Alastair Lawrence
Associate Professor of Accounting
BA MAcc (Waterloo) PhD (Toronto) CPA (Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, Canada)
If participating in or enquiring about an active field study, please contact alastair.lawrence@london.edu
Dr. Alastair Lawrence is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the London Business School and previously, he was an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of California at Berkeley.
His research investigates how investors use financial reporting information and the market pricing of digital firms.
His work has been published in leading publications such as The Accounting Review, Management Science, and the Journal of Accounting and Economics. He teaches Digital Investing and previously taught Financial Statement Analysis.
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- Alastair Lawrence CV
2021
Explaining firms’ earnings announcement stock returns using FactSet and I/B/E/S data feeds
Lawrence A; Hand J; Laurion H; Martin N
Review of Accounting Studies 2021 In Press
2018
Earnings announcement promotions: a Yahoo Finance field experiment
Lawrence A; Ryans J; Sun E; Laptev N
Journal of Accounting and Economics 2018 Vol 66:2-2 p 399-414
Managers’ cost of equity capital estimates: empirical evidence
Lawrence A; Larocque S; Veenstra K
Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 2018 Vol 33:3 p 382-401
2017
Investor demand for sell-side research: SEC filings, media coverage, and market factors
Lawrence A; Ryans J; Sun E
Accounting Review 2017 March Vol 92:2 p 123-149
Is operational control risk informative of financial reporting deficiencies?
Lawrence A; Minutti-Meza M; Vyas D
Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 2017 Vol 37:1 p 139-165
U.S. audit partner rotations
Laurion H; Lawrence A; Ryans J
Accounting Review 2017 May Vol 92:3 p 209-237
Why are losses less persistent than profits? : curtailments versus conservatism
Lawrence A; Sloan R; Sun E
Management Science 2017 Vol 64:2 p 673-694
2016
SEC comment letters and insider sales
Dechow P M; Lawrence A; Ryans J
Accounting Review 2016 March Vol 91:2 p 401-439
Who's the fairest of them all? Evidence from closed-end funds
Lawrence A; Siriviriyakul S; Sloan R
Accounting Review 2016 Vol 91:1 p 207-227
2013
Discussion of “Implications of the integral approach and earnings management for alternative annual reporting periods”
Lawrence A
Review of Accounting Studies 2013 Vol 18:3 p 892-898
Individual investors and financial disclosure
Lawrence A
Journal of Accounting and Economics 2013 Vol 56:1 p 130-147
Non-discretionary conservatism: evidence and implications
Lawrence A; Sloan R; Sun Y
Journal of Accounting and Economics 2013 Vol 56:2-3 p 112-133
2011
Can Big 4 versus non-Big 4 differences in audit quality proxies be attributed to client characteristics?
Lawrence A; Minutti-Meza M; Zhang P
Accounting Review 2011 Vol 86:1 p 259-286
2018
Analyst forecast data feeds are not what they used to be
Hand J R M; Laurion H; Lawrence A; Martin N
Social Sciences Research Network
2017
Earnings announcement promotions: a Yahoo Finance field experiment
Lawrence A; Ryans J P; Sun E; Laptev N
Social Sciences Research Network
2016
Is operational control risk informative of undetected financial reporting deficiencies?
Lawrence A; Minutti-Meza M; Vyas D
Social Sciences Research Network
Teaching portfolio
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Masters Degrees electives
Optional courses providing a deep dive into specialist areas.
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Digital Investing
This course will provide a framework for identifying digital companies and assessing their potential values. It will highlight why digital companies are fundamentally different both operationally as well as financially. Students will analyse opportunities for digital companies as well as discuss the significant risks facing such companies. The course will illustrate the key financial reporting considerations of digital investing, and students will learn where to find key financial reporting disclosures for digital companies and how they vary between types of digital companies. Leading executives and analysts will provide their insights into where the digital space is going.
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Accounting PhD Seminar IV
The objective of this course is to give you a solid understanding of financial accounting research. The readings will mainly focus on archival research in financial accounting, and aim to develop the skill to critically evaluate research papers as well as generate research ideas for your summer papers and dissertation. The course will be taught in seminar style. The students are expected to have read all assigned readings (which will be announced a week before each session) and come to class prepared to present and critique the papers. In addition to the assigned readings for the week, time permitting, we will also discuss the Accounting Workshop paper of the week to facilitate the students' participation at the workshop. -
PhD Seminar in Accounting III
The objective of this course is to give you a solid understanding of financial accounting research. The readings will mainly focus on archival research in financial accounting, and aim to develop the skill to critically evaluate research papers as well as generate research ideas for your summer papers and dissertation. The course will be taught in seminar style. The students are expected to have read all assigned readings (which will be announced a week before each session) and come to class prepared to present and critique the papers. In addition to the assigned readings for the week, time permitting, we will also discuss the Accounting Workshop paper of the week to facilitate the students' participation at the workshop.
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Accounting PhD Seminar IV