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John Core Ph.D.

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Research focuses on executive compensation

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Education

Yale University (BA)

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)

Bio

Currently Nanyang Technological University Professor of Accounting at MIT Sloan School of Management

John has broad research interests in executive compensation and executive stock and option incentives, corporate governance, nonprofit governance, and disclosure and the cost of capital. 

His research has been published in the Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting & Economics, the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Financial Economics. When not conducting research, Core teaches the core Financial Accounting class to first-year MBA students at MIT Sloan. Prior to entering academia, he worked in investment banking for PaineWebber and in compensation consulting for Ernst & Young.

Relevant Research

  • Managerial incentives to increase firm volatility provided by debt, stock, and options; J. Core and J. Anderson, Management Science 64 (2018): 4408-4432.
  • Discussion of Chief Executive Officer Equity Incentives and Accounting Irregularities; Core, J., Journal of Accounting Research 48 (2010): 273-287.
  • Does Weak Governance Cause Weak Stock Returns? An Examination of Firm Operating Performance and Investors’ Expectations; J. Core, W. Guay and T. Rusticus, The Journal of Finance 61 (2006): 655-687
  • Corporate Governance, CEO Compensation, and Firm Performance; Core, J., Holthausen, R. and D. Larcker, Journal of Financial Economics 51, (1999): 371-406. JFE All Star Paper. 

Professional Service

  • Editor Journal of Accounting & Economics (July 2009 to present)
  • Editor The Accounting Review (June 2005 to June 2008)
  • Co-editor: 2004 Journal of Management Accounting Research Forum on Equity Incentives

Education

Yale University (BA)

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)

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