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Ph.D. , Carnegie Mellon University
M. Phil, Carnegie Mellon University.
Post-Graduate Diploma in Management, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India
BS, (First Division Honors in Physics), St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, India

Introductory & Intermediate Financial Accounting; Introductory & Advanced Managerial Accounting; Research Methods.

Analysts' and Management Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Management, Financial Reporting & Analysis, Revenue Recognition, Heath care costs.

• Best Paper Award for 'Analysis' Selective Coverage and Subsequent Performance of Newly Public Firms' at the 2004 International Finance Conference, National Taiwan University, Dec 2004.
• Vernon K. Zimmerman Outstanding Paper Award at the 10th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Hawaii, October 1998.
• L. H. Penney Faculty Fellowship, Professional Accounting Program, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
• Richard King Mellon Doctoral Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University.

Assistant Professor, Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.

• An Analysis of Managerial Use and Market Consequences of Earnings Management and Expectation Management, (with K. Kim and S. Patro The Accounting Review, November 2011.
• Quarterly Earnings Patterns and Earnings Management, (with P.K. Shroff and H. Zhang), in Contemporary accounting Research, Vol. 26 (3), Fall (Autumn) 2009
• Analyst's Selective Coverage and Subsequent Performance of Newly Public firms, (with R. Guo and H. Zhang), Journal of Finance, Vol. 61(3), June 2006.
• Stock Market Valuation of Deferred Tax Assets: Evidence from Internet Firms, (with M.P.Bauman),Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 31 (9 & 10), November/December 2004. (Lead Article).
• Health Care Regulation and the Operating Efficiency of Hospitals: Evidence from Taiwan, (with H. Chang, W. Chang and S.Li),Journal of Accounting & Public Policy, Vol. 23 (6) November/December 2004.
• Hospital Ownership and Operating Efficiency: Evidence from Taiwan (with H. Chang and M. Cheng),European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 159 (2), December 2004.
• Rounding-Up in Reported EPS, Earnings Management and Behavioral Thresholds, (with H. Zhang),Journal of Accounting and Economics, vol. 35 (1), April 2003.
• Earnings Preictability and Bias in Analysts' Earnings Forecasts, (with C. Levine and K. Sivaramakrishnan),The Accounting Review, Vol. 73 (2), April 1998.
• impact of strategic Alliances on Firm Valuation, (with P.K. Sen and s. Sengupta),
  The academy of Management Journal, Vol. 41 (1), February 1998.