Robert Verrecchia
Robert Ernest Verrecchia is an American economist and university professor .
Career, research and teaching
After his Bachelor of Science degree from Brown University in 1970, Verrecchia went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , which he left in 1972 as a Master of Science . He then moved to Stanford University , where he in 1976 at the Graduate School of Business as a Ph.D. graduated. As an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , he stayed in the scientific community. In 1979 he moved to the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago , where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 1981. In 1985 he accepted a call from the University of Pennsylvania and went to the Wharton School as a full professor . In 1997 he took over the Elizabeth F. Putzel professorship there .
Verrecchia's specialty is accounting and accounting . His main focus is on publicity and disclosure requirements for capital markets , publications and courses deal with, among other things, asymmetrical information , cost of capital , the accounting for complex financial instruments and the discussions about an accounting framework between the US Financial Accounting Standards Board and the British, the International Accounting Standards Board representing EU interests .
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| SURNAME | Verrecchia, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Verrecchia, Robert E .; Verrecchia, Robert Ernest (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1948 |