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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. “Social Media Toxicity and Capital Markets” Jedson Pinto and Kirti Sinha. Forthcoming in The Accounting Review
  2. “Incongruent CEO facial expressions and analyst dispersion” Mingming Ji, Jeffrey Ng, and Jingran Zhao. Forthcoming in Review of Accounting Studies
  3. “Generative AI and Investor Processing of Financial Information” Joe Croom and Steph Grant (2026). Forthcoming in Journal of Accounting and Economics
  4. "Generative AI in Financial Reporting" Blankespoor, E., deHaan, E., and Li, Q. (2026). Journal of Accounting Research.
  5. "Using GPT to Measure Business Complexity" Bernard, D., Blankespoor, E., deKok, T., and Toynbee, S. (2026). The Accounting Review.
  6. “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.
  7. “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.
  8. “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.
  9. “Response to the FASB Invitation to Comment: Identifiable Intangible Assets and Subsequent Accounting for Goodwill” Members of the Financial Reporting Policy Committee of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association; principal co-authors Shana Clor-Proell, Nerissa Brown, Stephen Stubben, and Brian White; additional co-authors Elizabeth Blankespoor, Elizabeth Gordon, Mahendra Gujarathi, Elain Henry, and Ken Merkley (2022). Accounting Horizons, Vol. 36(3), p.1-19
  10. “A Hard Look at SPAC Projections”
    Blankespoor, E., Hendricks, B., Miller, G., and Stockbridge, D., (2022). Management Science, Vol. 68, pp. 4742–4753.
  11. “Strategic Disclosure and CEO Media Visibility”
    Blankespoor, E., and deHaan, E., (2020). Journal of Financial Reporting, Vol. 5(1), pp. 25–50.
  12. “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.
  13. “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.
  14. “Why do Individual Investors Disregard Accounting Information? The roles of information awareness and acquisition costs” Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog; Knowledge@Wharton; Foster Research Briefs; Center for Financial Reporting and Analysis Blog (2019). Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 57(1), p.53-84
  15. “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.
  16. “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.
  17. “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.
  18. “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.
  19. “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.
  20. “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

AAA Distinguished Contribution to Accounting Literature Award (2026) for "The Role of Dissemination in Market Liquidity: Evidence from Firms' Use of Twitter

Executive Development Program Excellence in Teaching Award, UW Foster (2026)

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. “Tapping into Virality: Corporate Engagement in Public Discourse” (with Ties deKok and Xue Li, 2026)
  2. “Do Accountants Increase Economic Activity?” (with Suresh Nallareddy and Kevin Standridge, 2026)
  3. “Finding an Alternative Disclosure Path: IPO Business Model Targets” (with Badryah Alhusaini, Brad Hendricks, and Greg Miller, 2026)
  4. “Show your work: Paystub Requirements and Wage Theft” (with Carter Sampson, 2026)
  5. “AI Intermediation and Investor Information Processing: Evidence from Earnings Summaries on Social Media” (with Jeroen Koenraadt and Christoph Sextroh, 2026)
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, Journal of Accounting and Economics (2018-2023)
Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting Research (2017-2021)
Editorial Board, Review of Accounting Studies (2020-2021)
Editorial Board, The Accounting Review (2017-2020, 2023-2026)

Current Research

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