Biography

Peter Demerjian joined Goizueta Business School in the fall of 2007. He began his career as a trust accountant supervisor at Mellon Financial Corporation in Massachusetts. He subsequently pursued an MBA at College of William & Mary in Virginia and a PhD at the University of Michigan. Demerjian’s research interests are focused in the areas of debt and earnings quality.

Working Papers

• “Managerial ability and earnings quality,” working paper, with B. Lev and S. McVay .
• “Going concerns and bankruptcy risk: a rational explanation for an apparent anomaly,” working paper.
• “Financial ratios and credit risk: the selection of financial ratio covenants in debt contracts,” dissertation.

Areas of Specialization

• Financial ratio analysis
• Debt contracts
• Bankruptcy
• Earnings quality

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Accounting Association
• Beta Gamma Sigma

Academic Background
PhD, Business Administration (accounting), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2007
MBA, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 2002
BA, mathematics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1996