prof.dr. E. (Erik) Peek

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Finance & Accounting
Affiliated since 2010

Erik Peek is Professor of Financial Reporting & Valuation at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). Professor Peek conducts research in the areas of financial analysis, accounting and valuation, earnings forecasting, and international financial accounting. He has published articles in major academic journals including, among others, Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, the Journal of International Accounting Research, and the European Accounting Review, and is the co-author of the textbook Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS Edition. Prior to joining RSM, Professor Peek was an associate professor at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He has been a visiting associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate from VU University Amsterdam in 2001 and has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder since 2002.

Publications

  • Academic (8)
    • van Raak, JJF., Peek, E., Meuwissen, R., & Schelleman, C. (2020). The Effect of Audit Market Structure on Audit Quality and Audit Pricing in the Private-Client Market. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 47(3-4), 456-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12414

    • Peek, E., Meuwissen, R., Moers, F., & Vanstraelen, A. (2013). Comparing Abnormal Accruals Estimates across Samples: An International Test. The European Accounting Review, 22(3), 533-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2012.746518

    • Peek, E., Cuijpers, RJR., & Buijink, WFJ. (2010). Creditors' and shareholders' reporting demands in public versus private Firms: Evidence from Europe. Contemporary Accounting Research, 27(1), 49-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01001.x

    • Cuijpers, RJR., & Peek, E. (2010). Reporting frequency, information precision and private information acquisition. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 37(1/2), 27-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.2009.02180.x

    • Peek, E. (2007). Discussion - An empirical analysis of CEO risk aversion and the propensity to smooth earnings volatility. Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 22(2), 237-247.

    • Peek, E. (2005). The influence of accounting changes on financial analysts¿ forecast accuracy and forecasting superiority: Evidence from the Netherlands. The European Accounting Review, 14(2), 261-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/0963818042000339626

    • Coppens, L., & Peek, E. (2005). An analysis of earnings management by European private firms. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 14(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2005.01.002

    • Peek, E. (2004). The use of discretionary provisions in earnings management: Evidence from the Netherlands. Journal of International Accounting Research, 3(2), 27-43. https://doi.org/10.2308/jiar.2004.3.2.27

  • Academic (1)
    • Hoogendoorn, M., & Peek, E. (1999). Stelselwijzigingen.

  • External (1)
    • Peek, E. (2001). Discretion in Financial Reporting and Properties of Analysts¿ Earnings Forecasts. [Doctoral Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]. VU University Amsterdam.

  • Academic (1)
    • Deumes, R., Meuwissen, R., Peek, E., Schelleman, C., & Vanstraelen, A. (2010). The Value of Audit. Maastricht Accounting, Auditing and Information Management Center (MARC) - Maastricht University.

Firms and Financial Markets: Empirical studies on the informational value of dividends, governance and financial reporting
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Henry van Beusichem
  • Time frame: 2007 - 2016
Empirical Studies in Financial Accounting
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Xanthi Gkougkousi
  • Time frame: 2008 - 2012
Studies on Determinants and Consequences of Financial Reporting Quality
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Anastasios Elemes
  • Time frame: 2011 - 2015
The Accountable Animal: Naturalising the management control problem
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Philip Eskenazi
  • Time frame: 2011 - 2015
Target the untargeted: essays in unconventional disclosures and policies
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Marcel Tuijn
  • Time frame: 2012 - 2020
  • Role: Promotor
Changes in the Information Landscape and Capital Market Communication
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Sebastian Stirnkorb
  • Time frame: 2016 - 2021
  • Role: Promotor, Daily Supervisor
Empirical Studies on the Role of Financial Information in Asset and Capital Markets
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Pooyan Ghazizadeh
  • Time frame: 2009 - 2019
Accounting, Compensation, and Governance
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Laura Maria Breuer
  • Time frame: 2021 -
Hour of Judgment: On judgment, decision making, and problem solving under accountability
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Aljaž Sluga
  • Time frame: 2015 - 2021
  • Role: Promotor
Research in Financial or Management Accounting
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Daphni Lehmann
  • Time frame: 2022 -
Essays in Financial Accounting
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Jeroen Koenraadt
  • Time frame: 2017 - 2022
Parttime PhD programme
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Jing Zhao
  • Time frame: 2020 -
Research in Taxation
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Masoud Mohebbi
  • Time frame: 2023 -
Essays on Financial Disclosure and Innovation
  • Role: Member Doctoral Committee
  • PhD Candidate: Mengfan Liu
  • Time frame: 2018 - 2023
Research in Accounting
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Qinke Lyu
  • Time frame: 2024 -
2012
March
21
Conference
As: Coordinator
2011
October
21
Inaugural Address
As: Speaker
2011
October
21

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T08-08
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands