Nate Y. Sharp
Professor and Adam C. Sinn '00 Dean's Leadership Chair
Presidential Impact Fellow
- nsharp@mays.tamu.edu
- 979-845-4712
- Wehner 440A
Education
Ph.D. - University of Texas at Austin, 2007M.Acc. - Brigham Young University, 2002
B.S., cum laude - Brigham Young University, 2002
Research Interest
Financial Accounting, financial reporting, financial analysts, financial journalism, financial misconductBiography
Professor Nate Sharp is Dean of the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. He holds the Adam C. Sinn ’00 Dean’s Leadership Chair and previously served as Head of the James Benjamin Department of Accounting at Mays Business School.
Dr. Sharp’s research interests include corporate financial reporting, financial analysts, financial journalism, and financial misconduct. His research is published in leading scholarly journals and has received multiple best-paper awards, including the 2021 Distinguished Contributions to the Accounting Literature Award from the American Accounting Association. His research has also been discussed extensively in financial media, including by The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, CNBC, Forbes, CFO.com, and the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation. He was named a Texas A&M University Presidential Impact Fellow in 2018 and became Department Head in 2020.
At Texas A&M, Dr. Sharp has taught classes to undergraduate and graduate students, including a graduate course he designed that introduces master’s of accounting students to scholarly research. He was recognized as the 2012-13 Texas A&M University Center for Teaching Excellence Montague Scholar in the Mays Business School. He is also the recipient of the 2018 David and Denise Baggett Teaching Award, the 2015 Association of Former Students Distinguished Teaching Award, the 2012 Ernst & Young Teaching Excellence Award, a 2010 Texas A&M University System Teaching Excellence Award, and he was a 2009 Texas A&M University Fish Camp Namesake. He received bachelor’s (cum laude) and master’s degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business before receiving a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. Professor Sharp and his wife, Holly, are the proud parents of five children.
Research Publications
Flam, R., J. Green, J. Lee, and N. Sharp (2024), “Ethnic Minority Analysts’ Participation in Public Earnings Conference Calls,” Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming.Call, A., R. Flam, J. Lee, and N. Sharp (2024), “Managers’ Use of Humor on Public Earnings Conference Calls,” Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming.
Call, A., S. Emett, E. Maksymov, and N. Sharp (2022), "Meet the Press: Survey Evidence on Financial Journalists as Information Intermediaries," Journal of Accounting and Economics, 73 (2-3): 1-19.
Call, A., N. Sharp, and T. Shohfi (2021), “Which Buy-Side Institutions Participate in Public Earnings Conference Calls? Implications for Capital Markets and Sell-Side Coverage,” Journal of Corporate Finance, 68: 1-24.
Call, A., N. Sharp, and P. Wong (2019), “Changes in Analysts’ Stock Recommendations Following Regulatory Action Against Their Brokerage,” Review of Accounting Studies, 24 (4): 1184-1213.
Brown, L., A. Call, M. Clement, and N. Sharp (2019), “Managing the Narrative: Investor Relations Officers and Corporate Disclosure,” Journal of Accounting and Economics, 67 (1): 58-79.
Harrison, J., S. Boivie, N. Sharp, and R. Gentry (2018), “Saving Face: How Exit in Response to Negative Press and Star Analyst Downgrades Reflects Reputation Maintenance by Directors,” Academy of Management Journal, 61 (3): 1131-1157.
Call, A., J. Martin, N. Sharp, and J. Wilde (2018), “Whistleblowers and Outcomes of Financial Misrepresentation Enforcement Actions,” Journal of Accounting Research, 56 (1): 123-171.
Rees, L., N. Sharp, and P. Wong (2017), “Working on the Weekend: Do Analysts Strategically Time the Release of Their Recommendation Revisions?” Journal of Corporate Finance, 45: 104-121.
Brown, L., A. Call, M. Clement, and N. Sharp (2016), “The Activities of Buy-Side Analysts and the Determinants of Their Stock Recommendations,” Journal of Accounting and Economics, 62 (1): 139-156.
Brown, L., A. Call, M. Clement, and N. Sharp (2015), “Inside the ‘Black Box’ of Sell-Side Financial Analysts,” Journal of Accounting Research, 53 (1): 1-47.
• 2018 American Accounting Association FARS Best Paper
• 2021 American Accounting Association Distinguished Contributions to the Accounting Literature
Rees., L., N. Sharp, and B. Twedt (2015), “Who’s Heard on the Street? Determinants and Consequences of Financial Analyst Coverage in the Business Press,” Review of Accounting Studies, 20 (1): 173-209.
Christ, M., A. Masli, N. Sharp, and D. Wood (2015), “Rotational Internal Audit Programs and Financial Reporting Quality: Do Compensating Controls Help?” Accounting, Organizations and Society, 44 (1): 37-59.
Bentley, K., T. Omer, and N. Sharp (2013), “Business Strategy, Financial Reporting Irregularities, and Audit Effort,” Contemporary Accounting Research, 30 (2): 780-817.
Mayew, W., N. Sharp, and M. Venkatachalam (2013), “Using Earnings Conference Calls to Identify Analysts with Superior Private Information,” Review of Accounting Studies, 18 (2): 386-413.
McGuire, S., N. Sharp, and T. Omer (2012), “The Impact of Religion on Financial Reporting Irregularities,” The Accounting Review, 87 (2): 645-673.
Prawitt, D., N. Sharp, and D. Wood (2012), “Internal Audit Outsourcing and the Risk of Misleading or Fraudulent Financial Reporting: Did Sarbanes-Oxley Get It Wrong?” Contemporary Accounting Research, 29 (4): 1109-1136.
