Edward M. Watts

Edward M. Watts

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Yale School of Management

I am currently an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Yale School of Management. My research interests span various areas of capital markets research and ESG-related issues. My ongoing work focuses on the capital market and societal effects of firms' ESG-related activities, the role of information in debt capital markets, and the impact of information processing costs on investor behavior. I teach ESG Investing and an international course on Sustainable Finance.

Interests

  • Debt capital markets
  • Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
  • Investor behavior
  • Market microstructure

Education

  • Ph.D. in Business Administration, 2020

    Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • M.A. in Economics, 2012

    Duke University

  • B.A. in Mathematics and Economics, 2010

    SUNY Geneseo

Publications

(2024). Retail Investors and ESG News. Journal of Accounting and Economics, Forthcoming.

Journal Article SSRN

(2024). Earnings News and Over-the-Counter Markets. Journal of Accounting Research, 62 (2): 701-735 (May 2024).

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(2023). Board Diversity and Shareholder Voting. Journal of Corporate Finance, 83: 102487 (December 2023).

Journal Article SSRN

(2023). Retail Bond Investors and Credit Ratings. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 76 (1): 101587 (August 2023).

Journal Article SSRN

(2021). Seven Myths of ESG. European Financial Management, 28 (4): 869-882 (September 2022).

Journal Article SSRN

(2020). Where's the Greenium?. Journal of Accounting and Economics 69 (2-3): 101312 (April-May 2020).

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Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

Yale School of Management

Jul 2020 – Present New Haven, CT
 
 
 
 
 

PhD Candidate

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Aug 2015 – Jun 2020 Stanford, CA
 
 
 
 
 

Quantitative Associate, Investment Banking

Morgan Stanley

Jun 2014 – Aug 2015 New York, NY
 
 
 
 
 

Analyst, Fixed Income Trading

Morgan Stanley

Jun 2012 – Jun 2014 Purchase, NY

Contact

  • 165 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511