Education
- PhD University of Iowa
- BSBA Drake University (2005)
Expertise
Positions Held
Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Washington 2021 – Present
Lane A. Daley Endowed Fellow 2019 – 2022
UW VITA Founder (with Izzy Weber) 2016 – Present
Assistant Professor, University of Washington 2014 – 2021
Selected Publications
“Disclosure Speed: Evidence from Nonpublic SEC Investigations”
Blackburne, T., & Quinn, P. (2023). The Accounting Review.
“Are CEOs’ Purchases More Profitable Than They Appear?”
Armstrong, C., Blackburne, T., & Quinn, P. (2021). Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 71(2–3), pp. 101378.
“Undisclosed SEC Investigations”
Blackburne, T., Kepler, J., Quinn, P., & Taylor, D. (2021). Management Science, Vol. 67(6), pp. 3403–3418.
“Tax-Advantaged Trust Use Among IPO Executives: Determinants and Implications for Valuation and Future Performance”
Dambra, M., Gustafson, M., & Quinn, P. (2020). The Accounting Review, Vol. 95(3), pp. 145–175.
“Auditor Benchmarking of Client Disclosures”
Drake, M., Lamoreaux, P., Quinn, P., & Thornock, J. (2019). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 24(2), pp. 393–425.
“Shifting Corporate Culture: Executive Stock Ownership Plan Adoptions and Incentives to Meet or Just Beat Analysts’ Expectations”
Quinn, P. (2018). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 23(2), pp. 654–685.
“The Effect of Tax-Motivated Income Shifting on Information Asymmetry”
Chen, C., Hepfer, B., Quinn, P., & Wilson, R. (2018). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 23(3), pp. 958–1004.
“Who Uses Financial Statements? A Demographic Analysis of Financial Statement Downloads from EDGAR”
Drake, M., Quinn, P., & Thornock, J. (2017). Accounting Horizons, Vol. 31(3), pp. 55–68.
Honors and Awards
AAA / Deloitte Foundation / J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2013
Byron Ross Award of Teaching Excellence, 2012
Graduate College Summer Fellowship, 2012
Mary L. Collins Doctoral Fellowship, 2011
Working Papers
"Managers and investor sentiment" with Paul Hribar.
"An analysis of the SEC's objective function: evidence from the response to options backdating" with M. Glendening and E. Lie.
"The value of CFOs" with R. Mergenthaler.
"Incentives for tax efficiency" with J. Kim and R. Wilson.
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