Selected Bibliography for Richard Leftwich
Fuji Bank and Heller Professor of Accounting and Finance

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Published Works 

"Discussion Of: 'Investor Protection under Unregulated Financial Reporting'." Richard Leftwich; Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2004, 38(1-3), pp. 117-28.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2004.09.003

"Contemporaneous Announcements of Dividends and Earnings." Richard Leftwich and Mark E. Zmijewski; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 1994, 9(4), pp. 725-62.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=11868431

"The Relative Informativeness of Accounting Disclosures in Different Countries." Andrew Alford, Jennifer Jones, Richard Leftwich and Mark Zmijewski; Journal of Accounting Research, 1993, 31(Studies on International Accounting), pp. 183-223.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2491170

"The Effect of Bond Rating Agency Announcements on Bond and Stock Prices." John R. M. Hand, Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Journal of Finance, 1992, 47(2), pp. 733-52.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2329121

"Aggregation of Test Statistics: Statistics vs Economics." Richard Leftwich; Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1990, 12(1-3), pp. 37-44.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-4101(90)90040-B

"Large-Block Transactions, the Speed of Response, and Temporary and Permanent Stock-Price Effects." Robert W. Holthausen, Richard W. Leftwich and David Mayers; Journal of Financial Economics, 1990, 26(1), pp. 71-95.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X(90)90013-P

"The Effect of Large Block Transactions on Security Prices: A Cross-Sectional Analysis." Robert W. Holthausen, Richard W. Leftwich and David Mayers; Journal of Financial Economics, 1987, 19(2), pp. 237-67.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X(87)90004-3

"Predicting Audit Qualifications with Financial and Market Variables." Nicholas Dopuch, Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Accounting Review, 1987, 62(3), pp. 431-54.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/247571

"The Effect of Bond Rating Changes on Common Stock Prices." Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Journal of Financial Economics, 1986, 17(1), pp. 57-89.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X(86)90006-1

"Abnormal Stock Returns Associated with Media Disclosures of 'Subject to' Qualified Audit Opinions." Nicholas Dopuch, Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1986, 8(2), pp. 93-117.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-4101(86)90013-3

"Qualified Audit Opinions and Stock Prices: Information Content, Announcement Dates, and Concurrent Disclosures." Peter Dodd, Nicholas Dopuch, Robert Holthausen and Richard Leftwich; Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1984, 6(1), pp. 3.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-4101(84)90018-1

"The Economic Consequences of Accounting Choice: Implications of Costly Contracting and Monitoring." Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1983, 5, pp. 77-117.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-4101(83)90007-1

"Accounting Information in Private Markets: Evidence from Private Lending Agreements." Richard Leftwich; Accounting Review, 1983, 58(1), pp. 23-42.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/246640

"Evidence of the Impact of Mandatory Changes in Accounting Principles on Corporate Loan Agreements." Richard Leftwich; Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1981, 3(1), pp. 3-36.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0165-4101(81)80001-8

"Voluntary Corporate Disclosure: The Case of Interim Reporting." Richard W. Leftwich, Ross L. Watts and Jerold L. Zimmerman; Journal of Accounting Research, 1981, 19(Supplement 1981), pp. 50-77.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2490984

Private Determination of Accounting Methods in Corporate Bond Indentures; Richard William Leftwich; Ph.D Dissertation, The University Of Rochester, 1980.

"Market Failure Fallacies and Accounting Information." Richard Leftwich; Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1980, 2(3), pp. 193-211.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-4101(80)90002-6

"The Market for Corporate Charters: "Unhealthy Competition" Versus Federal Regulation." Peter Dodd and Richard Leftwich; Journal of Business, 1980, 53(3), pp. 259-83.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2352510

"Portfolio Strategies and Performance." Ted Bloomfield, Richard W. Leftwich and John B. Long, Jr.; Journal of Financial Economics, 1977, 5(2), pp. 201-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-405X(77)90018-6

"The Time Series of Annual Accounting Earnings." Ross L. Watts and Richard W. Leftwich; Journal of Accounting Research, 1977, 15(2), pp. 253-71.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2490352

Working Papers 

CRSP working papers are available in Regenstein Library, call number HG4501.W68 no.x, where x is the number of the paper.

Contemporaneous Announcements of Dividends and Earnings; Richard H. Leftwich and Mark E. Zmijewski; Working paper series no. 342.; Chicago: Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1991.

The Effect of Bond Rating Changes on Bond and Stock Prices; John R. M. Hand, Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Working paper series no. 253.; Chicago: Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1989.

The Speed of Response of Stock Prices to Block Transactions; Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Working paper series no.252.; Chicago: Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1989.

Abnormal Stock Returns Associated with Media Disclosures of "Subject to" Qualified Audit Opinions; Nicholas Dopuch, Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Working paper series no. 151.; Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1986.

Predicting Audit Qualifications with Financial and Market Variables; Nicholas Dopuch, Robert W. Holthausen and Richard W. Leftwich; Working paper series No. 168; Chicago: Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1986.

Insider Trading and Managers' Choice among Risky Projects; Richard W. Leftwich and Robert E. Verrecchia; Working paper series no. 63.; Chicago: Center for Research in Security Prices, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1983.

A Critical Analysis of Some Behavioural Assumptions Underlying R.J. Chambers' Accounting, Evaluation and Economic Behavior; Richard W. Leftwich; University of Queensland papers. Dept. of Accountancy: v. 1, no. 7; St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1969.
http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:220626/HF5625_L43_1969_v1no7.pdf

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