Jessica Watkins
Assistant Professor
Accountancy
574-631-1752
384 Mendoza College of Business
- Biography
- Background
- Publications
- Media
Jessica Watkins is an Assistant Professor of Accountancy. Jessica’s research centers on capital market participants’ use of accounting information and disclosure. She teaches Corporate Financial Reporting to undergraduates in the Mendoza College of Business. Prior to joining the faculty, Jessica worked as an auditor at PwC and received her Ph.D. from Indiana University and her M.S.A. and B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.
Education
Ph D, Indiana University
MS, University of Notre Dame
BBA, University of Notre Dame
Areas of Expertise
Financial Accounting
Financial Disclosure
Market Efficiency
"Consequences of Prescribed Disclosure Timeliness: Evidence from Acceleration of the Form 8-K Filing Deadline", The Accounting Review, 97, 2022
"Managers’ Strategic Use of Concurrent Disclosure: Evidence from 8-K Filings and Press Releases", (With Caleb Rawson, Brady Twedt), The Accounting Review, 98
"Usefulness of Interest Income Sensitivity Disclosures", (With Mei Cheng, Leslie Hodder), The Accounting Review, 96, 2021
CFO Dive, https://www.cfodive.com/news/burying-bad-8-k-news-raises-red-flags/649982/, May 10, 2023
Accounting Today, https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/study-finds-companies-distract-from-bad-news-with-unrelated-news, May 4, 2023
CPA Practice Advisor, https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2022/11/11/how-companies-distract-investors-when-disclosing-bad-news/, October 20, 2022
Accounting Today, https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/companies-push-positive-news-when-sec-disclosures-are-negative, October 20, 2022
Bloomberg, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-10-20/markets-calling-gilts-stabilize-and-leave-truss-tories-to-chaos, October 20, 2022
Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog, https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2022/11/11/how-companies-distract-investors-when-disclosing-bad-news/, November 11, 2022
Forbes, https://www.forbes.com/sites/josephbrazel/2023/04/11/new-research-examines-how-managers-hide-negative-news/?sh=5aea955f40ce, April 11, 2023
WebProNews, https://www.webpronews.com/report-companies-using-press-releases-sec-filing-misdirection-to-hide-bad-news/, May 10, 2023