Alan Jagolinzer

Professor of Financial Accounting

Vice Dean for Programmes

Co-Director of the Centre for Financial Reporting and Accountability (CFRA)

BS (Pennsylvania State University), MBA (Syracuse University), PhD (Pennsylvania State University)

My research interests include financial reporting, international accounting, corporate governance, executive compensation and incentives, and insider trading. I’m a member of the editorial boards of the Accounting Review and the Journal of International Accounting Research. I was previously a Fellow of the International Accounting Standards Board, London.

I’m a member of the Accounting subject group at Cambridge Judge Business School, which focuses on the creation, dissemination, use, and governance of financial information.

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Contact details

Tel: +44 (0)1223 761073

a.jagolinzer@jbs.cam.ac.uk

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Academic area

Accounting

Professional experience
Previous appointments
Publications
Awards and honours

Professional experience

Professor Jagolinzer is a member of the editorial boards of the Accounting Review and the Journal of International Accounting Research. In 2015, he was a Fellow of the International Accounting Standards Board, London. He is a member of the Cambridge Corporate Governance Network (CCGN).

Previous appointments

Professor Jagolinzer was an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Colorado-Boulder and an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Selected publications

Hanley, K.W., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Nikolovac, S. (2018) “Strategic estimation of asset fair values.” Journal of Accounting and Economics, 66(1): 25-45 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.01.004)
Armstrong, C.S., Blouin, J.L., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Larcker, D.F. (2015) “Corporate governance, incentives, and tax avoidance.” Journal of Accounting and Economics, 60(1): 1-17 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2015.02.003)
Henderson, M.T., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Muller III, K.A. (2015) “Offensive disclosure: how voluntary disclosure can increase returns from insider trading.” Georgetown Law Journal, 103(5): 1275-1306
Brochet, F., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Riedl, E.J. (2013) “Mandatory IFRS adoption and financial statement comparability.” Contemporary Accounting Research, 30(4): 1373–1400 (DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12002)
Jagolinzer, A.D., Larcker, D.F. and Taylor, D.J. (2011) “Corporate governance and the information content of insider trades.” Journal of Accounting Research, 49(5): 1249-1274 (DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-679X.2011.00424.x)
Armstrong, C.S., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Larcker, D.F. (2010) “Chief executive officer equity incentives and accounting irregularities.” Journal of Accounting Research, 48(2): 225-271 (DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-679X.2009.00361.x)

Journal articles

Jagolinzer, A. (2024) “Market and regulatory implications of social identity cohorts: a discussion of crypto influencers.” Review of Accounting Studies (forthcoming)
Jagolinzer, A.D., Larcker, D.F., Ormazabal, G. and Taylor, D.J. (2020) “Political connections and the informativeness of insider trades.” Journal of Finance, 75(4): 1833-1876 (DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2836053)
Hanley, K.W., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Nikolovac, S. (2018) “Strategic estimation of asset fair values.” Journal of Accounting and Economics, 66(1): 25-45 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.01.004)
Armstrong, C.S., Blouin, J.L., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Larcker, D.F. (2015) “Corporate governance, incentives, and tax avoidance.” Journal of Accounting and Economics, 60(1): 1-17 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2015.02.003)
Henderson, M.T., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Muller III, K.A. (2015) “Offensive disclosure: how voluntary disclosure can increase returns from insider trading.” Georgetown Law Journal, 103(5): 1275-1306
Brochet, F., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Riedl, E.J. (2013) “Mandatory IFRS adoption and financial statement comparability.” Contemporary Accounting Research, 30(4): 1373–1400 (DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12002)
Jagolinzer, A.D., Larcker, D.F. and Taylor, D.J. (2011) “Corporate governance and the information content of insider trades.” Journal of Accounting Research, 49(5): 1249-1274 (DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-679X.2011.00424.x)
Armstrong, C.S., Barth, M.E., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Riedl, E.J. (2010) “Market reaction to the adoption of IFRS in Europe.” The Accounting Review, 85(1): 31-61 (DOI: 10.2308/accr.2010.85.1.31)
Armstrong, C.S., Jagolinzer, A.D. and Larcker, D.F. (2010) “Chief executive officer equity incentives and accounting irregularities.” Journal of Accounting Research, 48(2): 225-271 (DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-679X.2009.00361.x)
Jagolinzer, A.D. (2009) “SEC rule 10b5-1 and insiders’ strategic trade.” Management Science, 55(2): 224-239 (DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0928)

Jagolinzer, A.D., Matsunaga, S.R. and Yeung, P.E. (2007) “An analysis of insiders’ use of prepaid variable forward transactions.” Journal of Accounting Research, 45(5): 1055-1079 (DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-679X.2007.00260.x)

Awards and honours

Robert S. Wasley Teaching Award, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder, 2016
MBA Distinguished Teaching Award, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 2010
Sloan Masters Program Teaching Excellence Award, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 2009

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Media coverage

Forbes | 5 April 2023

JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon: Banking crisis not over. He’s right

Alan Jagolinzer, Professor of Financial Accounting at Cambridge Judge Business School, is featured in this article about the Silicon Valley Bank’s banking crisis.

Propublica | 16 March 2023

Wealthy executives make millions trading competitors’ stock with remarkable timing

Alan Jagolinzer, Professor of Financial Accounting at Cambridge Judge Business School, is featured in this article about share trading in big companies.

YouTube | 19 October 2022

Southbank Investment Research – Will fair value accounting boost crypto?

James Early talks with Alan Jagolinzer, Professor of Financial Accounting and Head of the Accounting Faculty Subject Group at Cambridge Judge Business School, about a new potential “fair value” rule, the state of play of crypto accounting, and whether it’s enough to drive crypto prices higher.

The Wall Street Journal, 29 June 2022
CEO stock sales raise questions about insider trading

Bloomberg Tax, 25 March 2022
SEC climate plan leaves open path to use global green standards

Business Because, 15 January 2022
Five emerging jobs in the cannabis industry

The Wall Street Journal, 27 December 2021
Every CEO should follow Mark Zuckerberg’s stock-trading example

Financial Times, 22 December 2021
Lax rules are allowing corporate fat cats to dump stock

The Wall Street Journal, 11 August 2021
Executive stock sales are under scrutiny. Here’s what regulators are interested in

The Conversation, 19 January 2021
Annual reports should inform society – not only those with a financial interest

Stanford Business, 15 July 2020
Stimulus money might stimulate insider trading

The New York Times, 6 April 2020
U.S. SEC’s Clayton says companies seeking bailouts must disclose plans, communicate with investors

Reuters, 26 March 2020
U.S. corporate crisis bailouts may prove bonanza for insider trading

Bloomberg, 24 March 2020
Now there’s a mortgage crisis too

Future-Proof, 28 October 2019
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