Ken Shaw
Associate Professor
Accountancy
College of Business
Office:
420 Cornell Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Office Hours:
M: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM, W: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Phone: (573) 882-5939
E-Mail: shawke@missouri.edu
Associate Professor and CBIZ/MHM Scholar. B.S. (Accounting) Bradley University, 1986; M.B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1990; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1995. Professor Shaw is a CPA and teaches financial accounting. He was awarded the 2007 Williams-Keepers LLC Teaching Excellence Award and was voted the "Most Influential Professor" by the 2005 and 2006 School of Accountancy graduating classes. Professor Shaw is also the faculty advisor to Beta Alpha Psi and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. His research interests are in the areas of financial accounting, particularly financial disclosures, market microstructure., and corporate governance. His research has been published in leading academic journals in accounting, finance, and management, including the Journal of Accounting Research; Contemporary Accounting Research; Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; Journal of the American Taxation Association; Journal of Financial Research; Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance; Strategic Management Journal; Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting; Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting; Research in Accounting Regulation; Journal of Financial Statement Analysis; Journal of Business Research; and others. Professor Shaw currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Research.
Publications
Chakrabarty, B. and K. Shaw. 2008. "Hidden liquidity: Order exposure strategies around earnings announcements." Forthcoming, Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting.
Bauman, M., and K. Shaw. 2008. “The usefulness of disclosures of untaxed foreign earnings in firm valuation.” Forthcoming, Journal of the American Taxation Association (Fall).
Shaw, K. 2008. "Revised pension rules and the cost of debt." Research in Accounting Regulation, 20: 3-25.
Schnatterly, K., K. Shaw, and W. Jennings. 2008. "Informational advantages of large institutional owners." Strategic Management Journal, 29: 219-227.
Heflin, F., K. Shaw, and J. Wild. 2007. "Disclosure policy and intraday spread patterns." Review of Accounting and Finance, 6 (3): 285-303.
Bauman, M. and K. Shaw. 2006. "Stock option compensation and the likelihood of meeting analysts' quarterly earnings targets." Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 26 (3): 301-319.
Heflin, F., K. Shaw, and J. Wild. 2005. “Disclosure quality and market liquidity: Impact of depth quotes and order sizes.” Contemporary Accounting Research 22 (4): 829-865.
Bauman, M. and K. Shaw. Fall, 2005. "Disclosure of managers’ forecasts in interim financial statements: A study of effective tax rate changes.” Journal of American Taxation Association 27 (2): 57-82.
Heflin, F. and K. Shaw. 2005. “Trade size and informed trading: Which trades are 'Big'?” Journal of Financial Research XXVIII (1): 133-163.
Bauman, M., M. Braswell, and K. Shaw. 2005. The numbers game: How do managers compensated with stock options meet analysts' earnings forecasts? Research in Accounting Regulation 18: 3-28.
Shaw, K. 2005. "SFAS 132(R) and new pension disclosures." CPA Journal, October: 54-55.
Barron, O., D. Byard, and K. Shaw. 2004. “Earnings announcements plus analysts' knowledge can trigger a forecast flurry.” Investor Relations Quarterly 6 (3): 7-17.
Byard, D. and K. Shaw. 2004. The informational role of financial analysts: Interpreting public disclosures. Journal of Financial Transformation 11 (August): 143-148.
Shaw, K. 2003. "Disclosure quality and earnings' timeliness: Evidence from analysts' disclosure ratings." Journal of Business Research 56 (12): 1043-1050.
Byard, D. and K. Shaw. 2003. "Corporate disclosure quality and properties of analysts' information environment." Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance 18 (3): 355-378.
Peters, M., K. Shaw, and R. Thompson, 2002. "ShoppingWithoutDropping.com, Inc."
Issues in Accounting Education 17 (2): 197-210.
Shaw, K. 2001. "The impact of accounting rules on IPO prices: the case of research and development cost capitalization." Journal of Accounting and Business Research, Volume 8 (2): 21-39.
Kim, O., S. Lim, and K. Shaw. 2001. "The inefficiency of the mean analyst forecast as a summary forecast of earnings." Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 39, No. 2 (September): 329-335.
Heflin, F. and K. Shaw. Spring, 2001. "Adverse selection, inventory holding costs, and depth." Journal of Financial Research, Vol. XXIV, No. 1 (Spring): 65-82.
Heflin, F. and K. Shaw. 2000. "Blockholder ownership and market liquidity." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 35, No. 4 (December): 621-633.
Shaw, K. 1999. “Determinants of pension rate of return assumptions.” Journal of Accounting and Business Research, Volume 7, No. 1: 1-20.
Shaw, K. 1998. “New disclosure rules for pensions and other postretirement benefit plans.” Journal of Financial Statement Analysis, Volume 3, No. 4 (Summer): 51-59.