Assistant Professor of Finance and Accounting
Rady School of Management - UC San Diego
Professor Floyd’s research is focused on transparency regulation, healthcare reimbursement and field experiments in Accounting and Finance. His research is field-driven and policy relevant to be accessible to decision-makers and applicable to solving real-world problems.
Prof. Floyd earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago. He also earned an MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.
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RESEARCH PAPERS
Publications
Floyd, E., Li, N., Skinner, D., 2015. Payout policy through the financial crisis: The growth of repurchases and the resilience of dividends. Journal of Financial Economics.
Floyd, E., List, J.A., 2016. Using Field Experiments in Accounting and Finance. Journal of Accounting Research.
Christensen, H., Floyd, E., Liu, L.Y., Maffett, M., 2017. The Real Effects of Mandated Information on Social Responsibility in Financial Reports: Evidence from Mine-Safety Records. Journal of Accounting and Economics.
Weber, E., Floyd, E., Kim, Y., White, C., 2019. Peering Behind the Veil: Trends in Contracts Between Private Health Plans and Hospitals. Medical Care Research and Review.
Christensen, H., Floyd, E., Maffett, M., 2020. The Only Prescription is Transparency: The Effect of Charge-Price-Transparency Regulation on Healthcare Prices. Management Science.
Bertomeu, J., Cheynel, E., Floyd, E., Pan, W., 2020. Using Machine Learning to Detect Misstatements. Review of Accountings Studies.
Floyd, E., Lee, D., Tomar, S., 2022. Making the Grade (But Not Disclosing It): How Withholding Grades Affects Student Behavior and Employment. Forthcoming. Management Science.
Working Papers
“The Impact of Crisis on the Risk Tolerance of Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurs,” (with Daniel Fehder, Yael Hochberg, Daniel Lee, and Esther Bailey)
“The Unintended Consequences of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures: Field Experimental Evidence from a Carbon Offsetting Program,” (with Carina Fugger, Kathrine von Graevenitz, Martin Kesternich, and Michael K. Price)
“Learning When to Quit: A Field Experiment with Innovation-Driven Startups,” (with Daniel Fehder, Yael Hochberg, Daniel Lee, and Esther Bailey)
“Do Taxpayers Respond to Ambiguous Punishments? Evidence from Three Experiments,” (with Michael Hallsworth, John A. List, Robert Metcalfe, Kristian Rotaru, and Ivo Vlaev)
ASSOCIATIONS
UC San Diego
Rady School of Management
Waseda University