Phil Quinn

Chair of the Faculty Council

Associate Professor

PricewaterhouseCoopers & Alumni Accounting Professor

University of Washington

Curriculum vitae

Publications:

1. “Disclosure Speed: Evidence from Nonpublic SEC Investigations" with Terrence Blackburne. The Accounting Review, 2023.

   • Data on investigation open and close dates available upon request.

2. “Are CEOs’ purchases more profitable than they appear?” with Christopher Armstrong and Terrence Blackburne. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2021.

   • Media coverage by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, National Affairs (January 12, 2021), Daily Advent, and Newsbreak.

3. “Undisclosed SEC Investigations” with Terrence Blackburne, John Kepler, and Daniel Taylor. Management Science. Accepted.

   • Media coverage by Bloomberg, The Dig, TheCorporateCounsel.net, Penn Today, Columbia Law School’s Blog on Corporations and Capital Markets

   • 2020 Jacobs Levy Center Research Outstanding Paper Prize ($5000)

4. “Gaming the System: Three Red Flags of 10b5-1 Abuse” with David Larcker, Bradford Lynch, Bryan Tayan, and Daniel Taylor. Stanford Closer Look Series, 2021.

   • Media coverage by the Wall Street Journal. Cited by SEC Chair Gary Gensler.

5. “Tax-Advantaged Trust Use Among IPO Executives: Determinants and Implications for Valuation and Future Performance” with Michael Dambra and Matthew Gustafson. The Accounting Review, 95(3): 145-175.

6. “Auditor benchmarking of client disclosures” with Michael Drake, Phillip Lamoreaux, and Jacob Thornock. Review of Accounting Studies, 24(2), 393-425.

   • Lead article

7. “Shifting corporate culture: Executive stock ownership plan adoptions and incentives to meet or just beat analysts' expectations” Review of Accounting Studies, 23(2), 654-685.

   • Featured in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation

8. “The effect of tax-motivated income shifting on information asymmetry” with Ciao-Wei Chen, Brad Hepfer, and Ryan Wilson. Review of Accounting Studies, 23(3), 958-1004.

   • 2017 Review of Accounting Studies Conference Paper

9. “Who Uses Financial Statements? A Demographic Analysis of Financial Statement Downloads from EDGAR" with Michael Drake and Jacob Thornock. Accounting Horizons, 31(3): 55-68, 2017.
   - American Accounting Association Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award ($2500)