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Assistant Professor of Accounting

Lane A. Daley Endowed Fellow

Education

PhD University of Iowa

BSBA Drake University (2005)

Academic Expertise

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 2014

Managerial Accounting Lecturer, The University of Iowa, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013

Research Assistant, The University of Iowa 2008, 2009, 2011

Selected Publications

1. “Tax-Advantaged Trust Use Among IPO Executives: Determinants and Implications for Valuation and Future Performance“

   Journal Article:Dambra, M., Gustafson, M., and Quinn, P., (forthcoming). The Accounting Review,
2. “Auditor benchmarking of client disclosures“

   Journal Article:Drake, M., Lamoreaux, P., Quinn, P., & Thornock, J., (2019). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 24(2), pp. 393-425.
3. “Shifting Corporate Culture: Executive Stock Ownership Plan Adoptions and Incentives to Meet or Just Beat Analysts’ Expectations“

   Journal Article:Quinn, P., (2018). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 23(2), pp. 654-685.
4. “The Effect of Tax-Motivated Income Shifting on Information Asymmetry“

   Journal Article:Chen, C., Hepfer, B., Quinn, P., & Wilson, R., (2018). Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 23(3), pp. 958-1004.
5. “Who Uses Financial Statements? A Demographic Analysis of Financial Statement Downloads from EDGAR“

   Journal Article:Drake, M., Quinn, P., & Thornock, J., (2017). Accounting Horizons, Vol. 31(3), pp. 55-68.

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.

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