Anne Thompson

Anne Thompson

Associate Professor of Accountancy and Director of Ph.D Programs and Arthur Andersen Faculty Fellow

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4005 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

217-244-3307

amthomps@illinois.edu

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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Accounting, Texas A&M University, 2011
  • M.S., Accounting, Boston College, 2004
  • B.A., Cum Laude, Economics, Harvard University, 2000

Positions Held

  • Director, Ph.D. Program, Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021 to present
  • Associate Professor of Accountancy, Department of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 to present
  • Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011-2019
  • PhD Student/Instructor, Texas A&M University, 2010
  • Senior Associate/Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, 2004-2007
  • Contract and Database Supervisor, Affiliate Relations, Universal Television/USA Networks, 2000-2002

Recent Publications

  • Thompson, A., Urcan, O., & Yoon, H. (2023). Do companies redact material information from confidential SEC filings? Evidence from the FAST Act. The Accounting Review, 98 (4), 405–433.
  • Lennox, C., Schmidt, J., & Thompson, A. (2023). Why are Expanded Audit Reports Not Informative to Investors? Evidence from the United Kingdom. Review of Accounting Studies, 28 (2).
  • Hallman, N., Schmidt, J., & Thompson, A. (2022). Audit Implications of Non-GAAP Reporting. Journal of Accounting Research, 60 (5).
  • Thompson, A. (2022). Political Connections and the SEC Confidential Treatment Process. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 74 (1).

Other Publications

Articles

  • Czerney, K., Schmidt, J., Thompson, A., & Zhu, W. (2020). Do Type II Subsequent Events Impair Financial Reporting Quality? The Accounting Review, 95 (6), 97-123.
  • Czerney, K., Schmidt, J., & Thompson, A. (2019). Do Investors Respond to Explanatory Language Included in Unqualified Audit Reports? Contemporary Accounting Research, 36 (1), 198-229.
  • Fitzgerald, B., Omer, T., & Thompson, A. (2018). Audit Partner Tenure and Internal Control Reporting Quality: U.S. Evidence from the Not-For-Profit Sector. Contemporary Accounting Research, 35 (1), 334-364.
  • Bentley-Goode, K., Newton, N., & Thompson, A. (2017). Business Strategy, Internal Control over Financial Reporting, and Audit Reporting Quality. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.
  • Neuman, S., Omer, T., & Thompson, A. (2015). Determinants and Consequences of Tax Provider Choice in the Not-for-Profit Sector. Contemporary Accounting Research, 32 (2).
  • Czerney, K., Schmidt, J., & Thompson, A. (2014). Does Auditor Explanatory Language in Unqualified Audit Reports Indicate Financial Misstatement Risk? The Accounting Review, 89 (6).
  • Files, R., Sharp, N., & Thompson, A. (2014). Empirical Evidence on Repeat Restatement Firms. Accounting Horizons, 28 (1), 93-123.
  • Omer, T., Shelley, M., & Thompson, A. (2012). Investors' Response to Revelations of Prior Uncorrected Misstatements. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 31 (4), 167-192.

Honors and Awards

  • Arthur Andersen Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018 to present
  • RC Evans Data Analytics Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022-2023
  • Dean's Impact Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
  • Outstanding Discussion Award, AAA Financial Accounting and Reporting Section, 2022
  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, The Accounting Review, 2020

Grants

  • Gies Research Funding, Gies College of Business, 2021-2024
  • Subsequent Event Reporting in State and Local Government, Governmental Accounting Standards Boards (GASB), 2019-2020
  • UIUC Campus Research Board - Arnold O. Beckman Research Award Designation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 to present
  • Competitive Research Funding, Mays Business School, 2010

Teaching Interests

Audit and Assurance Services

Research Interests

Materiality decisions, non-audit services, securities regulation, not-for-profit sector

Current Courses

  • Assurance and Attestation (ACCY 405) Conceptual introduction to diverse means by which assurers improve the quality of information used by third parties for contracting purposes, with emphases on the credibility- and relevance-enhancement properties of assurers' services. Topics include the economics of assurance and attestation, and concepts including independence, risk, evidence, and control. Projects facilitate self-discovery of knowledge and development of professional skills and attitudes.

  • Special Research Problems (ACCY 593) Individual investigations or research projects selected by the students, subject to approval by the graduate adviser and the executive officer of the Department.

  • Second Year PHD Summer Paper (ACCY 593) Individual investigations or research projects selected by the students, subject to approval by the graduate adviser and the executive officer of the Department.

  • Doctoral Research Seminar (ACCY 594) Seminars in various accounting areas designed to enhance the research abilities of doctoral students and to assist them in preparing research proposals; these include Behavioral Dimensions, Public Sector, Tax, Auditing, Managerial, and others announced in the Class Schedule.

  • Thesis Research (ACCY 599) Individual direction and guidance in writing theses; seminar discussion of progress made.

  • Forum Seminar (ACCY 599) Individual direction and guidance in writing theses; seminar discussion of progress made.

Contact

4005 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

217-244-3307

amthomps@illinois.edu

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