{"id":9882,"date":"2024-08-06T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/edward-riedl\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:44:13","slug":"edward-riedl","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/edward-riedl\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Riedl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Edward Riedl\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/RiedlEdward.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n          <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--phone\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Phone\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"telephone\">\n        617-353-2317      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:eriedl@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          eriedl@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/AC_Riedl_Edward_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/ssrn.com\/author=292871\" itemprop=\"url\">\n            Visit Website\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          522E        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Edward Riedl<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tJohn F. Smith Jr. Professor in Accounting\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-bio\">\n\t<p>Eddie Riedl is the John F. Smith Professor of Management, and Professor of Accounting at the Questrom School of Business.  He was Chair of the Accounting Department from 2016-2022.  He joined Boston University in 2011; he was previously at the Harvard Business School from 2002-2011.  He graduated from Regis High School in New York City, the only all-scholarship high school in the country.  He received a combined BBA\/MBA at Pace University in 1992, and his PhD from Penn State University in 2002.  Prior to entering academia, he worked at a Big 6 auditor, in internal audit at a Fortune 250 oil company, and in corporate reporting at a real estate brokerage house.  During his career, he attained the professional designations of CPA, CMA, and CIA.<\/p>\n<p>His research focuses on three mega-trends within financial reporting over the past two decades: fair value accounting, international reporting, and issues relating to ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting.  He has published in the top-tier accounting (The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research) and management journals (Management Science), with over 100 presentations at universities around the world, including Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, London Business School, and Chinese University of Hong Kong.  His research is award-winning, including receipt of the Competitive Manuscript Award (given for the top accounting dissertation).  He has served on 20+ doctoral committees at both HBS and BU, and published extensively with doctoral students and junior faculty.  He has been an editor at the leading accounting research journals of The Accounting Review (2018-2022), as well as at Contemporary Accounting Research (2017-2020).<\/p>\n<p>Eddie teaches classes at the undergraduate, MBA, executive, and doctoral levels.  His course ratings consistently rank in the top 1%, averaging 4.95\/5.00.  He has taught executive programs for a number of Fortune 500 firms, including BP, Ericsson, IBM, and TE Connectivity.  His case studies have sold over 100,000 copies to date, with a focus on financial reporting and valuation topics in the real estate, financial services, agriculture, chemical, restaurant, and incarceration industries.  <\/p>\n<p>His passions are his wife and three children, otters (which he finally got to pet in 2023), movies, and (with hope springing ever eternal) the New York Mets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2002<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BBA, Pace University, 1992<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">MBA, Pace University, 1992<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-presentations\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tSelected Research Presentations\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. Unintended Consequences of Disclosure Mandates: Evidence from the Sunshine Act and Pharmaceutical Marketing, U Wisconsin, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. Using Mandated Disclosures to Assess Transition Opportunities and Risk: Evidence from Climate Solutions, Lisbon Sustainability Conference, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. Using Mandated Disclosures to Assess Transition Opportunities and Risk: Evidence from Climate Solutions, Lisbon Sustainability Conference, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. Using Mandated Disclosures to Assess Transition Opportunities and Risk: Evidence from Climate Solutions, Conference, Penn State, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. Using Mandated Disclosures to Assess Transition Opportunities and Risk: Evidence from Climate Solutions, Washington University, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. Climate Solutions, Transition Risk, and Stock Returns, University of Rochester, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. ESG Risk Disclosures: The Predictive Ability of Industry Best Practice, University of Cincinnati, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. ESG Risk Disclosures: The Predictive Ability of Industry Best Practice, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. ChatGPT and Financial Analysis: Early Evidence, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. Evidence of Valuation Spillover Effects for Regulatory Oversight in the Biotech Industry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Hospital Utilization Costs, Management Accounting Section Mid-Year Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Bayer, E. , Srinivasan, S. , Riedl, E. , Skiera, B. The Impact of Online Display and Paid Search Advertising Relative to Offline Advertising on Firm Performance and Firm Value<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Anderson, J., Cao, Y., Riedl, E., Song, S. (In Press). &#8220;Other Comprehensive Income and Analysts&#8217; Forecasts&#8221;, <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Neururer, T., Papadakis, G., Riedl, E. (In Press). &#8220;The Effect of Reporting Streaks on Ex-Ante