Christopher D. Williams Curriculum Vitae May 2017 University of Michigan Office Phone: (734) 647-2842 Stephen M. Ross School of Business Fax: (734) 936-0282 701 Tappan Street, R3360 Email: williacd@umich.edu Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234 Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/christopherwilliamsphd/ ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS University of Michigan, Ross School of Business Associate Professor of Accounting (w/ tenure) Michael and Joan Sakkinen Faculty Fellow (2017- present) Assistant Professor of Accounting 2009-2016 Arnold M. and Linda T. Jacob Faculty Development Award (2015-2016) PriceWaterhouseCoopers Norm Auerbach Faculty Fellow (2012-2014) EDUCATION Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2005 2009 MAcc & B.S. Brigham Young University 2000 2005 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS [1] The Informational Role of Media in Private Lending (2017) with Robert M. Bushman and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman Journal of Accounting Research 55 (1): 115-152. [2] Bank Competition: Measurement, Decision-Making and Risk-Taking (2016) with Robert M. Bushman and Bradley E. Hendricks Journal of Accounting Research 54 (3): 777-826. Prior title Perceived Bank Competition: Operational Decision-Making and Bank Stability [3] Delayed Expected Loss Recognition and the Risk Profile of Banks (2015) with Robert M. Bushman, Journal of Accounting Research 53 (3): 511-554. [4] Asymmetric Responses to Earnings News: A Case for Ambiguity (2015) Accounting Review 90 (2): 785-817. Prior title Asymmetric Responses to Good and Bad News: An Empirical Case for Ambiguity [5] The Impact of Ambiguity on Managerial Investment and Cash Holdings (2014) with Monica Neamtiu, Nemit Shroff, and Hal White, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting 41:1071-1099. [6] Bank Transparency and the Discipline of Risk-Taking Behavior (2012) with Robert M. Bushman. Journal of Accounting and Economics 54 (1): 1-18. [7] Are International Accounting Standards-based and US GAAP-based Accounting Amounts Comparable? (2012) with Mary E. Barth, Wayne R. Landsman and Mark H. Lang. Journal of Accounting and Economics 54 (1): 68-93. Prior titles Accounting Quality: International Accounting Standards and US GAAP & Are International Accounting Standards-based and US GAAP-based Accounting Amounts Comparable? Winner Emerald Citation of Excellence 2015 Winner of the Deloitte Foundation 2016 Wildman Medal Award for notable contribution to practice
[8] Religious Social Norms and Corporate Financial Reporting (2012) with Scott Dyreng and William Mayew, Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting 39: 845-875. Winner Emerald Citation of Excellence 2015 WORKING PAPERS [1] Responding to Regulatory Uncertainty: Evidence from the Proposed Basel III Rules on Mortgage Servicing Rights (R&R at JAR) with Bradley E. Hendricks, Jed J. Nelson, and Catherine Shakespeare [2] Co-Migration and the Benefits of Relationship Banking (R&R at TAR) with Urooj Kahn, Xinlei Li and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman [3] Secured Debt and Financial Reporting Quality: Evidence from Anti-Recharacterization Laws (under review) with Thomas Bourveau and Yun Lou. [4] Information Overload and Disclosure Smoothing with Kimball Chapman, Nayana Reiter and Hal White. [5] Financial Reporting Quality and Optimal Capital Structure (under review) with Christina Synn [6] Bank Connectedness: Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosure Similarity and Future Tail Comovement with Robert Bushman and Jason Chen. [7] Effects on Comparability and Capital Market Benefits of Voluntary Adoption of IFRS by US firms: Insights from Voluntary Adoption of IFRS by Non-US Firms (under review) with Mary E. Barth, Wayne R. Landsman and Mark Lang [8] Governance, Competition and Opportunistic Accounting Choices by Banks (under review) with Robert M. Bushman and Qi (Susie) Wang [9] The Earnings Announcement Premium and Volume Concentration with Robert M. Bushman and Katie McDermott [10] The Role of Institutional Owners in Contributing to Systemic Risk with Emmanuel DeGeorge, Nayan Reiter and Christina Synn. INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2017 Seoul National University, NYU (scheduled), University of Alberta (scheduled), Temple (Scheduled) 2016 UNC Tax Symposium (discussant), University of Chicago Banking Workshop, M.I.T. Asia Accounting Conference (presenter & discussant), University of Washington, University of Southern California, 2015 University of Michigan Spring Accounting Conference; MIT Asia Accounting Conference (discussant), FRBNY/Journal of Accounting and Economics Conference (discussant), UNC Alumni Conference, UNC Alumni Conference, MIT Asia Accounting Conference (discussant), UM-Conference on Financial Stability (discussant), HKUST Accounting Research Symposium (discussant)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS (Continued) 2014 University of Chicago, M.I.T., Penn State, University of Iowa, Boston University, Seoul National