Andy Call
School Director & Professor
Faculty w/Admin Appointment
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
3606
School Dir & Professor
Faculty
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
3606
School Dir & Professor
Faculty w/Admin Appointment
TEMPE Campus
Mailcode
3606
Biography
Andy Call joined the W. P. Carey School of Business in 2013 and is a professor of accountancy. Professor Call researches various financial reporting topics, including the role of equity analysts in the capital markets and the role of whistleblowers in the discovery of financial misconduct. In the classroom, Professor Call teaches undergraduate and Ph.D. students. Prior to his appointment at ASU, Professor Call was on the faculty at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.
CV
Education
- Ph.D. University of Washington
- M.S. Brigham Young University
- B.S. Brigham Young University
Research Interests
- Security Analysts
- Management Guidance
- Whistleblowing
Publications
- Call, A.C., M. Hewitt, J. Watkins, and T.L. Yohn. 2020. Analysts' Annual Earnings Forecasts and Changes to the I/B/E/S Database. Review of Accounting Studies, forthcoming.
- Call, A.C., A. Esplin, and B. Miao. Characteristics and Implications of Long-Term Earnings Guidance. Journal of Financial Reporting, forthcoming.
- Call, A.C., N. Y. Sharp, and P. A. Wong. 2019. Changes in Analysts' Stock Recommendations Following Regulatory Action Against Their Brokerage. Review of Accounting Studies 24 (4): 1184-1213.
- Brown, L.D., A.C. Call, M.B. Clement, and N.Y. Sharp. 2018. Managing the Narrative: Investor Relations Officers and Corporate Disclosure. Journal of Accounting and Economics 67 (1): 58-79.
- Call, A.C., G.S. Martin, N.Y. Sharp, and J.H. Wilde. 2018. Whistleblowers and Outcomes of Financial Misrepresentation Enforcement Actions. Journal of Accounting Research 56 (1): 123-171.
- ​Ayers, B.C., A.C. Call, and C.M. Schwab. 2018. Do Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts Encourage Managers to Improve the Firm's Cash Flows? Evidence from Tax Planning. Contemporary Accounting Research 35 (2): 767-793.
- Call, A.C., J.L. Campbell, D.S. Dhaliwal, and J.R. Moon, Jr. 2017. Employee Quality and Financial Reporting Outcomes. Journal of Accounting and Economics 64 (1): 123-149.
- Call, A.C., S. Kedia, and S. Rajgopal. 2016. Rank and File Employees and the Discovery of Misreporting: The Role of Stock Options. Journal of Accounting and Economics 62 (2-3): 277-300.
- Brown, L.D., A.C. Call, M.B. Clement, and N.Y. Sharp. 2016. The Activities of Buy-Side Analysts and the Determinants of Their Stock Recommendations. Journal of Accounting and Economics 62 (1): 139-156.
- Call, A.C., M. Hewitt, T. Shevlin, and T.L. Yohn. 2016. Firm-specific Estimates of Differential Persistence and their Incremental Usefulness for Forecasting and Valuation. The Accounting Review 91 (3): 811-833.
- Brown, L.D., A.C. Call, M.B. Clement, and N.Y. Sharp. 2015. Inside the "Black Box" of Sell-Side Financial Analysts. Journal of Accounting Research 50 (1): 1-47.
- Call, A.C., S. Chen, B. Miao, and Y.H. Tong. 2014. Short-Term Earnings Guidance and Accrual-Based Earnings Management. Review of Accounting Studies 19 (2): 955-987.
- Call, A.C., S. Chen, and Y.H. Tong. 2013. Are Analysts' Cash Flow Forecasts Naive Extensions of Their Own Earnings Forecasts? Contemporary Accounting Research 30 (2): 438-465.
- Bowen, R.M., A.C. Call, and S. Rajgopal. 2010. Whistle-Blowing: Target Firm Characteristics and Economic Consequences. The Accounting Review 85 (4): 1239-1271.
- Call, A.C., S. Chen, and Y.H. Tong. 2009. Are Analysts' Earnings Forecasts More Accurate When Accompanied by Cash Flow Forecasts? Review of Accounting Studies 14 (2-3): 358-391.
Courses
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACC 791 | Seminar |
| Summer 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACC 586 | Shareholder Value Creation |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACC 513 | Advanced Financial Accounting |
| ACC 791 | Seminar |
| Summer 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACC 586 | Shareholder Value Creation |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACC 493 | Honors Thesis |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACC 791 | Seminar |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACC 440 | External Reporting II |
| ACC 493 | Honors Thesis |
| Spring 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ACC 440 | External Reporting II |
Honors/Awards
- 2017 Dean's Excellence Award
- 2016 Dean's Excellence Award
- 2015 Mary and Scott Donaldson Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2015 FARS Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award, Finalist (with L. Brown, M. Clement, and N. Sharp)
- 2014 FARS Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award, Finalist (with L. Brown, M. Clement, and N. Sharp)
- 2012 McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting and Ethics (with S. Kedia and S. Rajgopal)
- 2012 Percy B. Yeargan (Beta Alpha Psi) Outstanding Teacher of the Year
- 2012 University of Georgia Outstanding Teacher
- 2011 Percy B. Yeargan (Beta Alpha Psi) Outstanding Teacher of the Year
- 2011 University of Georgia Outstanding Teacher
- 2009 Percy B. Yeargan (Beta Alpha Psi) Outstanding Teacher of the Year
- 2009 University of Georgia Outstanding Teacher
- 2008 McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting and Ethics (with R. Bowen and S. Rajgopal)
- 2006 National Winners (1st Place), PwC xFAC Competition (with M. Hewitt and D. Shores)
- 2000 Glen E. Hill Future Educator Award, Brigham Young University