1. Robert Kellogg
   • "An Empirical Study of Rule 10b-5 Buyers' Suits Based Upon Accounting Disclosures," November 1979
   
   
2. Robert W. Holthausen
   
   • "Theory and Evidence on the Effect of Bond Covenants and Management Compensation Contracts on the Choice of Accounting Techniques: The Case of the Depreciation Switch-Back," April 1980
   • Nomura Securities Professor of Accounting & Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
   
   
3. Richard Leftwich
   
   • "Private Determination of Accounting Methods in Corporate Bond Indentures," April 1980
   • Fuji Bank and Heller Professor of Finance & Accounting, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
   
   
4. Wayne H. Mikkelson
   
   • "Convertible Debt and Warrant Financing: A Study of the Agency Cost Motivation and Wealth Effects of Calls of Convertible Securities," April 1980
   • Roger Engemann Professor of Finance, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon
   
   
5. Peter Dodd
   
   • "The Market for Corporate Control and Stockholder Wealth," June 1980, Chair of Committee
   • Chief Financial Officer, North American Energy Partners
   • former Head of Corporate Finance, ABN-AMRO, Australia; former Dean, Australian Graduate School of Management
   
   
6. Richard S. Ruback
   
   • "The Effects of Discretionary Price Control Decisions on Equity Values," July 1980
   • Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University
   
   
7. Björn Espen Eckbo
   
   • "Examining the Anti-Competitive Significance of Large Horizontal Mergers," July 1981
   • Tuck Centennial Professor of Finance, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
   
   
8. Thomas Lys
   
   • "Selection of Accounting Procedures and Implications of Changes in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: A Case Study Using Oil and Gas Accounting," May 1982
   • Eric L. Kohler Chair in Accounting, Prof. of Accounting Information & Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
   
   
9. Kenneth R. French
   
   • "The Pricing of Futures and Forward Contracts," July 1982, Chair of Committee
   • Carl E. and Catherine M. Heidt Professor of Finance, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
   
   
10. H. Nejat Seyhun
    
    • "Analysis of Market Response to Insider Trading Information," April 1984, Chair of Committee
    • Jerome B. and Eilene M. York Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Michigan
    
    
11. William Blozan
    
    • "Retail Deals as Competition: Reducing Consumer Search Costs," September 1986, Co-Chair of Committee
    • CEO, Breeze Easy, Inc., San Diego, CA
    
    
12. Karen H. Wruck
    
    • "Management Financing Decisions and Firm Value: An Examination of Private Sales of Common Stock," September 1987, Chair of Committee
    • Associate Dean for MBA Programs, Dean's Distinguished Professor, Professor of Finance, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University
    
    
13. Dean Crawford
    
    • "Factors that Influence the Form of Payment in Mergers," December 1987
    • Associate Professor, SUNY Oswego
    
    
14. Vinod Singhal
    
    • "Risk Considerations in Operations Management," March 1988
    • Professor of Operations Management, DuPree College of Management, Georgia Tech University
    
    
15. Susan E. Liberty
    
    • "Economic Determinants of Accounting Choice: A Study of Commercial Bank Accounting Practices," November 1988
    
    
16. Douglas J. Skinner
    
    • "Options Markets, Stock Return Volatility and the Information Content of Earnings Releases," July 1989
    • John P. and Lillian A. Gould Professor of Accounting, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
    
    
17. Paul J. Seguin
    
    • "Consequences of Exchange Listing and Transactions Reporting: An Empirical Investigation of National Market System Reporting," May 1990, Chair of Committee
    • Associate Professor, Carlson Graduate School of Management, University of Minnesota
    
    
18. Joy Begley
    
    • "The Determinants of Debt Covenant Use: An Empirical Investigation," December 1990
    • Ronald L. Cliff Professor in Accounting, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia
    
    
19. Shing-Yang Hu
    
    • "Market Risk and Asset Returns," July 1992
    • Professor, National Taiwan University
    
    
20. Philip Kearns
    
    • "Volatility and the Pricing of Interest Rate Derivative Securities," June 1993, Chair of Committee
    • Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income, DE Shaw & Co
    
    
21. Mark R. Huson
    
    • "Bid-Ask Spreads, Measured Returns, and Inferences in Financial Research," September 1995, Chair of Committee
    • Associate Professor of Finance, Pocklington Professor of Private Enterprise & Jarislowsky Fellow, University of Alberta
    
    
22. Jangkoo Kang
    
    • "Bond Mutual Fund Performance Evaluation: The Numeraire Portfolio Approach," April 1997
    • Professor of Finance, Graduate School of Management, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
    
    
23. Jarrad V. T. Harford
    
    • "Corporate Cash Reserves and Acquisitions," February 1998, Chair of Committee
    • Associate Professor of Finance, Evert McCabe Endowed Faculty Fellow, University of Washington
    
    
24. Michelle B. Lowry
    
    • "Intertemporal Variation in IPO Volume," December 1999, Chair of Committee
    • Associate Professor of Finance, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University
    
    
25. Jonathan Lewellen
    
    • "On the Predictability of Stock Returns," April 2000
    • Associate Professor of Finance, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College
    
    
26. Andreas Gintschel
    
    • "Quote Revisions in Related Assets," August 2001
    • Deutsche Asset Management, Frankfurt, Germany
    
    
27. Micah Officer
    
    • "Contractual Features of Merger Agreements," November 2001, Chair of Committee
    • Assistant Professor of Finance, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
    
    
28. Richmond D. Mathews
    
    • "Theoretical Examinations of Direct Equity Sales," August 2003
    • Assistant Professor of Finance, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
    
    
29. Tzachi Zach
    
    • "Inside the Accrual Anomaly,"December 2003
    • Assistant Professor of Accounting, Olin Business School, Washington University, St. Louis
    
    
30. Lance Young
    • "Empirical Investigations of Rational and Behavioral Explanations for Capital Market Anomalies," August 2005
    • Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Washington
    
    
31. Ivy Xiying Zhang
    • "Economic Consequences of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002," December 2005
    • Assistant Professor of Accounting, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
    
    
32. Gennaro Bernile
    • "The Rhetoric of M&A Deals: Analysis of Insiders’ Forecasts During the Merger Wave of the 1990s," August 2006
    • Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Miami
      
    
    
33. Alexander Barinov
    • "Idiosyncratic Volatility, Growth Options, and the Cross-Section of Returns," Proposed May 2007, Chair of Committee
      

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