Erik Olson

Professor Olson is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Vanderbilt. His research interests include capital markets, taxation, corporate governance, and institutional investors.

His job market paper examines whether investor types influence firm payout policy decisions (share repurchases and dividends). In particular, he focuses on the treatment of trapped foreign cash "unlocked" by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) as a setting. His dissertation was completed under the supervision of Jake Thomas (chair), Frank Zhang, Shyam Sunder, Thomas Steffen, and Zeqiong Huang.

Awards & Accomplishments

• "Thanks Teach" Vanderbilt-OGSM Award Winner for Teaching Excellence (2020-2021) Yale University Graduate School Fellowship (2015-2020)
• American Accounting Association FARS Excellence in Reviewing Award (2019)

Expertise

Professor Olson worked as a tax associate at KPMG from 2014-2015 in corporate tax, partnership tax, international tax, and transfer pricing.

Teaching

Professor Olson teaches Financial Accounting and Reporting with a particular emphasis on valuation.

Education

• PhD, Management (focus in Accounting), Yale University, 2020
• MPhil, Yale University, 2019
• M.A., Yale University, 2019
• MAcc, University of Florida, 2013
• B.S., Accounting, University of Florida, 2012

Companies

• Assistant Professor Of Accounting Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management (2020)
• Doctoral Candidate Yale School of Management (2015 — 2020)
• Tax Associate KPMG (2014 — 2015)
• Staff Accountant Turner Construction Company (2011 — 2011)