Eric J. Allen

Assistant Professor of Accounting

University of California, Riverside

eric.allen@ucr.edu

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Research

Publications:

On the Tax Efficiency of Startup firms, with Jeffrey C. Allen, Sharat Raghavan, and David H. Solomon (Review of Accounting Studies, 2022)

Internet Appendix  Outside Coverage: Phys.Org 

Work Hours & Income Tax Cuts: Evidence from Federal-State Tax Interactions, with Michael Simkovic. (Florida Tax Review 2022). 

Outside Coverage: TaxProf 

Tax Specific Versus Generic Accounting-Based Textual Analysis and the Relationship with Effective Tax Rates: Building Context , with Dan O'leary, Charles Swenson and Hao Qu (Journal of Information Systems 2022)

Does Parenting Matter? U.S. Parents, Non-U.S. Parents, and Global Firm Taxes, with Susan Morse (Journal of Law Finance and Accounting 2019)

Reference Dependent Preferences: Evidence from marathon runners with Patricia Dechow, Devin Pope, and George Wu (Management Science 2017) Online Appendix

Outside Coverage: New York Times; Runner Academy; Time; Irresistible

Innovation and Taxation at Start-Up Firms, with Susan Morse (Tax Law Review 2016)

Firm Incorporation Outside the U.S.:  No Exodus Yet - with Susan Morse (National Tax Journal, 2013)

Outside Coverage: New York Times

Accrual Reversals, Earnings and Stock Returns - with Chad Larson & Richard Sloan (Journal of Accounting and Economics,  2013)

Working papers

The Effect of the Mandatory Disclosure of Corporate Tax Returns on Reporting Bias , with Aydin Uysal

 The information content of the deferred tax valuation allowance: Evidence from venture capital backed IPO firms 

Outside Coverage: New York Times

The Effect of Management Discretion on the Efficiency of Profit Sharing Contracts: Evidence From the Motion Picture Industry

Gender Differences in the Strategies Used for Task Completion: An Analysis of Marathon Runners (formerly The 'Rationality' of The Long Distance Runner: Prospect Theory and The Marathon), with Patricia Dechow

Outside Coverage: Wall Street Journal, Deadspin

Invited Papers/Presentations:

2023: Southern California Accounting Research Forum

2022: American Tax Association Mid-Year Meeting, AAA Western Region Meeting (winner best paper award), AAA Annual Meeting

2021: Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, Critical Tax Conference (UC-Irvine) 

2020: Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, Financial Accounting Reporting Section Mid-year meeting (Discussant-Winner of Best Discussion Award), University of Toronto School of Law, Texas/Waterloo Tax Symposium (discussant), European Association of Law and Economics Annual Meeting, Washington State University.

2019: Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, University of California-Riverside, Rutgers University, American University, AAA Western Region Meeting (Discussant), The Ohio State University

2018: Hawaii Accounting Research Conference, New York University, Southern California Accounting Research Forum, Harvard Business School.

2017: USC/UCLA/UCI Accounting Research Symposium, UC Davis Accounting Research Conference, Loyola Law Tax Policy Colloquium (Discussant)

2016: AAA Annual Meeting, NTA Annual Meeting, AAA Western Region Meeting (Discussant)

2015: NYU/UCLA Tax Policy Symposium, UNC tax Symposium, University of Oregon, ASSA Annual meeting, NTA annual meeting, USC/UCLA/UCI Accounting Symposium, AAA Western Region Meeting (Discussant)

2014:  Behavioral Economics Annual Meeting, UC Berkeley Psychology and Economics Research Seminar

2013: HKUST Accounting Research Symposium (Discussant)

2012: UNC Tax Symposium, London Business School, University of Southern California, Southern Methodist University, Rice University, University of Arizona

2011:National Tax Association Annual Meeting, American Tax Policy Institute conference on International Taxation & Competitiveness, American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Critical Tax Conference - Santa Clara University, Traynor Summer Workshop - University of California Hastings, American Tax Association mid-year meeting - JLTR section, Cal State University Fullerton.