Devon Ericksonis anAssistant Professorin School of Accounting

Dr. Erickson attained his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2013, following his completion of a Bachelor of Science (Accountancy) and Master of Accountancy degrees from Brigham Young University in 2007. His scholarly pursuits focus on exploring the factors that shape the utilization of financial information and management reporting by analysts and investors. Beyond his academic achievements, Dr. Erickson finds fulfillment in his role as a family man. He shares his life’s journey with his wife, Erin, and together they are proud parents to four daughters.

Doctorate of Philosophy, Business Administration Indiana University (2013)

Master of Business in Accounting Indiana University (2010)

Master of AccountingBrigham Young University(2007)

Bachelor of Accounting Brigham Young University (2007)^[3]

Huntsman School of Business Teacher of the Year ( Utah State University, 2018-2019)

School of Accountancy Teacher of the Year (Utah State University, 2018-2019)

School of Accountancy Researcher of the Year (Utah State University, 2017-2018)

Undergraduate Teaching Award, Nominee (Indiana University, 2012)

AAA Deloitte Foundation J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow (2009)

PwC xFAC national winner (2008)

Erickson, D. 2021. How mood influences investor effort to process financial information.

Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research (forthcoming).

Erickson, D., K. Holderness, K. Olsen, and T. Thornock. 2021.

Feedback with feeling?

Strategic Finance 102 (8): 38-45.

Allee, K., D. Erickson, A. Esplin, and T. Yohn. 2020.

The characteristics, valuation methods, and information use of valuation specialists.

Accounting Horizons 34 (3): 23-38.

Erickson, D., M. Hewitt, and L. A. Maines. 2017.

Do investors perceive low risk when

earnings are smooth relative to the volatility of operating cash flows?

Discerning

opportunity and incentive to report smooth earnings.

The Accounting Review 92 (3):

137-154.

Erickson, D., A. Esplin, and L. Maines. 2009.

One world – one accounting.

Business Horizons 52 (6): 531-537.

Erickson, D., K. Holderness, K. Olsen, and T. Thornock. 2020.

Feedback with Feeling?

How

Manager Emotion in Feedback Affects Individual Performance.

Working Paper (under third-round review at Accounting, Organizations, & Society).

Allee, K., D. Erickson, A. Esplin, and S. Larocque. 2020.

Independent Analysts’ Estimates

of Firm Value. Working Paper (preparing for third-round review at Journal of Financial Reporting).

Talakai, J., D. Erickson, K. Kim., and L. Rees. 2020.

Investor sentiment and information demand.

Working Paper.

Erickson, D., B. Lindsey, and J. Talakai. 2020.

The valuation implications of operating and capital leases for U.S. firms.

Working Papers

Allee, K., D. Erickson, A. Esplin, and T. Yohn. 2020.

Analysts’ preferences regarding income

statement presentation.

(data collected)

Brown, J., D. Erickson, M. Hewitt. 2020.

Do forecasting frequency and forecasting

environment influence manager investment decisions?

(pilot data collected)

Erickson, D., L. Rees, and J. Talakai. 2020.

The impact of institutional ownership on

management myopia.

(data collection)

Erickson, D., T. Seidel, N. Stephens, and J. Talakai. 2020.

Market sentiment and audit

effectiveness.

(data collection)

Erickson, D. and R. Martin. 2020.

The effects of linking manager pay to performance on

management’s reporting and compensation choices.

(experimental design)