Devon Erickson
Devon Erickson
Devon Erickson is an Assistant Professor in School of Accounting
Biography
Dr. Erickson received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2013. He received his B.S[1]. (Accountancy) and Master of Accountancy degrees from Brigham Young University in 2007. His research investigates factors influencing analyst and investor use of financial information and management reporting. He and his wife, Erin, have four daughters.
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy, Business Administration Indiana University (2013)
Master of Business in Accounting Indiana University (2010)
Master of Accounting Brigham Young University (2007)
Bachelor of Accounting Brigham Young University (2007)[3]
Honors
Huntsman School of Business Teacher of the Year ( Utah State University, 2018-2019)
School of Accountancy Teacher of the Year (Utah State University, 2018-2019)
School of Accountancy Researcher of the Year (Utah State University, 2017-2018)
Undergraduate Teaching Award, Nominee (Indiana University, 2012)
AAA Deloitte Foundation J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow (2009)
PwC xFAC national winner (2008)
Selected Publications
Erickson, D. 2021. How mood influences investor effort to process financial information.
Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research (forthcoming).
Erickson, D., K. Holderness, K. Olsen, and T. Thornock. 2021.
Feedback with feeling?
Strategic Finance 102 (8): 38-45.
Allee, K., D. Erickson, A. Esplin, and T. Yohn. 2020.
The characteristics, valuation methods, and information use of valuation specialists.
Accounting Horizons 34 (3): 23-38.
Erickson, D., M. Hewitt, and L. A. Maines. 2017.
Do investors perceive low risk when
earnings are smooth relative to the volatility of operating cash flows?
Discerning
opportunity and incentive to report smooth earnings.
The Accounting Review 92 (3):
137-154.
Erickson, D., A. Esplin, and L. Maines. 2009.
One world – one accounting.
Business Horizons 52 (6): 531-537.
Erickson, D., K. Holderness, K. Olsen, and T. Thornock. 2020.
Feedback with Feeling?
How
Manager Emotion in Feedback Affects Individual Performance.
Working Paper (under third-round review at Accounting, Organizations, & Society).
Allee, K., D. Erickson, A. Esplin, and S. Larocque. 2020.
Independent Analysts’ Estimates
of Firm Value. Working Paper (preparing for third-round review at Journal of Financial Reporting).
Talakai, J., D. Erickson, K. Kim., and L. Rees. 2020.
Investor sentiment and information demand.
Working Paper.
Erickson, D., B. Lindsey, and J. Talakai. 2020.
The valuation implications of operating and capital leases for U.S. firms.
Working Papers
Allee, K., D. Erickson, A. Esplin, and T. Yohn. 2020.
Analysts’ preferences regarding income
statement presentation.
(data collected)
Brown, J., D. Erickson, M. Hewitt. 2020.
Do forecasting frequency and forecasting
environment influence manager investment decisions?
(pilot data collected)
Erickson, D., L. Rees, and J. Talakai. 2020.
The impact of institutional ownership on
management myopia.
(data collection)
Erickson, D., T. Seidel, N. Stephens, and J. Talakai. 2020.
Market sentiment and audit
effectiveness.
(data collection)
Erickson, D. and R. Martin. 2020.
The effects of linking manager pay to performance on
management's reporting and compensation choices.
(experimental design)