John R. O'Brien

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Associate Professor of Accounting and Experimental Economics

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Investments, derivatives, swaps and structured products. Research interests include formation of expectations in capital markets, laboratory markets and managerial accounting in JIT environments. Technology and experiential learning.

Published Papers: 

• An Analysis of Financial Analysts' Optimism in Long Term Growth Forecasts
  Journal of Behavior Finance 3(9), September, 2008.
  (with: B. Lee, K. Sivaramakrishnan)
  
  
• Coordination of Order Processing and Production Scheduling in JIT
  Journal of Management Accounting Research 8, 1996.
  (with: K. Sivaramakrishnan)
  
  
• Analysts' Interim Forecasts: Evidence and Forecast Bias
  Journal of Accounting Research, 1994.
  (with: S. Kang, K. Sivaramakrishnan)
  
  
• Dynamic Stock Markets with Multiple Assets: An Experimental Analysis
  Journal of Finance, 1991.
  (with: Sanjay Srivastava)
  
  
• Controlling Preferences on Units of Experimental Exchange
  Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1986.
  (with: J. Berg, J. Dickhaut, L. Daly)
  
  

Working Papers: 

• Adverse Selection plus Strategic Advantageous Selection Equals Trade
  January, 2009.
  (with: Hao Cen)
  
  
• Measuring the Impact of Regulation on Market Stability: Evidence from the US Markets
  December, 2004.
  (with: Colin Beardsley)
  
  
• Rationality of the Price Formation Process and Bias in Analysts' Earnings Forecasts.
  (with: K. Sivaramakrishnan)
  
  

Publications: 

• Investments A Visual Approach, (1995).
  (with: Sanjay Srivastava)
  
  

Awards:

• 1996 Computerworld Smithsonian Award to FastLab for visionary use of information technology in the field of education and academia (co-creator with S. Srivastava)

Consulting:

• Software Development: Financial Trading System

Courses Taught:

• Accounting for Decision Making and Control (45701)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2009, Mini 2 (Section: A)
  • 2009, Mini 2 (Section: B)
  • 2009, Mini 2 (Section: C)
  • 2009, Mini 2 (Section: M)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: A)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: B)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: C)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: F)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: M)

• Ethics Module (45785)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2006, Mini 1 (Section: A)

• Valuation and Financial Information (45802)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2012, Mini 1 (Section: A)
  • 2012, Mini 1 (Section: E)

• International Financial Statement Analysis (45806)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2011, Mini 2 (Section: A)
  • 2011, Mini 2 (Section: E)
  • 2008, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2007, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2006, Mini 4 (Section: A)

• Investment Analysis (45811)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2006, Mini 4 (Section: M)
  • 2005, Mini 2 (Section: E)
  • 2005, Mini 2 (Section: I)

• Futures and Swaps (45813)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2008, Mini 5 (Section: E)
  • 2008, Mini 5 (Section: M)
  • 2007, Mini 5 (Section: E)
  • 2007, Mini 5 (Section: M)
  • 2007, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2006, Mini 5 (Section: E)
  • 2006, Mini 5 (Section: M)
  • 2005, Mini 1 (Section: A)

• International Financial Statement Analysis (45901)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2012, Mini 2 (Section: A)

• Valuation and Financial Information (45915)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2011, Mini 1 (Section: A)
  • 2011, Mini 1 (Section: E)
  • 2010, Mini 1 (Section: A)
  • 2010, Mini 1 (Section: E)
  • 2010, Mini 5 (Section: E)
  • 2009, Mini 1 (Section: A)
  • 2009, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2009, Mini 4 (Section: M)
  • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: A)
  • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: E)
  • 2007, Mini 2 (Section: M)

• Seminar in Empirical Accounting (47715)
  (Ph.D. Program)
  • 2012, Mini 3 (Section: A)

• Market Dynamics I (47910)
  (Ph.D. Program)
  • 2009, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2009, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2008, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2007, Mini 4 (Section: A)

• Finance (70391)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2011, Spring (Section: A)

• Corporate Financial Reporting (70424)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2012, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2012, Spring (Section: A)

• Financial Statement Analysis (70428)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2012, Fall (Section: A)
  • 2010, Fall (Section: A)

• Trading Competition (46980)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2009, Mini 2 (Section: I)
  • 2008, Mini 2 (Section: I)
  • 2007, Mini 1 (Section: I)
  • 2006, Mini 1 (Section: I)
  • 2005, Mini 1 (Section: I)