Faculty Profile

Dr. Nick Seybert
Assistant Professor

4333H Van Munching Hall
Phone: 301-405-0962
E-mail: nseybert@rhsmith.umd.edu  

Ph.D., Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
B.S. in Accounting, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

Nick Seybert received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He is interested in financial accounting and behavioral finance, particularly how optimistic beliefs arise and are disciplined in the market. His research has been published in leading journals, including the Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting Research, and Management Science. Prior to joining the Smith School, he was a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business.

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor of Accounting, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, 2010-present

Assistant Professor of Accounting, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas of at Austin, 2008-2010

PUBLICATIONS

Seybert, N. and Yang, H. 2011. The party’s over: The role of earnings guidance in resolving sentiment-driven overvaluation. Management Science (Special Issue on Behavioral Economics and Finance), forthcoming.

Koonce, L.; Seybert, N.; and Smith, J. 2011. Causal reasoning in financial reporting and voluntary disclosure. Accounting, Organizations, and Society, forthcoming.

Seybert, N. 2010. R&D capitalization and reputation-driven real earnings management. Accounting Review 85 (2): 671-693.

Seybert, N., and Bloomfield, R. 2009. Contagion of wishful thinking in markets. Management Science 55(5): 738-751.

Libby, R., and Seybert, N. 2009. Behavioral studies of the effects of regulation on earnings management and accounting choice. Accounting, Organizations, and Institutions: Essays for Anthony Hopwood. Oxford University Press.

Libby, R.; Hunton, J.; Tan, H-T.; and Seybert, N. 2008. Relationship incentives and the optimistic/pessimistic pattern in analysts’ forecasts. Journal of Accounting Research 46 (1): 173-198.

TEACHING

Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Financial Statement Analysis for MBAs and Undergraduates, 2010-present
Introduction to Accounting Research (doctoral seminar), 2010

McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Financial Statement Analysis for MBAs/MPAs and Undergraduates, 2008-2010

Cornell University
Introductory Financial Accounting for Undergraduates, 2006

HONORS AND AWARDS

• AAA/ABO Best Dissertation Award, 2009
• AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2006
• Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, 2006
• Johnson School Teaching Honor Roll, 2006
• Ernst & Young Education Excellence Scholarship, 2002

AD HOC REVIEWER

• Accounting, Organizations and Society
• Accounting Review
• Contemporary Accounting Research
• Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
• Management Science

SERVICE

• Department of Accounting and Information Assurance Ph.D. Committee Member, 2010-present.
• Dissertation Committee Member, Amanda Wilford, 2010-present.