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	Amy Sun
	Assistant Professor of Accounting Department: Accounting Office: 375 Business Building Phone: 814-863-7071 Fax: 814-863-8393 E-mail: aus17@psu.edu Member of Faculty Since: 2005

Introduction

Professor Sun's research focuses on the effect of financial disclosure on capital markets and the role of accounting information in investment decisions. Her teaching interests include financial accounting and corporate financial reporting.

Expertise

Financial disclosure and corporate financial reporting, Earnings management, Analysts’ earnings forecasts, Market anomalies

Publication List

Gong, G., H. Louis, and A. Sun, "Earnings management, lawsuits, and stock-for-stock acquirers’ market performance",  Journal of Accounting and Economics, 46(1), 62-77 .

Gong, G., H. Louis, and A. Sun, "Earnings management and firm performance following open-market repurchases",  Journal of Finance, April 2008, 63(2), 947-986.

Adam Koch and Amy X. Sun, "Dividend changes and the persistence of past earnings changes",  Journal of Finance, October 2004, 59(5), 2093-2116.

Education

Ph.D., Accounting, Carnegie Mellon University,  2005 

Courses

ACCTG 472, Intermediate Accounting II