Ilan Guttman
Professor Ilan Guttman's research is in the area of applications of economics of information in accounting and corporate finance. In particular, his recent research focuses on issues of voluntary disclosure, earnings management, financial analysts, and dividend policy.
Bio
Ilan Guttman joined the Stanford Graduate School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Accounting in July 2004. Before joining the Stanford GSB, Professor Guttman taught micro economics and finance at the Economics department of the Hebrew University.
Professor Guttman’s research focuses on applications of economics of information in accounting and finance. His recent research focuses on issues of disclosure, financial analysts, earnings management, and dividend policy.
Professor Guttman earned the following degrees from the Hebrew University: BA in Economics, 1995; BSc in Computer Science, 1996; MA in Economics and Business Administration, 1999; and PhD in Economics, 2004.
Academic Degrees
PhD in Economics, 2004; MA in Economics and Business Administration, 1999; BSc (Computer Science), 1996; BA in Economics, 1995; Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem.
Professional Experience
At Stanford since 2004.
Selected Publications
- Voluntary Disclosure, Manipulation and Real Effects: Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, 2012
- Dividend Stickiness and Strategic Pooling (with Ohad Kadan and Eugene Kandel): Forthcoming, Review of Financial Studies, 2010
- The Effect of Trading Volume on Analysts’ Forecast Bias (with Anne Beyer): Forthcoming, The Accounting Review, 2011
- Regression Correlation and the Time Interval: Additive–Multiplicative Framework (with Haim Levy and Isabel Tkatch): Management Science 47, 2001
- A Rational Expectations Theory of the Kinks in Financial Reporting (with Ohad Kadan and Eugene Kandel): The Accounting Review 81, 2006
- The Timing of Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts: The Accounting Review 85, 2010
Working Papers
- 2102: Not Only What But also When: A Theory of Dynamic Voluntary Disclosure