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Mark Thomas Bradshaw

Mark Thomas Bradshaw

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
34
Citations
8730
World Ranking
2280
National Ranking
897

Economics and Finance

D-Index
34
Citations
8731
World Ranking
3021
National Ranking
1665

Overview

Mark Thomas Bradshaw is affiliated with Boston College in the United States. The scientific work contributed by this researcher primarily falls under the broad disciplines of Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their research spans multiple subfields, notably Accounting and Finance, with additional work in Strategy and Management, and Management Science and Operations Research. The main topics covered in their publications include Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance; Financial Markets and Investment Strategies; Corporate Finance and Governance; Financial Reporting and Valuation Research; and Stock Market Forecasting Methods.

Bradshaw's recent scholarly output includes a number of peer-reviewed papers published in widely recognized venues. These works primarily appear in The Accounting Review, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Management Science, amongst others. Representative papers are:

  • Soft Information in the Financial Press and Analyst Revisions, 2020, The Accounting Review
  • Soft Information in the Financial Press and Analyst Revisions, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Analyst Dividend Forecasts and Their Usefulness to Investors, 2021, The Accounting Review
  • Brokerage House Initial Public Offerings and Analyst Forecast Quality, 2022, Management Science
  • An Examination of the Listing of Analyst Coverage on Corporate Websites, 2023, The Accounting Review

The distribution of publications highlights a focus on accounting-related research, as evidenced by multiple publications in The Accounting Review and SSRN Electronic Journal, complemented by contributions to Management Science and other outlets.

Collaborative research features several frequent co-authors including Brandon Lock, Dexin Zhou, Xue Wang, and Pawel Bilinski, indicating active engagement in collaborative scholarly efforts within the academic community.

Bradshaw's work is situated within key aspects of financial markets, corporate governance, and the analysis of financial information. The corpus of research provides insights into how analysts interpret and forecast financial data, the relevance of soft information in press coverage, and the quality of financial forecasts and disclosures.

Best Publications

  • Do Analysts and Auditors Use Information in Accruals

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Scott A. Richardson;Richard G. Sloan

  • GAAP versus The Street: An Empirical Assessment of Two Alternative Definitions of Earnings

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Richard G. Sloan

  • The relation between corporate financing activities, analysts’ forecasts and stock returns

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Scott A. Richardson;Richard G. Sloan

  • How Do Analysts Use Their Earnings Forecasts in Generating Stock Recommendations

    Mark T. Bradshaw

  • Accounting Choice, Home Bias, and U.S. Investment in Non-U.S. Firms

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Brian J. Bushee;Gregory S. Miller

  • The Use of Target Prices to Justify Sell‐Side Analysts' Stock Recommendations

    Mark T. Bradshaw

  • A re-examination of analysts' superiority over time-series forecasts of annual earnings

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Michael S. Drake;James N. Myers;Linda A. Myers

  • Agency costs and tax planning when the government is a major Shareholder

    Mark Bradshaw;Guanmin Liao;Mark (Shuai) Ma;Mark (Shuai) Ma

  • Gaap Versus the Street: An Empirical Assessment of Two Alternative Definitions of Earnings

    Mark T Bradshaw;Matthew Moberg;Richard G. Sloan

  • Do sell-side analysts exhibit differential target price forecasting ability?

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Lawrence D. Brown;Kelly Huang

  • Analysts’ Forecasts: What Do We Know after Decades of Work?

    Mark T Bradshaw

  • Accounting Choice, Home Bias, and US Investment in Non-US Firms

    Mark Thomas Bradshaw;Brian J. Bushee;Gregory S. Miller

  • Analysts’ GAAP Earnings Forecasts and their Implications for Accounting Research

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Theodore E. Christensen;Kurt H. Gee;Benjamin C. Whipple

  • Will Harmonizing Accounting Standards Really Harmonize Accounting? Evidence from Non-U.S. Firms Adopting U.S. GAAP:

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Gregory S. Miller

  • The Relation Between Corporate Financing Activities, Analysts' Forecasts and Stock Returns

    Mark Thomas Bradshaw;Scott A. Richardson;Richard G. Sloan

  • Do Analysts and Auditors Use Information in Accruals

    Mark Thomas Bradshaw;Scott A. Richardson;Richard G. Sloan

  • Analyst Information Processing, Financial Regulation, and Academic Research

    Mark T. Bradshaw

  • Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis, and Valuation: A Strategic Perspective

    James M. Wahlen;Stephen P. Baginski;Mark T. Bradshaw

  • The Interactive Role of Difficulty and Incentives in Explaining the Annual Earnings Forecast Walkdown

    Mark Thomas Bradshaw;Lian Fen Lee;Kyle Peterson

  • How Do Analysts Use Their Earnings Forecasts in Generating Stock Recommendations

    Mark T Bradshaw

  • Soft Information in the Financial Press and Analyst Revisions

    Mark T. Bradshaw;Brandon Lock;Xue Wang;Dexin Zhou

  • Pump and Dump: An Empirical Analysis of the Relation Between Corporate Financing Activities and Sell-side Analyst Research

    Mark Thomas Bradshaw;Scott A. Richardson;Richard G. Sloan

  • Response to the SEC Release: Acceptance from Foreign Private Issuers of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards without Reconciliation To U.S. GAAP File No. S7–13–07

    Patrick E. Hopkins;Christine A. Botosan;Mark T. Bradshaw;Carolyn M. Callahan

  • Financial Analysts and Their Contribution to Well-Functioning Capital Markets

    Mark Bradshaw;Yonca Ertimur;Patricia O'Brien

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard G. Sloan
Richard G. Sloan University of Southern California
Scott A. Richardson
Scott A. Richardson London Business School
Hassan Tehranian
Hassan Tehranian Boston College
Theodore E. Christensen
Theodore E. Christensen University of Georgia
Linda A. Myers
Linda A. Myers University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Alan J. Marcus
Alan J. Marcus Boston College
Lawrence D. Brown
Lawrence D. Brown Temple University
Wayne B. Thomas
Wayne B. Thomas University of Oklahoma

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