George Batta, D.B.A.
Department
Areas of Expertise
Teaching Interests
Financial Accounting,Financial Statement Analysis, Data Analytics
Research Interests
Financial Analysis,Credit Markets, Structural Estimation, Accounting Conservatism
Education
A.B., University of California, Berkeley; D.B.A. Harvard University
Research and Publications
Credit rating agency and equity analysts' adjustments to GAAP earnings, with V. Muslu, forthcoming, Contemporary Accounting Research.
Credit derivatives and analyst behavior, with J. Qiu and F. Yu,The Accounting Review, 91: 1315-1343.
The direct relevance of accounting information for credit default swap pricing, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 38: 1096-1122.
Financial statement recasting and credit risk assessment, with J. Rosett and A. Ganguly, Accounting and Finance 54: 47-82.
The impact of equity misvaluation on predictive accuracy of bankruptcy models, with W. Wongsunwai, Journal of Fixed Income 24: 5-18.
Valuation consequences of convertible debt issuance, with G. Chacko and B. Dharan, Journal of Fixed Income, 20: 28-43.