Edward L. Owens Goizueta Business School Office: 404-727-6642 Emory University Fax: 404-727-6313 1300 Clifton Road ed.owens@emory.edu Atlanta, GA 30322 EMPLOYMENT Goizueta Business School, Emory University 2014- Assistant Professor of Accounting Simon Business School, University of Rochester 2010-2014 Assistant Professor of Accounting Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2005-2010 Research Assistant General Motors Acceptance Corporation Financial Services 2002-2005 Senior Financial Analyst GMAC Insurance American Financial Group, Inc. 1994-1999 Claims Manager Atlanta Casualty Companies EDUCATION Ph.D. Accounting, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2010 M.B.A. Finance/Decision and Information Analysis, Emory University 2003 B.B.A. Risk Management and Insurance, University of Georgia, Magna Cum Laude 1994 Additional Majors (2001): Finance, Management Information Systems Academic Honors and Awards: Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship (2009) Outstanding Decision Analysis Student Award, Emory MBA program (2003) Rigor Core Value Student Award, Emory MBA program (2003) Roberto C. Goizueta Graduate Scholarship, Emory MBA program (2001-2003) Beta Gamma Sigma (1993, 2003) Golden Key National Honor Society (1993) Phi Kappa Phi (1993) Edward Owens, Curriculum Vitae, September 2014 Page 1 of 6
RESEARCH Refereed Publications: "Asymmetry in Earnings Timeliness and Persistence: A Simultaneous Equations Approach" (with W. Beaver and W. Landsman), Review of Accounting Studies, 2012, 17: 781-806. Working Papers: "Bankruptcy Contagion and Earnings Informativeness" - featured in "Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation" July 27, 2011 under the title "Accounting Conservatism, Going-Concern Horizon, and Earnings Informativeness" "Analysts' Forecasts During Periods of High Market Uncertainty (with D. Amiram, W. Landsman, and S. Stubben) "Business Model Shocks and Abnormal Accruals" (with J. Wu and J. Zimmerman) "Do Information Releases Increase or Decrease Information Asymmetry? New Evidence from Analyst Forecast Announcements" (with D. Amiram and O. Rozenbaum) "Earnings Comovement and Accounting Comparability: The Effects of Mandatory IFRS Adoption" (with M. Lang and M. Maffett). "The Effect of Short-Sale Constraints on Default Prediction Around the World" (with M. Maffett and A. Srinivasan) "Measuring Financial Covenant Strictness in Private Debt Contracts" (with P. Demerjian) "Private Benefits Extraction and the Opposing Effects of Income Smoothing on Private Debt Contracts" (with D. Amiram) "Quarter-end Repo Borrowing Dynamics and Bank Risk Opacity" (with J. Wu) - accepted for presentation at the 2014 Review of Accounting Studies conference Presentations: "Business Model Shocks and Abnormal Accruals" - 2013: Tuck School of Business Junior Empiricist Accounting Conference, University of Rochester, Columbia University, University of Minnesota Edward Owens, Curriculum Vitae, September 2014 Page 2 of 6
Discussion of "Accounting Comparability, Investor Sophistication, and Contagion Effects" - 2013: FARS Mid-Year Meeting Discussion of "Accounting Comparability and Loan Contracting" - 2013: FARS Mid-Year Meeting "The Effect of Short-Sale Constraints on Default Prediction Around the World" - 2014: University of Utah - 2012: University of Rochester "Do Information Releases Increase or Decrease Information Asymmetry? New Evidence from Analyst Forecast Announcements" - 2013: Emory University, Boston College "Quarter-end Repo Borrowing Dynamics and Bank Risk Opacity" - 2012: Utah Winter Accounting Conference - 2011: University of Rochester, New York University Discussion of "Insider Trading and the Incorporation of Future Earnings News Into Stock Prices" - 2012: FARS Mid-Year Meeting "Private Benefits Extraction and the Opposing Effects of Income Smoothing on Private Debt Contracts" - 2012: Colorado Summer Accounting Conference, National University of Singapore - 2011: Emory University, Oakland Univ. Conference on Credit Analysis and Risk Management Discussion of "Bankruptcy Risk, Costs and Corporate Diversification" - 2011: Oakland Univ. Conference on Credit Analysis and Risk Management "Earnings Comovement and Accounting Comparability: The Effects of Mandatory IFRS Adoption" - 2010: American Accounting Association Annual Meeting "Bankruptcy Contagion and the Market Response to Intra-Industry Earnings News" - 2010: Dartmouth College, Duke University, Indiana University, Northwestern University, Stanford University, University of California Los Angeles, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester Conferences Attended: 2014 Global Issues in Accounting Conference (invited participant) 2014 AAA Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA 2014 INSEAD Accounting Symposium (invited participant) 2014 Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference, Telluride (invited participant) 2014 Utah Winter Accounting Conference, Salt Lake City (invited participant) 2013 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference, MIT (invited participant) 2013 Review of Accounting Studies Conference, Beijing (invited participant) 2013 Tuck School of Business Junior Empiricist Accounting Conference (presenter) 2013 London Business School Accounting Symposium (invited participant) 2013 Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference, Aspen (invited participant) 2013 Global Issues in Accounting Conference, UNC (invited participant) 2013 Utah Winter Accounting Conference, Salt Lake City (invited participant) 2013 AAA FARS Mid-Year Meeting, San Diego (discussant, moderator) 2012 Singapore Management University Accounting Symposium Edward Owens, Curriculum Vitae, September 2014 Page 3 of 6
