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Ross L. Watts

Ross L. Watts

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
54
Citations
59986
World Ranking
746
National Ranking
325

Economics and Finance

D-Index
55
Citations
60081
World Ranking
1023
National Ranking
633

Overview

Ross L. Watts is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their academic profile includes involvement in research and scientific activities associated with this institution.

The body of work and overall research focus of Ross L. Watts cannot be detailed due to the absence of available records on recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, or book publications. Similarly, there is no accessible information about specific fields or subfields of study connected with their research endeavors.

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This profile is based exclusively on the limited available data confirming the scientist's primary institutional affiliation with MIT. Further details regarding their research output, collaborations, publication record, and academic contributions are not provided in the current dataset.

Best Publications

  • Positive Accounting Theory

    Ross L. Watts;Jerold L. Zimmerman

  • The investment opportunity set and corporate financing, dividend, and compensation policies☆

    Clifford W. Smith;Ross L. Watts

  • The Investment Oppotunity set and Corporate Financing, Dividend and Compensation Policies

    C.W. Smith;Ross Watts

  • Conservatism in Accounting Part I: Explanations and Implications

    Ross L. Watts

  • The relevance of the value-relevance literature for financial accounting standard setting $

    Robert W. Holthausen;Ross L. Watts

  • Stock prices and top management changes

    Jerold B. Warner;Ross L. Watts;Karen H. Wruck

  • Towards A Positive Theory of the Determination of Accounting Standards

    Ross L. Watts;Jerold L. Zimmerman

  • The relation between earnings and cash flows

    Patricia M. Dechow;S.P. Kothari;Ross L. Watts

  • Positive Accounting Theory: A Ten Year Perspective

    Ross L. Watts;Jerold L. Zimmerman

  • AGENCY PROBLEMS, AUDITING, AND THE THEORY OF THE FIRM: SOME EVIDENCE*

    Ross L. Watts;Jerold L. Zimmerman

  • Estimation and empirical properties of a firm-year measure of accounting conservatism

    Mozaffar Nayim Khan;Ross Leslie Watts

  • The Information Role of Conservatism

    Ryan LaFond;Ross L. Watts

  • A Market-Based Evaluation of Discretionary-Accrual Models

    W. Guay;S.P. Kothari;Ross Watts

  • A Market-Based Evaluation of Discretionary-Accrual Models

    Wayne R. Guay;S. P. Kothari;Ross L. Watts

  • Conservatism in Accounting Part II: Evidence and Research Opportunities

    Ross L. Watts

  • The information content of dividends

    Ross L. Watts

  • Asymmetric timeliness of earnings, market-to-book and conservatism in financial reporting

    Sugata Roychowdhury;Ross L. Watts

  • Corporate Financial Statements, A Product of the Market and Political Processes:

    Ross L. Watts

  • The demand for and supply of accounting theories : the market for excuses

    Ross L. Watts;Jerold L. Zimmerman

  • Evidence on the use of unverifiable estimates in required goodwill impairment

    Karthik Ramanna;Ross L. Watts

  • THE DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE LEVERAGE AND DIVIDEND POLICIES

    Michael J. Barclay;Clifford W. Smith;Ross L. Watts

  • Voluntary Corporate Disclosure: The Case of Interim Reporting

    Richard W. Leftwich;Ross L. Watts;Jerold L. ZIMMERMANtt

  • Conservatism in Accounting - Part I: Explanations and Implications

    Ross L. Watts

Frequent Co-Authors

Shyam Sunder
Shyam Sunder Yale University
Theodore E. Christensen
Theodore E. Christensen University of Georgia
Stephen H. Penman
Stephen H. Penman Columbia University
James A. Ohlson
James A. Ohlson Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Robert J. Bloomfield
Robert J. Bloomfield Cornell University
Clifford W. Smith
Clifford W. Smith University of Rochester
Ray Ball
Ray Ball University of Chicago
Patricia M. Dechow
Patricia M. Dechow University of Southern California
Shivaram Rajgopal
Shivaram Rajgopal Columbia University

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