You have a point - but a point is not enough: The case for distributional forecasts of earnings - Dr. Ilia D. Dichev

Ilia D. Dichev is the Goizueta Foundation Chair in Financial Reporting and Professor of Accounting at the Goizueta Business School, Emory University. A native of Bulgaria, Professor Dichev received a BS in Finance from Santa Clara University in 1991, and a PhD in Accounting from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1995. Professor Dichev’s research includes issues in earnings management, earnings quality, dollarweighted returns, and market efficiency. His research has been published in in all top accounting journals, and in several leading journals in finance and economics. Professor Dichev is the recipient of several prominent research awards, including Notable Contributions to the Accounting Literature (twice), Distinguished Contributions to the Accounting Literature, and Seminal Contributions to the Accounting Literature. Professor Dichev teaches mostly financial accounting, and financial statement analysis and valuation at the undergraduate, MBA, and PhD level. He has been the director of the PhD program in Accounting at University of Michigan and Emory University