Jerold Zimmerman

Zimmerman is a founding editor of the Journal of Accounting and Economics. He was also a distinguished faculty member of the American Accounting Association’s Doctoral Consortium, and a visiting professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,Hong Kong University, and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is on the board of directors of IEC Electronics and on the company’s audit and compensation committees.
Zimmerman’s current research includes: “Asymmetric Sensitivity of C.E.O. Cash Compensation to Stock Returns,” with Andrew J. Leone and Joanna Shuang Wu (Journal of Accounting and Economics); “Unintended Consequences of Granting Small Firms Exemptions from Securities Regulation: Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,” with Feng Gao and Joanna Shuang Wu (Journal of Accounting Research); and “The Joint Effects of Materiality Thresholds and Voluntary Disclosure Incentives on Firms’ Disclosure Decisions,” with Shane Heitzman and Charles Wasley (Journal of Accounting and Economics 2008 Conference).
Financial and Managerial Accounting