Andreas Simon

Assistant Professor of Accounting

E-mail: ansimon@calpoly.edu
Phone: (805) 756-1607
Fax: (805) 756-1473

Office: 03-328
Website: Personal Website

Dr. Andreas Simon is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at Orfalea College of Business, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He earned his Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia in 2008. He also has a Master’s degree from the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany, with emphasis in Accounting and Finance. Prior to joining Cal Poly, Dr. Simon received postdoctoral training at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and Anderson School of Management, UC Los Angeles and was a visiting professor at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain and the Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine.

Dr. Simon’s research expertise lies at the intersection of financial statement analysis and equity valuation, and how accounting information is used by sell-side security analysts. Dr. Simon’s publications have received national and international recognition in congressional reports for the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and have been listed on Social Science Research Network’s Top Ten download list for Capital Market and Efficiency Research, and Corporate Governance and Risk-Management Research. His published articles can be viewed in top-ranking journals such as The Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, The Journal of International Accounting Research, and Tax Notes. In 2009 and 2010 he was awarded the Cal Poly State Faculty Support Grant for continued academic research. Dr. Simon frequently presents his work at national and international conferences.

At the moment, Dr. Simon teaches several courses at Cal Poly at the graduate and undergraduate level; including, Introduction to Financial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, and Accounting for Management. Dr. Simon continually receives exceptionally high evaluations from his students, and was awarded the Ernst & Young Outstanding Educator Award in 2010.

Prior to graduate school, Dr. Simon worked as financial analyst for Landesbank Holding AG in Berlin, Germany, where he was responsible for forecasting, valuation, risk and capital markets research and an Associate in assurance and business advisory services, financial services at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Germany, where he worked in bank financial statement analysis.

Education:

• Ph.D., Accounting, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2008
• MS, Business Administration (Finance/ Accounting), University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany, 2003

Publications:

• Nowland, J. and A. Simon. 2010 The Effect of a Change in Analyst Composition on Analyst Forecast Accuracy: Evidence from US Cross-listings. Journal of International Accounting Research, Vol. 9, No. 1
• Curtis, A. and A. Simon. 2009. The use of earnings forecasts in stock recommendations: Are accurate analysts more consistent? Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Forthcoming
• Brailsford, T., D. Marchesi, A. Simon, and I. Tutticci. 2009. The Determinants of Shares Repurchase Decisions in On-Market Buybacks. Revise/resubmit: Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics
• Mock, R.P. and A. Simon. 2008. Permanently Reinvested Earnings: Priceless. Tax Notes. Vol. 121. No. 7
• Mock, R.P. and A. Simon. 2009. The LIFO, IFRS Conversion: An Explosive Concoction. Tax Notes. Vol 123. No. 6
• Nowland, J., A. Simon, and C. Ramezani. 2009. Do Long-term Growth Forecasts Signal Analyst Quality or ncentives? Under Review
• Faurel, L. and A. Simon, 2009. The effect of firms’ announcements of organic vs acquired growth on analysts’ long-term earnings growth forecasts. Working paper
• Konchichiki, Y. and A. Simon. 2009. Would you bet your savings on today’s best analysts? Working paper
• Clarkson, P., A. Simon, and I. Tutticci. 2009. What influences analysts’ target prices? Working paper

Additional University Experience:

• Visiting Professor, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Visiting Professor, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
• Visiting Professor, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine
• Visiting Professor, ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

Teaching Specializations:

• Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Accounting Research

Professional Experience:

• Associate, Assurance and Business Advisory Services -- Financial Services, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Berlin, Germany
• Financial Analyst, Landesbank Holding AG, Berlin, Germany

Professional Affiliations:

• American Accounting Association, Member since 2006
• Australia/ New Zealand Accounting and Finance Associations, Member since 2004

Other Professional Experience:

• Presented at various conferences in Accounting and Finance; including, the American Accounting Association meetings, Financial Accounting Research Section meetings, Western Region American Accounting Association meetings, Australian and New Zealand Accounting and Finance Association meetings, and Asian Finance Association meetings
• Gave seminars at various universities; including, The University of Utah, The University of New South Wales, ESADE Business School, Bocconi University
• Refereed for Accounting and Finance journal

Awards and Grants:

• Cal Poly State Faculty Support Grant (2010)
• Ernst and Young Outstanding Educator Award (2010)
• Cal Poly State Faculty Support Grant (2009)