Accounting Association's Notable Contributions to the Accounting Literature Award (2009)
Charles E. Summer Outstanding Teaching Award (2009)

for: "Accrual reliability, earnings persistence and stock prices," with Scott Richardson,

Richard Sloan and Irem Tuna, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2005.

Best Paper Award for: “Conservatism, Growth and Return on Investment.” Review of Accounting

Studies Conference (2006)

MBA Class of 1969 Faculty Scholar for the 2004-05 academic year, Stanford GSB, (2005)
MBA Distinguished Teaching Award, Annual Recipient, Stanford GSB (2004)
MBA Top-10% Core Professor, Stanford GSB (2003, 2004 and 2005)
Best Paper Award for, “The Predictive Value of Expenses Excluded from ‘Pro Forma’ Earnings.”

Review of Accounting Studies Conference (2003)

USA Representative, AAANZ Doctoral Consortium, Perth Australia (2002)