Douglas J. Skinner Explained

Douglas J. Skinner is an accounting professor, and the Deputy Dean for Faculty and Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His substantive interests are in corporate accounting and specifically in disclosure practices of corporations and the role of disclosure in shareholder litigation,^[1] corporate financial reporting, and corporate finance.

He is originally from Australia. He earned his undergraduate degree in economics from Macquarie University and a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Rochester. Starting in 1989, Skinner was a professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan until 2005 when he joined the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

He has been involved in research on corporate accounting and corporate finance.^[2] ^[3] His research led to changes by the Security and Exchange Commission addressing unfair timing advantages in high-speed algorithmic trading.^[4]

Selected publications

Rogers . Jonathan L. . Skinner . Douglas J. . Zechman . Sarah L. C. . Sarah Zechman . Run EDGAR Run: SEC Dissemination in a High-Frequency World . Journal of Accounting Research . 1 January 2017. 55 . 2 . 459–505 . 10.1111/1475-679X.12167 .
Dechow . Patricia . Skinner . Douglas J. . Earnings Management: Reconciling the Views of Accounting Academics, Practitioners, and Regulators . 1 February 2000. ]
Skinner . Douglas J. . Why Firms Voluntarily Disclose Bad News . Journal of Accounting Research . 32 . 1 . 1994. 38–60 . 10.2307/2491386. 2491386 . 2027.42/36117 . free .

Notes and References

Skinner . Douglas J. . Earnings disclosures and stockholder lawsuits . Journal of Accounting and Economics . 1 November 1997 . 23 . 3 . 249–282 . 10.1016/S0165-4101(97)00010-4. 2027.42/36116 . free .
Web site: Monga . Vipal . Google's Mysterious Retroactive Charge . Wall Street Journal . 11 May 2011.
Web site: Silverman . Rachel Feintzeig and Rachel Emma . Earnings Calls Take On Whiff of Showbiz . Wall Street Journal . 22 July 2013.
Web site: Maloney calls on SEC to end outrageous policy that allows inside investors early access to public filings . Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney . en . 28 October 2014 . 20 January 2021 . 27 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201027133338/https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/maloney-calls-on-sec-to-end-outrageous-policy-that-allows-inside . dead .