Henry B. Tippie Excellence Chair in Accounting, Accounting

Professor, Accounting

MS in Accounting, University of Saskatchewan

BMgt in Accounting, University of Lethbridge

PhD in Business Administration, University of Iowa

financial accounting

Collegiate Teaching Award - Tippie College of Business, 2022

Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award - Tippie College of Business, 2022

Top Cited Article - Journal of Accounting Research, 2021 - 2022

Most Cited & Impact Factor Article - Journal of Accounting Research, 2020

Dean's Teaching Award - Tippie College of Business, 2012

Best Dissertation Supervision Award - American Accounting Association, FARS, 2024

Visiting Distinguished Professor - Lancaster University, 2016 - 2020

Lloyd J. and Thelma W. Palmer Research Fellow - University of Iowa, 2006

Research Fellow - McGladrey Institute, 2006

Ada Howe Kent Foundation Fellow - Cornell University, 2003

Call, A., Hribar, P., Skinner, D., & Volant, D. (2024). Corporate Managers’ Perspectives on Forward-Looking Guidance: Survey Evidence. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 78 (2).

Chen, W., Hribar, P., & Melessa, S. (2022). Standard Error Biases When Using Generated Regressors in Accounting Research. Journal of Accounting Research. DOI: 10.1111/1475-679X.12470.

Hribar, P., Mergenthaler, R., Roeschley, A., Young, S., & Zhao, X. (2022). Do Managers Issue More Voluntary Disclosure When GAAP Limits Their Reporting Discretion in Financial Statements?. Journal of Accounting Research. 60 (1) pp. 299-351.

Chen, W., Hribar, P., & Melessa, S. J. (2018). Incorrect Inferences when using Residuals as the Dependent Variable. Journal of Accounting Research. 56 (3) pp. 751-796.

Hribar, P., Melessa, S. J., Small, R. C., & Wilde, J. H. (2017). Does Managerial Sentiment Affect Accrual Estimates? Evidence from the Banking Industry. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 63 (1) pp. 26-50.

Mergenthaler, R., Hribar, P., Folsom, D., & Peterson, K. (2016). Principles-Based Standards and Earnings Attributes. Management Science.

Hribar, P. & Yang, H. (2016). CEO Overconfidence and Management Forecasting. Contemporary Accounting Research. 33 (1) pp. 204-227.

Collins, D. W., Hribar, P., & Tian, X. (2014). Cash Flow Asymmetry: Causes and Implications for Conditional Conservatism Research. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 58 (2) pp. 173-200.

Hribar, P., Kravet, T., & Wilson, R. J. (2014). A New Measure of Accounting Quality. Review of Accounting Studies.

Hribar, P., Jenkins, N., & Wang, J. (2009). Institutional Investors and Accounting Restatements. Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting.

"Earnings Myopia and Private Equity Takeovers," Guest/Invited Speaker at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal, June 2022.

"A Competing Explanation for Sources of Bias in Earnings-Based Measures of Conservatism," Guest/Invited Speaker at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, October 2013.

"Discussion of Analyst and Insider Trades," Guest/Invited Speaker at Journal of Accounting and Economics Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2011.

"Do Counterparties Respond to CEO overconfidence?," Guest/Invited Speaker at American University, Washington, District of Columbia, October 2011.

"Do Counterparties Respond to CEO Overconfidence?," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, September 2011.

"Do Counterparties Respond to CEO Overconfidence?," Guest/Invited Speaker at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, August 2011.

"The Superficial Precision of Point Forecasts," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Toronto, December 2023.

"The Superficial Precision of Point Forecasts," Guest/Invited Speaker at Georgia State University, December 2023.

"Corporate Manager's Perspectives on Forward Looking Guidance," Accepted Speaker at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 2023.

"Competition Enforecement and Accounting for Intangible Capital," Discussant at Northwestern University, September 2023.

Asay, S., Hribar, P., & Quinto, C. (2025). The Superficial Precision of Point Forecasts.

Garfinkel, J. A., Hribar, P., & Hsiao, L. (2025). Aggregate Sales Growth and Stock Market Returns.

Hass, L., Hribar, P., Marangoni, C., & Pinto, R. (2025). Firm benefits of workers’ financial well-being.

Garfinkel, J. A., Hribar, P., & Hsiao, L. (2025). Visualizing Earnings to Predict Post Earnings Announcement Drift: A Deep Learning Approach.

Hills, R., Hribar, P., & Krupa, T. (2025). Can Enhanced Risk Information Increase Misconduct? Evidence from Mandated Enterprise Risk Assessments.

Hribar, P., Melessa, S., Wilde, J. H., & Volant, D. (2025). Customer Bargaining Power and Strategic Financial Reporting.

Hass, L., Hribar, P., & Vergauwe, S. (2021). Analyst Distraction and Forecast Accuracy.

Chatterjee, C., Hass, L., Hribar, P., & Kaligirou, F. (2021). Debt Covenant Violations and Employee Safety.

Hribar, P. (2018). An Examination of the Relative Abilities of Earnings and Cash Flows to Explain Returns and Market Values.

Collins, D. W., Hribar, P., & Tian, X. (2013). A Competing Explanation for Sources of Bias in Earnings-Based Measures of Conditional Conservatism.

Editor, Contemporary Accounting Research, May 2017 - December 2024.

Associate Editor, Management Science, July 2016 - February 2020.

Editorial Board Member, Review of Accounting Studies, January 2006.

Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Accounting Research, January 2010 - May 2017.

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Accounting Research, November 2009 - December 2012.

Editorial Board Member, The Accounting Review, January 2005 - January 2007.