Keywords

	Richard D. Mergenthaler Assistant Professor
	Accounting W276  John Pappajohn Bus Bldg The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1994	Ph: 319-335-0848 Fax: 319-335-1956 E-mail: rick-mergenthaler@uiowa.edu Website

Academic History

• PhD in Accounting, University of Washington, 2008
• MAc, Brigham Young University, 2002
• BS in Accounting, Brigham Young University, 2002

Awards

• Dean's Teaching Award, 2011
• Gilbert P. Maynard Excellence in Accounting Instruction Award, 2010
• Old Gold Fellowship Recipient, 2009
• Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Recipient , Deloitte, 2007

Selected Publications

• Discontinuities and Earnings Management: Evidence from Restatements Related to Securities Litigation, Dain C. Donelson, John M. McInnis, Richard Mergenthaler, Contemporary Accounting Research, vol 30, 2013, 242-268
• Investor Sentiment and Pro Forma Earnings Disclosures, Nerissa C. Brown, Theodore E. Christensen, W. Brooke Elliott, Richard Mergenthaler, Journal of Accounting Research, vol 50, 2012, 1-40
• The Timeliness of Bad Earnings News and Litigation Risk, Dain Donelson, John McInnis, Richard Mergenthaler, Yong Yu, The Accounting Review, vol 87, 2012, 1967-1991
• Rules-Based Accounting Standards and Litigation, Dain C. Donelson, John McInnis, Richard Mergenthaler, The Accounting Review, vol 87, 2012, 1247-1279
• Who Trades on Pro Forma Earnings Information?, Theodore E. Christensen, Nilabhra Bhattacharya, Ervin L. Black, Richard Mergenthaler, The Accounting Review, vol 82, 2007, 581-619
• Empirical Evidence on Recent Trends in Pro Forma Reporting, Theodore E. Christensen, Nilabhra Bhattacharya, Ervin L. Black, Richard Mergenthaler, Accounting Horizons, vol 18, 2004, 27-43

Working Papers

• CEO and CFO Career Penalties to Missing Quarterly Analysts Forecasts, Richard Mergenthaler, Shivaram Rajgopal, Suraj Srinivasan
• Principles-Based versus Rules-Based Standards and Earnings Management, Richard Mergenthaler
• Financial Statement Comparability and the Efficiency of Acquisition Decisions, Ciao-Wei Chen, Daniel W. Collins, Todd Kravet, Richard Mergenthaler
• Principles-Based Standards and Earnings Attributes, Richard Mergenthaler, Paul Hribar, David Folsom, Kyle Peterson
• The Effect of Corporate Governance Reform on Financial Reporting Fraud, Dain Donelson, John McInnis, Richard Mergenthaler

Prior Positions

• Senior Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2002 - 2004

Review and Editorial Work

• Referee, Accounting Horizons
• Referee, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
• Referee, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
• Referee, Journal of Management Accounting Research
• Referee, Management Science
• Referee, Review of Accounting Studies
• Referee, The Accounting Review

Presentations

• FASRI Roundtable, February 2013
• Penn State University, December 2012
• Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting at USC, November 2012
• Dartmouth University, October 2012
• Duke University, October 2012
• Cornell Univeristy, September 2012
• AAA Anual Meeting, August 2012
• The University of Oregon, April 2012
• Brigham Young University Accounting Research Symposium, November 2011
• AAA Anual Meeting, August 2011
• Midwest Accounting Research Conference at Notre Dame University, June 2011
• Brigham Young University Accounting Research Symposium, October 2010
• Brigham Young University Accounting Research Symposium, October 2009
• AAA Anual Meeting, August 2009
• AAA Annual Meeting, August 2008
• Emory University, March 2008
• Northwestern University, March 2008
• Penn State University, March 2008
• Washington University, March 2008
• Duke University, February 2008
• Indiana University, February 2008
• The University of Georgia, February 2008

Committees and Professional Service

• Profession Programs Committee, 2011-current
• Ph.D. Committee, 2009-2011

Licensures and Certifications

• Certified Public Accountant, AICPA, September - 2004