Erv Black

Associate Professor
PricewaterhouseCoopers Fellowship
Accountancy, School of

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Office: 529 TNRB
Phone: 801-422-1767
Email: erv_black@byu.edu
Office hours: By appointment
Expertise:
  • Accounting
  • Accounting: financial
  • Accounting: international
  • Capital markets
Research:
  • Financial Accounting
  • International Accounting
Education:
  • PHD, BUSINESS, UNIV OF WASHINGTON, 1995
  • MS, BUSINESS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1984
  • BA, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, 1981
Group Affiliations:
  • SOA Professional - Primary
Selected Publications:
  • "International Accounting Diversity and the Long-term Success of Cross-border Mergers.," Journal of Business Finance and Accounting Volume 34, Issue 1-2, Pages 139-168, May, 2007    
  • "The Relative Magnitude and Relative Emphasis Managers Place on Pro Forma and GAAP Earnings: What Matters Most to Investors?," Accounting, Organizations, and Society Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 201-222, January, 2007    
  • "Who Trades on Pro Forma Information? An Intraday Investigation of Investor Trading Responses Around Pro Forma Press Release Dates," The Accounting Review Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 581-619, June, 2007    
  • "Analysts Forecasts in Asian-Pacific Markets: The Relationship Among Macroeconomic Factors, Accounting Systems, and Accuracy," Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting Volume 17, Issue No. 3, Pages 208-227, Blackwell Publishing, Ltd, New York, October, 2006    
  • "International Accounting and Multinational Enterprises," Edition 6th, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, December, 2005    
  • "Regulatory Monitoring as a Substitute for Debt Contracts," Journal of Accounting and Economics Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 367-392, October, 2004    
  • "Assessing the Relative Informativeness and Permanence of Pro Forma Earnings and GAAP Operating Earnings," Journal of Accounting and Economics Volume 36, Issue 1-3, Pages 285-319, December, 2003    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "An International Comparison of Income Statement and Balance Sheet Information: Germany, Japan and the U.S.," European Accounting Review Volume Volume 12, Issue No. 1, Pages 18, 2003    V I E W   A B S T R A C T
  • "Life-Cycle Stage Impacts on the Incremental Information Content of Earnings and Cash Flows," The Journal of Financial Statement Analysis 1998    
Experience:
   Teaching
  • Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, 2004
  • Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, 2000-2004
  • Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, 1997-2000
  • Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming, 1995-1997
  • Instructor, University of Washington, 1991-1995
   Professional
  • Member, American Accounting Association
Awards:
  • Outstanding Faculty Research Award , Marriott School of Management , 2007
  • Outstanding Faculty Research Award , Ernst & Young , 2005
  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers Fellow , PricewaterhouseCoopers , 2004
  • Environments for Mentoring Grant , Brigham Young University , 2002
Languages:
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
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