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Elizabeth Blankespoor
Professor of Accounting
Marguerite Reimers Endowed Faculty Fellow

Education

  • PhD University of Michigan (2012)
  • MAcc University of Utah (2007)
  • BA Dordt University (2003)

Positions Held

Faculty at Stanford University, 2012-2018
Instructor at University of Utah, 2007
Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young, 2004-2006

Selected Publications

  1. "Generative AI in Financial Reporting" Blankespoor, E., deHaan, E., and Li, Q. (2026). Journal of Accounting Research.
  2. "Using GPT to Measure Business Complexity" Bernard, D., Blankespoor, E., deKok, T., and Toynbee, S. (2026). The Accounting Review.
  3. “The Pitch: Managers’ Disclosure Choice During IPO Roadshows”
    Blankespoor, E., Hendricks, B., and Miller, G., (2023). The Accounting Review, Vol. 98(2), pp. 1–29.
  4. “Understanding Investor Interaction with Firm Information: A Discussion of Lee and Zhong (2022)”
    Blankespoor, E., (2022). Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 74, Article 101523.
  5. “Real-Time Revenue and Firm Disclosure”
    Blankespoor, E., Hendricks, B., Piotroski, J., and Synn, C., (2022). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 27, pp. 1079–1116.
  6. “A Hard Look at SPAC Projections”
    Blankespoor, E., Hendricks, B., Miller, G., and Stockbridge, D., (2022). Management Science, Vol. 68, pp. 4742–4753.
  7. “Disclosure Processing Costs, Investors’ Information Choice, and Equity Market Outcomes: A Review”
    Blankespoor, E., deHaan, E., and Marinovic, I., (2020). Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 70, Article 101344.
  8. “Strategic Disclosure and CEO Media Visibility”
    Blankespoor, E., and deHaan, E., (2020). Journal of Financial Reporting, Vol. 5(1), pp. 25–50.
  9. “The Impact of Information Processing Costs on Firm Disclosure Choice: Evidence from the XBRL Mandate”
    Blankespoor, E., (2019). Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 57(4), pp. 919–967.
  10. “Firm Communication and Investor Response: A Framework and Discussion Integrating Social Media”
    Blankespoor, E., (2018). Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 68–69, pp. 80–87.
  11. “Capital Market Effects of Media Synthesis and Dissemination: Evidence from Robo-Journalism”
    Blankespoor, E., deHaan, E., and Zhu, C., (2018). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 23(1), pp. 1–36.
  12. “Perceptions and Price: Evidence from CEO Presentations at IPO Roadshows”
    Blankespoor, E., Hendricks, B., and Miller, G.S., (2017). Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55(2), pp. 275–327.
  13. “The Role of Dissemination in Market Liquidity: Evidence from Firms’ Use of Twitter”
    Blankespoor, E., Miller, G.S., and White, H.D., (2014). The Accounting Review, Vol. 89(1), pp. 79–112.
  14. “Initial Evidence on the Market Impact of the XBRL Mandate”
    Blankespoor, E., Miller, B.P., and White, H.D., (2014). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 19(4), pp. 1468–1503.
  15. “Fair Value Accounting for Financial Instruments: Does It Improve the Association Between Bank Leverage and Credit Risk?”
    Blankespoor, E., Linsmeier, T., Petroni, K., and Shakespeare, C., (2013). The Accounting Review, Vol. 88(4), pp. 1143–1177.

Honors and Awards

PACCAR Teaching Award, UW Foster (2025)

Full-time MBA Professor of the Year, UW Foster (2023)

Best Paper Award, Review of Accounting Studies Conference (2021)

Evening MBA Core Professor of the Year Class of 2023 (2021)

Dean's Excellence Award for Graduate Teaching (2021)

AAA FARS Best Paper Award (2021)

Excellence in Refereeing Award, Journal of Accounting Research (2020, 2021)

Outstanding Reviewer Award, The Accounting Review (2020)

Fowler Special Achievement Award, UW Foster (2020)

Horizon Award, Dordt College (2018)

AAA FARS Midyear Meeting Outstanding Discussant Award (2018, 2019)

AAA FARS Best Paper Award (2017)

AAA FARS Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award (2017)

FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award (2016)

Stanford MBA Distinguished Teaching Award (2016)

Stanford MSx Teaching Excellence Award (2015)

Ross School of Business Emeritus Award (2013)

Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellow (2010-2012)

Utah Association of CPA's Oustanding Accounting - - Student, University of Utah (2007)

WSJ Student Achievement Award (Top Business Student), Dordt College (2003)

Working Papers

  1. “Finding an Alternative Disclosure Path: IPO Business Model Targets” (with Badryah Alhusaini, Brad Hendricks, and Greg Miller, 2026)
  2. “Show your work: Paystub Requirements and Wage Theft” (with Carter Sampson, 2026)
  3. “Social Media Toxicity and Capital Markets” (with Jedson Pinto and Kirti Sinha, 2026)
  4. “Do Accountants Increase Economic Activity?” (with Suresh Nallareddy and Kevin Standridge, 2025)
  5. “Generative AI and Investor Processing of Financial Information” (with Joe Croom and Stephanie Grant, 2025)
  6. “Incongruent CEO facial expressions and analyst dispersion” (with Mingming Ji, Jeffrey Ng, and Jingran Zhao, 2025)
  7. “Tapping into Virality: Corporate Engagement in Public Discourse” (with Ties deKok and Xue Li, 2024)
Elizabeth Blankespoor

Academic Department

Accounting

Academic Service

Editor, Journal of Accounting and Economics (2024 - Present)
Editor, Review of Accounting Studies (2022-2023)
Editor, The Accounting Review (2020-2023)
Editorial Board, Review of Accounting Studies (2020-2021)
Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting and Economics (2018-2023)
Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting Research (2017-2021)
Editorial Board, The Accounting Review (2017-2020)

Current Research

The influence of information costs and technology on corporate disclosure and market participants’ use of information in capital markets