2012 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference, Rochester (invited participant) 2012 AAA Annual Meeting, Washington DC 2012 Colorado Summer Accounting Conference, Aspen (presenter) 2012 Utah Winter Accounting Conference, Salt Lake City (presenter) 2012 AAA FARS Mid-Year Meeting, Chicago (discussant) 2011 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference, Wharton (invited participant) 2011 AAA Annual Meeting, Denver 2011 Colorado Summer Accounting Research Conference, Estes Park (invited participant) 2011 Int'l Conference on Credit Analysis and Risk Management, Oakland Univ. (presenter, discussant) 2011 Global Issues in Accounting Conference, UNC (invited participant) 2011 NYU Summer Accounting Camp (invited participant) 2011 AAA FARS Mid-Year Meeting, Tampa 2011 New Faculty Consortium, Leesburg 2010 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference, Kellogg (invited participant) 2010 AAA Annual Meeting, San Francisco (presenter) 2010 Global Issues in Accounting Conference, UNC (invited participant) 2010 Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Conference, UNC (invited participant) 2010 University of North Carolina Tax Symposium (invited participant) 2009 Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference, MIT (invited participant) 2009 Duke/University of North Carolina Fall Accounting Camp (invited participant) 2009 AAA Annual Meeting, New York 2009 Global Issues in Accounting Conference, UNC (invited participant) 2009 CIBER Doctoral Consortium, UNC (invited participant) 2009 University of North Carolina Tax Symposium (invited participant) 2008 AAA Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium, Tahoe City (invited participant) 2008 Duke/University of North Carolina Fall Accounting Camp (invited participant) 2008 AAA Annual Meeting, Anaheim 2008 AAA FARS Doctoral Consortium and Mid-Year Meeting, Phoenix (invited participant) 2008 Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Doctoral Consortium, Norwalk (invited participant) 2007 Duke/University of North Carolina Fall Accounting Camp (invited participant) 2007 Southeast Summer Accounting Research Conference, Emory (invited participant) 2007 Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Conference, UNC (invited participant) 2007 Global Issues in Accounting Conference, UNC (invited participant) 2007 University of North Carolina Tax Symposium (invited participant) 2006 Duke/University of North Carolina Fall Accounting Camp (invited participant) 2006 Duke/University of North Carolina Corporate Finance Conference (invited participant) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professor, Empirical Accounting PhD Seminar, Current Topics, University of Rochester - 2014: 8 students enrolled; co-taught with Charles Wasley; no instructor ratings - 2013: 7 students enrolled; co-taught with Charles Wasley; no instructor ratings Professor, Managerial Accounting (undergraduate), University of Rochester - 2014: 187 students enrolled (three sections); Instructor rating 4.4/5.0-2013: 189 students enrolled (two sections); Instructor rating 4.4/5.0-2012: 115 students enrolled (one section); Instructor rating 4.5/5.0-2011: 80 students enrolled (two sections); Instructor rating 4.8/5.0 Edward Owens, Curriculum Vitae, September 2014 Page 4 of 6
Professor, Positive Accounting Research (MBA/MS), University of Rochester - Team taught with other accounting faculty - Teach 'Accounting and Debt Contracting' and 'Contemporary Issues in Bank Financial Reporting' modules - 2014: 74 students enrolled (one section); Instructor rating 4.5/5.0-2013: 42 students enrolled (one section); Instructor rating 4.4/5.0-2012: 29 students enrolled (one section); Instructor rating 4.0/5.0-2011: 32 students enrolled (one section); no individual instructor ratings Professor, Financial Reporting II (M&A, Bankruptcy) (MBA/MS), University of Rochester - 2013: 93 students enrolled (one section); Instructor rating 3.9/5.0-2012: 95 students enrolled (one section); Instructor rating 3.9/5.0 Instructor, Introduction to Financial Accounting (undergraduate), UNC-Chapel Hill, 2007-34 students enrolled (one section); Instructor rating 4.7/5.0 - Received 2008 Outstanding Ph.D. Teaching Award Teaching Assistant (R. Bushman), Complex Deals (MBA), UNC-Chapel Hill, 2009 Teaching Assistant (W. Landsman), Advanced Financial Accounting (MBA), UNC-Chapel Hill, 2008 Teaching Assistant (J. Barton), Financial Statement Analysis (MBA), Emory University, 2003 Teaching Assistant (A. Hartgraves), Financial Accounting (MBA), Emory University, 2002 Teaching Assistant (P. Noonan), Decision and Information Analysis (MBA), Emory University, 2002 SERVICE Accounting Community: FARS Section Liaison, 2014 AAA Annual Meeting Ad Hoc Reviewer, Review of Accounting Studies Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Accounting and Economics Ad Hoc Reviewer, Accounting Horizons Ad Hoc Reviewer, Management Science Ad Hoc Reviewer, Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (CFEA) Ad Hoc Reviewer, AAA Annual Meetings Ad Hoc Reviewer, AAA FARS Midyear Meetings Moderator, AAA FARS Midyear Meetings Moderator, AAA Annual Meetings Emory University: Accounting Faculty Recruiting Committee (2014) Non-degree Programs & External Affairs Committee (2014) Emory MBA Academic Student Advisory Group (2002-2003) Treasurer, Emory Habitat for Humanity (2002-2003) University of Rochester: Simon School Undergraduate Program Committee (2013) Accounting Department Ph.D. Program Committee (2011-2014) Accounting Department Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee (2011-2014) Edward Owens, Curriculum Vitae, September 2014 Page 5 of 6
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: President, Kenan-Flagler Business School PhD Student Association (2007-2009) Selection committee, UNC Boka Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service (2008) Selection committee, UNC Weatherspoon PhD Teaching Award (2008, 2009) Edward Owens, Curriculum Vitae, September 2014 Page 6 of 6