Ole-Kristian Hope

Deloitte Professor of Accounting
PhD Program Coordinator for Accounting
Professor of Accounting

Degrees:	PhD, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University MBA, University of Michigan Siviløkonom, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) CFA*, CPA, CMA, CFM
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Bio

Ole-Kristian Hope is the Deloitte Professor, Professor of Accounting, and the PhD Coordinator in Accounting at Rotman. He teaches MBA (RSM 2203) and PhD courses in financial accounting. He has broad research interests in financial disclosure, financial reporting quality, corporate governance, analysts, valuation, auditing, private firms, corporate finance, and international business issues. He has published extensively in top journals on these topics, serves on several editorial boards, and regularly presents his research at workshops, conferences, and consortia around the world.

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Academic Positions

2001 - Present

2011 - Deloitte Professor and Professor of Accounting. 2007 - 2011: Deloitte Professor and Associate Professor of Accounting. 2005 - 2007: Deloitte & Touche Junior Professor of Accounting. 2001 - 2007: Assistant Professor of Accounting; Rotman School of Management

Selected Publications - Papers

Employee Ownership and Firm Disclosure; With Dou and Bova; Working paper
Tax Avoidance and Geographic Earnings Disclosure; With Ma and Thomas; Working paper
Analysts' Choice of Peer Companies; With De Franco and Larocque; Working paper
Earnings Opacity and Closed-End Country Fund Discounts; With Chen, Li, and Wang; Working paper
The Effect of Disclosure on the Pay-Performance Relation; Forthcoming, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (with De Franco and Larocque); 2013
Voluntary Disclosure Practices by Foreign Firms Cross-Listed in the United States; Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (with Kang and Kim); Issue: Vol. 9 No. 1; 2013
Relationship-Specificity, Contract Enforceability, and Income Smoothing; Forthcoming, The Accounting Review (with Dou and Thomas); 2013
Analyst Report Readability; Conditionally accepted, Contemporary Accounting Research (with De Franco, Vyas, and Zhou); 2013
Financial Reporting Quality of U.S. Private and Public Firms; Forthcoming, The Accounting Review (with Thomas and Vyas); 2013
Large Shareholders and Accounting Research; China Journal of Accounting Research; Issue: Vol. 6 No. 1; 2013
Agency Conflicts and Auditing in Private Firms; Accounting, Organizations, and Society (with Langli and Thomas); Issue: Vol. 37 No. 7; 2012
The Cost of Pride - Why Do Firms from Developing Countries Bid Higher?; Journal of International Business Studies (with Thomas and Vyas); Issue: Vol. 42 No. 1; 2011
Do Analysts' Notes Provide New Information? (with De Franco); Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance; Issue: Vol. 26 No. 2; 2011
Financial Credibility, Ownership, and Financing Constraints in Private Firms; Journal of International Business Studies (with Thomas and Vyas); Issue: Vol. 42 No. 7; 2011
The Market's Reaction to Unexpected Earnings Thresholds; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (with Herrmann, Payne, and Thomas); Issue: Vol. 38 Nos. 1-2; 2011
Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency of Private Firms in Emerging Markets; The Accounting Review (with Chen, Li, and Wang); Issue: Vol. 86 No. 4; 2011
The Pricing of Conservative Accounting and the Measurement of Conservatism at the Firm-Year Level (with Callen and Segal); Review of Accounting Studies; Issue: Vol. 15 No. 1; 2010
Auditor Independence in a Private Firm and Low Litigation Risk Setting; The Accounting Review (with Langli); Issue: Vol. 85 No. 2; 2010
International Evidence on Analyst Stock Recommendations, Valuations, and Returns; Contemporary Accounting Research (with Barniv, Myring, and Thomas); Issue: Vol. 27 No. 4; 2010
The Effects of SFAS 131 Geographic Segment Disclosures by U.S. Multinational Companies on the Valuation of Foreign Earnings; Journal of International Business Studies (with Kang, Thomas, and Vasvari); Issue: Vol. 40 No. 3; 2009
Impact of Excess Auditor Remuneration on Cost of Equity Capital Around the World; Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance (with Kang, Thomas, and Yoo); Issue: Vol. 24 No 2; 2009
Geographic Earnings Disclosure and Trading Volume; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (with Thomas and Winterbotham); Issue: Vol. 28 No. 3; 2009
Do Analysts Practice What They Preach and Should Investors Listen? Effects of Recent Regulations; The Accounting Review (with Barniv, Myring, and Thomas); Issue: Vol. 84 No. 4; 2009
Managerial Empire Building and Firm Disclosure; Journal of Accounting Research (with Thomas); Issue: Vol. 46 No. 3; 2008
Pricing and Mispricing Effects of SFAS 131; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (with Kang, Thomas, and Vasvari); Issue: Vol. 35 Nos. 3 & 4; 2008
International Diversification and Forecast Optimism: The Effects of Reg FD; Accounting Horizons (with Herrmann and Thomas); Issue: Vol. 22 No. 2; 2008
Culture and Auditor Choice: A Test of the Secrecy Hypothesis; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (with Kang, Thomas, and Yoo); Issue: Vol. 27 No. 5; 2008
Geographic Disclosures; CA Magazine; Issue: June; 2008
Differences Between Domestic Accounting Standards and IAS: Measurement, Determinants, and Implications; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy (with Ding, Jeanjean, and Stolowy); Issue: Vol. 26 No. 1; 2007
The Impact of Non-disclosure of Geographic Segment Earnings on Earnings Predictability; Journal of Accounting, Auditing And Finance (With Thomas and Winterbotham); Issue: Vol. 21 No. 3; 2006
Domestic and Foreign Earnings, Stock Return Variability, and the Impact of Investor Sophistication.; Journal of Accounting Research (with Callen and Segal); Issue: Vol. 43 No. 3; 2005
The Role of 'Other Information' in the Valuation of Foreign Income for U.S. Multinationals; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance (with Kang); Issue: Vol. 20 No. 4; 2005
Disclosure practices, enforcement of accounting standards and analysts' forecast accuracy: An international study; Journal of Accounting Research; Issue: Vol. 41 No. 2 (May); 2003
Accounting policy disclosures and analysts' forecasts; Contemporary Accounting Research; Issue: Vol. 20 No. 2 (Summer); 2003

Other Info

* Please note that, due to strict limitations on the number of recipients, I restrict my sponsoring of CFA exam takers to ONLY include students who take my MBA course (2203).

Ole-Kristian Hope