Peter R.W. Demerjian
Email: Peter_Demerjian@bus.emory.edu
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Phone: 404-727-2329
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Goizueta Business
School
Emory University
1300 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30322 USA
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 Everett, Massachusetts. He subsequently received an MBA at the College of William & Mary and a PhD at the University of Michigan. Demerjian’s research interest is focused in the area of contracting; particularly how accounting standards and discretion in financial reporting affect the structure of debt contracts and the use of accounting-based covenants. He has also examined how accounting data can be used to measure managerial ability.
Publications
- “Accounting Standards and Debt Covenants: Has the “Balance Sheet Approach” Led to a Decline in the Use of Balance Sheet Covenants?” Journal of Accounting and Economics, forthcoming.
- “Quantifying Managerial Ability: A New Measure and Validity Tests” (with B. Lev and S. McVay), Management Science, forthcoming, July 2011
Working Papers
- "Managerial Ability and Earnings Quality" (with B. Lev, M. Lewis, and S. McVay), The Accounting Review, 3rd Round Revise & Resubmit February 2012. (Winner AAA Western Regional Meeting 2010 Best Paper Award, FEA Conference 2010 paper).
- “Financial Covenants, Credit Risk, and the Resolution of Uncertainty," February 2010.
Areas of Specialization
- Financial accounting
- Debt contracting
- Debt covenants
- Managerial ability
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