Thomas Stober

Thomas L. Stober holds a B.S.B.A. from Ohio State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is a CPA. His expertise is in financial statements analysis, accounting-based valuation models, financial accounting and reporting, and capital markets. Stober is has previously served on the Financial Accounting Standards Committee of the American Accounting Association (AAA) and on the Financial Reporting Policy Committee of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the AAA. Stober also previously served as the Assistant Chairman in the Department of Accountancy at the University of Notre Dame.

Areas of Expertise

Financial Statments Analysis

Accounting-Based Valuation Models

Financial Accounting and Reporting

Capital Markets and Accounting

Education

Ph D, University of Chicago

MBA, University of Minnesota

BSBA, The Ohio State University

Teaching

Accountancy I

Accounting Measurement and Disclosure II

Publications

"Response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board''s and the International Accounting Standard Board''s Joint Discussion Paper Entitled, "Preliminary Views on Revenue Recognition in Contracts with Customers", (with Robert Bloomfield, Theodore Christensen, Karim Jamal, Robert Colson, Stephen Moehrle, James Ohlson, Stephen Penman, Shyam Sunder, Ross Watts), Accounting Horizons, 24, 2010.

"A Framework for Financial Reporting Standards: Issues and a Suggested Model", (with James Ohlson, Stephen Penman, Robert Bloomfield, Theodore Christensen, Karim Jamal, Robert Colson, Stephen Moehrle, Shyam Sunder, Ross Watts), Accounting Horizons, 24, 2010.

"Response to the Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation", (with Mark Bradshaw, Carolyn Callahan, Jack Ciesielski Jr., Elizabeth Gordon, Leslie Hodder, Patrick Hopkins, Mark Kohlbeck, Bob Laux, Sarah McVay, Philip Stocken, Teri Yohn), Accounting Horizons, 24, 2010.

"A Perspective on the Canadian Accounting Standards Board Exposure Draft on GAAP for Private Enterprises", (with Karim Jamal, Robert Bloomfield, Theodore Christensen, Robert Colson, Stephen Moehrle, James Ohlson, Stephen Penman, Shyam Sunder, Ross Watts), Accounting Horizons, 24, 2010.

"A Research Based Perspective on the SEC’s Proposed Rule on ROADMAP FOR Potential Use of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance With International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by U.S. Issuers", (with Karim Jamal, Robert Bloomfield, Theodore Christensen, Robert Colson, Stephen Moehrle, James Ohlson, Stephen Penman, Shyam Sunder, Ross Watts), Accounting Horizons, 24, 2010.

"Response to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s and the International Accounting Standards Boards Joint Discussion Paper Entitled Preliminary Views on Financial Statement Presentation", (with Stephen Moehrle, Robert Bloomfield, Theodore Christensen, Robert Colson, Karim Jamal, James Ohlson, Stephen Penman, Shyam Sunder, Ross Watts), Accounting Horizons, 24, 2010.

"Response to the SEC’s Proposed Rule--ROADMAP FOR Potential Use of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance With International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by U.S. Issuers", (with Mark Bradshaw, Carolyn Callahan, Jack Ciesielski Jr., Elizabeth Gordon, Leslie Hodder, Patrick Hopkins, Mark Kohlbeck, Bob Laux, Sarah McVay, Philip Stocken, Teri Yohn), Accounting Horizons, 24, 2010.

"Response to FAF exposure draft, “Proposed changes to oversight, structure, and operations of the FAF, FASB, and GASB", (with George Benston, Douglas Carmichael, Theodore Christensen, Robert Colson, Karim Jamal, Stephen Moehrle, Shivaram Rajgopal, Shyam Sunder, Ross Watts), Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 28, 2009.

"A Perspective on the SEC''s Proposal to Accept Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Without Reconciliation to U.S. GAAP", (with George Benston, Douglas Carmichael, Theodore Christiensen, Robert Colson, Karim Jamal, Stephen Moehrle, Shivaram Rajgopal, Shaym Sunder, Ross Watts), Accounting Horizons, 2008.

"Response by the Financial Reporting Policy Committee of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association 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", (with Patrick Hopkins, Christine Botosan, Mark Bradshaw, Carolyn Callahan, Jack Ciesielski Jr., David Farber, Mark Kohlbeck, Leslie Hodder, Bob Laux, Philip Stocken, Teri Yohn), Accounting Horizons, 2008.

"Differential Interpretations and Trading Volume", (with Linda Bamber, Orie Barron), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1999.

"Trading Volume and Different Aspects of Disagreement Coincident with Earnings Announcements", (with Linda Bamber, Orie Barron), The Accounting Review, 1997.

"Cross-Quarter Differences in Stock Price Responses to Earnings Announcements: Fourth-Quarter and Seasonality Influences", (with Gerald L. Salamon ), Contemporary Accounting Research, Fall, 1994.

"The Incremental Information Content of Receivables in Predicting Sales, Earnings, and Profit Margins", Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, Fall, 1993.

"Summary Financial Statement Measures and Analysts'' Forecasts of Earnings", Journal of Accounting and Economics, June/September, 1992.

"The Nature and Amount of Information Reflected in Cash Flows and Accruals", (with Victor Bernard), Accounting Review, October, 1989.

"Discussion of Incentives for Accruing Costs and Efficiency in Regulated Monopolies Subject to R.O.E. Constraint", to appear in Journal of Accounting Research, Supplement, 1988.

"Discussion of Incentives for Accruing Costs and Efficiency in Regulated Monopolies Subject to R.O.E. Constraint", to appear in Journal of Accounting Research, Supplement, 1988.

"The Incremental Information Content of Financial Statement Disclosures: The Case of LIFO Inventory Liquidations", Journal of Accounting Research, Supplement, 1986.