James Warren

James Warren

Assistant Professor, James Benjamin Department of Accounting
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Biography

Dr. Warren is an assistant professor of accounting at Mays Business School. His research focuses on the incentives underlying the production and disclosure of various sources of accounting information, and how these sources of accounting information impact security prices, information asymmetry, and price formation. His work has been published in The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research, and The Journal of Financial Reporting.

Prior to joining Texas A&M University, Dr. Warren worked as a financial statement auditor in Houston, received his Ph.D. at The University of Georgia, and served as an assistant professor at the Universities of Connecticut and Arkansas. He holds a CPA license in the state of Texas.

Education

  • Ph.D., Accounting, The University of Georgia, 2021
  • MS, Finance, Texas A&M University, 2014
  • BS, Accounting, Texas A&M University, 2014

Publications

Davidson, O., M. Drake, R. Moon, and J. Warren. “Out of the office: Market impact of institutional investor distraction.” Contemporary Accounting Research (2025), forthcoming.
Warren, J. “Voluntary Disclosure Quality and Analyst Coverage.” The Accounting Review (2025) 100 (6): 309–333.
Gomez, E., and J. Warren. “Analyst Coverage and Managerial Learning from Prices.” Journal of Financial Reporting (2025): 1–22.
Drake, M., R. Moon, and J. Warren. 2024. “Classifying Forecasts.” The Accounting Review 99 (6): 129–156.
Gomez, E., F. Heflin, R. Moon, and J. Warren. 2024. “Financial analysis on social media and disclosure processing costs: Evidence from Seeking Alpha.” The Accounting Review 99 (5): 223–246.
Baginski, S., J. Campbell, P. Ryu, and J. Warren. 2023. “The association between current earnings surprises and the ex-post bias of concurrently issued management forecasts.” Review of Accounting Studies 28: 2104–2149.
Drake, M., R. Moon, B. Twedt, and J. Warren. 2023. “Social Media Analysts and Sell-Side Analyst Research.” Review of Accounting Studies 28: 385–420.
Baginski, S., J. Campbell, R. Moon, and J. Warren. 2022. “The Role of Executive Risk-Taking Incentives in Voluntary Disclosure Accuracy.” Journal of Financial Reporting 7 (1): 25–47.

Research Interests

Financial Accounting

Voluntary disclosure

Capital Markets

Information Intermediaries