Prof. Dr. David Oesch

Professor of Financial Accounting
Department of Business Administration, University of Zurich

David Oesch received his PhD in Finance from the University of St. Gallen in 2011, after which he joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Finance. In 2014, he was promoted to Associate Professor of Financial Accounting at the University of Zurich, where he served until 2017 when he became a Full Professor of Financial Accounting at the same institution.

Full CV

Industry Expert Directors (with Wolfgang Drobetz, Felix von Meyerinck and Markus Schmid) Journal of Banking & Finance, 2018

Understanding Uncontested Director Elections (with Fabrizio Ferri and Yonca Ertimur)
Management Science, 2018

Management Influence on Investors: Evidence from Shareholder Votes on the Frequency of Say on Pay (with Fabrizio Ferri)
Contemporary Accounting Research, 2016

Competing with Superstars (with Manuel Ammann and Philipp Horsch)
Management Science, 2016

Analyst Coverage and Real Earnings Management: Quasi-Experimental Evidence(with Rustom Irani)
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2016

Is Director Industry Experience Valuable? (with Felix von Meyerinck and Markus Schmid)
Financial Management, 2016

Does the Director Election System Matter? Evidence from Majority Voting (with Fabrizio Ferri and Yonca Ertimur)
Review of Accounting Studies, 2015

Shareholder Votes and Proxy Advisors: Evidence from Say on Pay 
(with Fabrizio Ferri and Yonca Ertimur)
Journal of Accounting Research, 2013

Monitoring and Corporate Disclosure: Evidence from a Natural Experiment 
(with Rustom Irani)
Journal of Financial Economics, 2013

Product Market Competition, Corporate Governance, and Firm Value: Evidence from the EU-Area 
(with Manuel Ammann and Markus Schmid)
European Financial Management, 2013

An Alternative Three-factor Model for International Markets: Evidence from the European Monetary Union 
(with Manuel Ammann and Sandro Odoni)
Journal of Banking and Finance, 2012

Corporate Governance and Firm Value: International Evidence 
(with Manuel Ammann and Markus Schmid)
Journal of Empirical Finance, 2011

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