Office: RSB 316
Phone: (804) 287-1938
Fax: (804) 289-8878
Email: dnorth@richmond.edu

Teaching:
Corporate Finance
Financial Modeling

Research:
Earnings Management
Management turnover
Initial Public Offerings
Finance Pedagogy

Education:
BA, Michigan State University
MBA, University of Notre Dame
PhD, Michigan State University

Selected Publications:
“Duration Measures for Corporate Project Valuation”, by Tom Arnold and David S. North, The Engineering Economist (April-June 2008); “The Hiring of Accounting and Finance Officers from Audit Firms: How did the Market React?” by Marshall A. Geiger, Clive S. Lennox, and David S. North, Review of Accounting Studies Journal (March 2008); “Cover Stories: Are Business Magazine Cover Stories Effective Contrarian Indicators?” by Tom Arnold, John H. Earl, and David North, Financial Analysts Journal (March/April 2007); “Does Hiring a New CFO Change Things? An Investigation of Changes in Discretionary Accruals” by Marshall A. Geiger and David S. North.  The Accounting Review (July 2006); “Improving Pro Forma Analysis through Better Terminal Value Estimates,” by Tom Arnold, David North, and Roy A. Wiggins, III, Journal of Financial Education.(Fall 2005); “The Auditor to Client Revolving Door and Earnings Management” by Marshall A. Geiger, David S. North, and Brendan T. O’Connell, Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance (January 2005); “The Role of Managerial Incentives in Corporate Acquisitions: The 1990s Evidence.”  David S. North, Journal of Corporate Finance (July 2001).

Awards:
Robins School of Business Outstanding Scholarship Award (2007)