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, 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, (January, 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 (45-701)
  (Masters Program)
  • 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)
  
  
• International Accounting (45-806)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2007, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  
  
• Futures and Swaps (45-813)
  (Masters Program)
  • 2007, Mini 5 (Section: E)
  • 2007, Mini 5 (Section: M)
  
  
• Valuation and Financial Information (45-915)
  (Masters Program)
  • 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)
  
  
• Market Dynamics I (47-910)
  (Ph.D. Program)
  • 2009, Mini 4 (Section: A)
  • 2007, Mini 4 (Section: A)