Uncertainty&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lu, S., Riedl, E., Xu, S., Serafeim, G. (2024). &#8220;Climate Solutions, Transition Risk, and Stock Returns&#8221;, <i>SSRN Electronic Journal<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Conaway, J., Liang, L., Riedl, E. (2023). &#8220;Market Perceptions of Fair Value Reporting for Tangible Assets&#8221;, <i>JAAF: Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance<\/i> 908-933<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Dietrich, R., Muller, K., Riedl, E. (2023). &#8220;On the Validity of Asymmetric Timeliness Tests of Accounting Conservatism&#8221;, <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i> 2150-2195<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lyle, M., Riedl, E., Siano, F. (2023). &#8220;Changes in Risk Factor Disclosures and the Variance Risk Premium&#8221;, <i>The Accounting Review<\/i> 327-352<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Anderson, J., Cao, Y., Riedl, E., Song, S. (2023). &#8220;Other comprehensive income, its components, and analysts\u2019 forecasts&#8221;, <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i>, <i>28<\/i> (2),  792-826<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E., Sun, E., Wang, G. (2021). &#8220;Sentiment, Loss Firms, and Investor Expectations of Future Earnings*&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>38<\/i> 518-544<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Bayer, E., Srinivasan, S., Riedl, E., Skiera, B. (2020). &#8220;The impact of online display advertising and paid search advertising relative to offline advertising on firm performance and firm value&#8221;, <i>International Journal of Research in Marketing<\/i>, <i>37<\/i> (4),  789-804<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Neururer, T., Papadakis, G., Riedl, E. (2020). &#8220;The Effect of Reporting Streaks on Ex Ante Uncertainty&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>66<\/i> (8),  3771-3787<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Albuquerque, A., Chen, B., Dong, Q., Riedl, E. (2019). &#8220;Ex Post Settling Up in Cash Compensation: New Evidence&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>36<\/i> (Winter),  2283-2318<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Grewal, J., Riedl, E., Serafeim, G. (2019). &#8220;Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>65<\/i> (7),  3061-3084<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Neururer, T., Papadakis, G., Riedl, E. (2016). &#8220;Tests of investor learning models using earnings innovations and implied volatilities&#8221;, <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i>, <i>21<\/i> (2),  400-437<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">M\u00fcller, M., Riedl, E., Sellhorn, T. (2015). &#8220;Recognition versus Disclosure of Fair Values&#8221;, <i>The Accounting Review<\/i>, <i>90<\/i> (6),  2411-2447<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Liang, L., Riedl, E. (2014). &#8220;The Effect of Fair Value versus Historical Cost Reporting Model on Analyst Forecast Accuracy&#8221;, <i>The Accounting Review<\/i>, <i>89<\/i> (3),  1151-1177<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Goncharov, I., Riedl, E., Sellhorn, T. (2014). &#8220;Fair value and audit fees&#8221;, <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i>, <i>19<\/i> (1),  210-241<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Brochet, F., Jagolinzer, A., Riedl, E. (2013). &#8220;Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>30<\/i> (4),  1373-1400<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E., Serafeim, G. (2011). &#8220;Information Risk and Fair Values: An Examination of Equity Betas&#8221;, <i>Journal of Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>49<\/i> (4),  1083-1122<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Muller, K., Riedl, E., Sellhorn, T. (2011). &#8220;Mandatory Fair Value Accounting and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from the European Real Estate Industry&#8221;, <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>57<\/i> (6),  1138-1153<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E., Everett, J. (2010). &#8220;Restaurant Valuation: O&#8217;Charley&#8217;s and AFC&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business School Accounting &#038; Management Unit case<\/i> (111)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E., Meyer, K. (2010). &#8220;SIPEF: Biological Assets at Fair Value Under IAS 41&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business School Accounting &#038; Management Unit Case<\/i> (110)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E., Srinivasan, S., Katz, S. (2010). &#8220;Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital&#8221;, <i>Harvard Business School Finance case<\/i> (111)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. (2010). &#8220;Discussion of \u201cAccounting Conservatism and the Temporal Trends in Current Earnings\u2019 Ability to Predict Future Cash Flows versus Future Earnings: Evidence on the Trade-off between Relevance and Reliability\u201d*&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (2),  461-467<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E., Srinivasan, S. (2010). &#8220;Indication de la performance de l\u2019entreprise au moyen de la pr\u00e9sentation des \u00e9tats financiers: une analyse faisant appel aux \u00e9l\u00e9ments exceptionnels&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (1),  16-16<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E., Srinivasan, S. (2010). &#8220;Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items&#8221;, <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (1),  8-8<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Armstrong, C., Barth, M., Jagolinzer, A., Riedl, E. (2010). &#8220;Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe&#8221;, <i>The Accounting Review<\/i>, <i>85<\/i> (1),  31-61<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. (2009). &#8220;Discussion of \u201cRegulatory Incentives for Earnings Management through Asset Impairment Reversals in China\u201d&#8221;, <i>Journal of Accounting, Auditing &amp; Finance<\/i>, <i>24<\/i> (4),  621-626<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Liang, L., Riedl, E., Venkataraman, R. (2008). &#8220;The determinants of analyst-firm pairings&#8221;, <i>Journal of Accounting and Public Policy<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (4),  277-294<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Dietrich, J., Muller, K., Riedl, E. (2007). &#8220;Asymmetric timeliness tests of accounting conservatism&#8221;, <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i>, <i>12<\/i> (1),  95-124<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Riedl, E. (2004). &#8220;An Examination of Long-Lived Asset Impairments&#8221;, <i>The Accounting Review<\/i>, <i>79<\/i> (3),  823-852<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Barron, O., Byard, D., Kile, C., Riedl, E. 