University, Utah Winter Accounting Conference, F.A.R.S. (discussant), C.A.P.A.N.A. (discussant), A.A.A (discussant) 2013 FARS (discussant), National University of Singapore, University of Toronto, London Business School, Singapore Accounting Research Symposium (discussant), HKUST Accounting Research Symposium (discussant) 2012 HKUST Accounting Research Symposium; Nick Dopuch Accounting Conference (discussant); Seoul National University; Utah Winter Accounting Conference 2011 F.E.A. Conference (discussant); Rice University; University of Michigan 2010 Seoul National University; University of Michigan 2009 Brigham Young University; Duke; M.I.T.; Rochester; The Ohio State; University of Chicago; University of Michigan; University of North Carolina; University of Southern California; Wharton; Yale INVITED CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION 2017 Utah Winter Accounting Conference, Kapnick Spring Accounting Conference, Journal of Accounting Research Conference, Penn State Accounting Conference. Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting Conference. 2016 Journal of Accounting Research Conference, Penn State Accounting Conference, UNC Tax Symposium, Kapnick Spring Accounting Conference, Utah Winter Accounting Conference, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting Conference, Global Issues in Accounting, Nick Dopuch Accounting Conference, HKUST Accounting Research Symposium, Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference, London Business School Accounting Symposium. 2015 Utah Winter Accounting Conference, Penn State Accounting Conference, London Business School Accounting Symposium, Global Issues in Accounting, BYU Accounting Research Symposium, Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference, UNC/Duke Fall Camp, UNC Alumni Conference, FRBNY/Journal of Accounting & Economics Conference. 2014 FASB/IASB Financial Reporting Issues Conference, Utah Winter Accounting Conference, Colorado Summer Accounting Conference, London Business School Accounting Symposium, Global Issues in Accounting, BYU Accounting Research Symposium, UNC/Duke Fall Camp, Nick Dopuch Accounting Conference. 2013 Journal of Accounting & Economic Conference, Utah Winter Accounting Conference, London Business School Accounting Symposium, Global Issues in Accounting, BYU Accounting Research Symposium, Nick Dopuch Accounting Conference.
INVITED CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION (continued) 2012 Journal of Accounting Research/New York Fed Conference, London Business School Accounting Symposium, Global Issues in Accounting, BYU Accounting Research Symposium, Nick Dopuch Accounting Conference, Center for Accounting Research and Education Annual Conference, FASB/IASB Financial Reporting Issues Conference. 2011 London Business School Accounting Symposium, Global Issues in Accounting, BYU Accounting Research Symposium, FASB/IASB Financial Reporting Issues Conference. 2010 Journal of Accounting Research Conference, University of Michigan Accounting Research Conference, Global Issues in Accounting, BYU Accounting Research Symposium. Open Conference Participation: AAA Annual Meeting 2010-2016 FARS Midyear Meeting 2010, 2011, 2013 Finance, Economics and Accounting Conference 2011 AD HOC REVIEWER Accounting Review Contemporary Accounting Research European Accounting Review International Review of Economics and Finance Journal of Accounting & Economics Journal of Accounting Research Journal of Accounting and Public Policy Journal of Business, Accounting, and Finance Journal of Business Ethics Journal of Money, Banking and Credit Management Science Review of Accounting Studies TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Michigan Financial Statement Analysis (MBA2 - Elective): Fall/Winter 2011 present Intermediate Accounting (BBA - Elective): Winter 2010 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Introduction to Financial Accounting (BBA - Core): Summer 2007 SERVICE Editorial: Editor at The Journal of Law, Finance and Accounting Editorial Board Member at Accounting Review Editorial Board Member at Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting 2014-present PhD Advisor University of Michigan Program Committee for M.I.T. Asia Conference in Accounting 2014-present Section Chair for the FARS conference 2014, 2015, 2017
SERVICE (continued) Kapnick Workshop Coordinator 2010-2013 Summer PhD Workshop Coordinator 2011-2012 Kapnick Spring Accounting Conference Coordinator 2014-2015 Dissertation Committee member: Accounting: Emmanuel De George (Michigan) (initial placement London Business School) 2013 Bradley Hendricks (Michigan) (initial placement University of North Carolina) 2014 Jed Nelson (Michigan) (initial placement Penn State University) 2015 Christina Synn (Michigan) (initial placement University of North Carolina) 2016 Nayana Reiter (Michigan) (initial placement University of Toronto) 2017 Xinlei Li (Columbia) (initial placement HKUST) 2017 Finance: Kun Cheng (Michigan) 2015 Matthew Linn (Michigan) 2015 John Huck (Michigan) 2016 Strategy: Sarah Ryoo (Michigan) expected 2017