Contact

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gdlind@katz.pitt.edu
412-648-1671
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Profile

Gary’s research is at the intersection of macroeconomics and accounting, studying the macroeconomic externalities of accounting information for firm decisions, how information in the accounting reports of business entities help assess macroeconomic trends, and how accounting information reflects incentives for value creation within the firm.

Before joining Katz in 2019, Gary completed his doctoral and masters studies in management at Rice University. Additionally, he holds a B.A. in economics from BYU as well as an M.A. in economics from Rice University.

Degrees

• PhD, Accounting, Rice University
• MA, Economics, Rice University
• MA, Management, Rice University
• BA, Economics, Brigham Young University

Academic Research

Published Papers

• Li, Edward X., Gary Lind, K. Ramesh, and Min Shen. “Externalities of accounting disclosures: evidence from the Federal Reserve.” The Accounting Review (2023): 1-27.

Working Papers

• “Macroeconomic Information Acquisition around Earnings Clusters”, with Elia Ferracuti (Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Accounting Research)
• “Central Bank Economic Transparency and Managerial Learning” with Oliver Binz and Elia Ferracuti (Under review at Review of Financial Studies)
• “Democratizing Financial Forecasting: Predicting Retail Sales Revenue from Internet Search Behavior”, with K. Ramesh (Under review at Contemporary Accounting Research)
• “Connecting statistical and disclosure-driven models of earnings disaggregation” with K. Ramesh and Patricia Naranjo (Under review at The Accounting Review)
• “The Macro Informativeness of Micro Transactions” (Under review at Management Science)

Personal Interests

Gary enjoys spending time with his wife and children, gardening, cooking, making music, fly fishing, and playing baseball.