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Tzachi Zach

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Professor/Assistant Professor of Accounting

Expertise: accounting finance, Israel, stock market, Global Settlement, expensing stock options, accrual anomoly,

Bio: Zach's area of expertise lies in finance and accounting. He researches capital markets and earnings management. A native of Israel, Zach used data from Israel to study the impact political events have on the stock market. He is currently examing what role publicity had on the firms that started expensing stock options in the wake of the accounting scandals in 2002. He also has examined the impact the Global Analyst Research Settlement had on bias in analysts' reports. When not purshing his academic interests, Zach enjoys watching and being a contestant on game shows.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-4528
E-mail:zach@wustl.edu
Address:One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1133
St. Louis, MO 63130

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Earnings statements can trigger reactions in a company's supply chain

New research confirms the market's link of suppliers and customers across industries (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8399.html)

Dec. 14, 2006 --
When good fortune smiles on a company, the stock market responds by valuing the firm more favorably. It's well known that good news for one firm means other companies in the same industry will be affected as well. But a business professor at Washington University in St. Louis says we can also anticipate a predictable connection between news announcements of a company and its suppliers or customers.


Setting analysts straight

Global Settlement's affect on reducing bias in analysts' reports (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/5186.html)

May 11, 2005 --
It's been two years since New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer's crackdown on the securities industry spawned the "Global Analyst Research Settlement." Spitzer targeted analysts and bankers from the same company for getting a little too cozy with each other. Recently, two professors from Washington University in St. Louis's Olin School of Business released a report indicating that the Global Settlement is successfully eliminating the apparent conflict of interest.



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