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He joined Boston University in 2011; he was previously at the Harvard Business School from 2002-2011.  He graduated from Regis High School in New York City, the only all-scholarship high school in the country.  He received a combined BBA\/MBA at Pace University in 1992, and his PhD from Penn State University in 2002.  Prior to entering academia, he worked at a Big 6 auditor, in internal audit at a Fortune 250 oil company, and in corporate reporting at a real estate brokerage house.  During his career, he attained the professional designations of CPA, CMA, and CIA.\n\nHis research focuses on three mega-trends within financial reporting over the past two decades: fair value accounting, international reporting, and issues relating to ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting.  He has published in the top-tier accounting (The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research) and management journals (Management Science), with over 100 presentations at universities around the world, including Harvard, Stanford, Chicago, London Business School, and Chinese University of Hong Kong.  His research is award-winning, including receipt of the Competitive Manuscript Award (given for the top accounting dissertation).  He has served on 20+ doctoral committees at both HBS and BU, and published extensively with doctoral students and junior faculty.  He has been an editor at the leading accounting research journals of The Accounting Review (2018-2022), as well as at Contemporary Accounting Research (2017-2020).\n\nEddie teaches classes at the undergraduate, MBA, executive, and doctoral levels.  His course ratings consistently rank in the top 1%, averaging 4.95\/5.00.  He has taught executive programs for a number of Fortune 500 firms, including BP, Ericsson, IBM, and TE Connectivity.  His case studies have sold over 100,000 copies to date, with a focus on financial reporting and valuation topics in the real estate, financial services, agriculture, chemical, restaurant, and incarceration industries.  \n\nHis passions are his wife and three children, otters (which he finally got to pet in 2023), movies, and (with hope springing ever eternal) the New York Mets.","bu_profile_image_url":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/RiedlEdward.jpg","position":["John F. Smith Jr. Professor in Accounting"],"education":["PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2002","BBA, Pace University, 1992","MBA, Pace University, 1992"],"publications":["Anderson, J., Cao, Y., Riedl, E., Song, S. (In Press). \"Other Comprehensive Income and Analysts' Forecasts\", <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i>","Neururer, T., Papadakis, G., Riedl, E. (In Press). \"The Effect of Reporting Streaks on Ex-Ante Uncertainty\", <i>Management Science<\/i>","Lu, S., Riedl, E., Xu, S., Serafeim, G. (2024). \"Climate Solutions, Transition Risk, and Stock Returns\", <i>SSRN Electronic Journal<\/i>","Conaway, J., Liang, L., Riedl, E. (2023). \"Market Perceptions of Fair Value Reporting for Tangible Assets\", <i>JAAF: Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance<\/i> 908-933","Dietrich, R., Muller, K., Riedl, E. (2023). \"On the Validity of Asymmetric Timeliness Tests of Accounting Conservatism\", <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i> 2150-2195","Lyle, M., Riedl, E., Siano, F. (2023). \"Changes in Risk Factor Disclosures and the Variance Risk Premium\", <i>The Accounting Review<\/i> 327-352","Anderson, J., Cao, Y., Riedl, E., Song, S. (2023). \"Other comprehensive income, its components, and analysts\u2019 forecasts\", <i>Review of Accounting Studies<\/i>, <i>28<\/i> (2),  792-826","Riedl, E., Sun, E., Wang, G. 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(2011). \"Information Risk and Fair Values: An Examination of Equity Betas\", <i>Journal of Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>49<\/i> (4),  1083-1122","Muller, K., Riedl, E., Sellhorn, T. (2011). \"Mandatory Fair Value Accounting and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from the European Real Estate Industry\", <i>Management Science<\/i>, <i>57<\/i> (6),  1138-1153","Riedl, E., Everett, J. (2010). \"Restaurant Valuation: O'Charley's and AFC\", <i>Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit case<\/i> (111)","Riedl, E., Meyer, K. (2010). \"SIPEF: Biological Assets at Fair Value Under IAS 41\", <i>Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case<\/i> (110)","Riedl, E., Srinivasan, S., Katz, S. (2010). \"Citigroup 2007: Financial Reporting and Regulatory Capital\", <i>Harvard Business School Finance case<\/i> (111)","Riedl, E. (2010). \"Discussion of \u201cAccounting Conservatism and the Temporal Trends in Current Earnings\u2019 Ability to Predict Future Cash Flows versus Future Earnings: Evidence on the Trade-off between Relevance and Reliability\u201d*\", <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (2),  461-467","Riedl, E., Srinivasan, S. (2010). \"Indication de la performance de l\u2019entreprise au moyen de la pr\u00e9sentation des \u00e9tats financiers: une analyse faisant appel aux \u00e9l\u00e9ments exceptionnels\", <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (1),  16-16","Riedl, E., Srinivasan, S. (2010). \"Signaling Firm Performance Through Financial Statement Presentation: An Analysis Using Special Items\", <i>Contemporary Accounting Research<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (1),  8-8","Armstrong, C., Barth, M., Jagolinzer, A., Riedl, E. (2010). \"Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe\", <i>The Accounting Review<\/i>, <i>85<\/i> (1),  31-61","Riedl, E. 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