
Andrew Van Buskirk
ProfessorAccounting & Management Information Systems
Background
Professor Van Buskirk studies the role of financial reporting in resolving capital market uncertainty. He has published articles in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Review of Accounting Studies, The Accounting Review, and the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. He is an editor of The Accounting Review, on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and was previously on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting Research. Prior to joining Ohio State, he taught Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Before receiving his PhD, he worked as a CPA in Arthur Andersen’s Philadelphia office.
Areas of Expertise
Accounting- Capital Markets
- Disclosures
- Financial Reporting
- Securities Regulation
Education
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania
- BS, University of Delaware
Publications
- Van Buskirk, Andrew and Jonathan Rogers. “Bundled Forecasts in Empirical Accounting Research.” Journal of Accounting & Economics. 55.1 (2013): 43-65.
- Van Buskirk, Andrew. “Disclosure Frequency and Information Asymmetry.”Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting. 38.4 (2012): 411-440.
- Van Buskirk, Andrew. “Discussion of Option Prices Leading Equity Prices: Do Option Traders Have an Information Advantage.” Journal of Accounting Research. 50.2 (2012): 433-442.
- Van Buskirk, Andrew, Jonathan Rogers and Sarah L.C. Zechman. “Disclosure Tone and Shareholder Litigation.” The Accounting Review. 86.6 (2011): 2155-2183.
Courses
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ACCTMIS 3201 - Financial Accounting II
Theory and application of accounting techniques to record and report financial information; asset and liability valuation; income measurement; second of two-course sequence. Prereq: 3200, 3200.02, or BusMHR 2292 (BusAdm 499.01); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3201.02 or 523.
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ACCTMIS 8782 - Doctoral Seminar in Financial Accounting
Required doctoral seminar in Financial Accounting. Prereq: Enrollment in AcctMIS PhD program.
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MBA 6210 - Accounting for Decision Making-EMBA
Uses of Accounting by Managers. Prereq: Enrollment in Executive MBA program or permission of instructor.