Prof. Erik Peek

Profile
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.
Professional experience
Full Professor
Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Accounting & Control
Publications
Scholarly Publications (12)
- J.J.F. van Raak, E. Peek, R. Meuwissen & C. Schelleman (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. doi: 10.1111/jbfa.12414
- K. Palepu, P. Healy & E. Peek (2019). Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS Edition. Andover: Cengage Learning
- E. Peek, R. Meuwissen, F. Moers & A. Vanstraelen (2013). Comparing Abnormal Accruals Estimates across Samples: An International Test. The European Accounting Review, 22 (3), 533-572. doi: 10.1080/09638180.2012.746518
- E. Peek (2012). The Value of Accounting. (2012, oktober 21). Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management
- R. Deumes, R. Meuwissen, E. Peek, C. Schelleman & A. Vanstraelen (2010). The Value of Audit. (Extern rapport). Maastricht: Maastricht Accounting, Auditing and Information Management Center (MARC) - Maastricht University
- E. Peek, R.J.R. Cuijpers & W.F.J. Buijink (2010). Creditors' and shareholders' reporting demands in public versus private Firms: Evidence from Europe. Contemporary Accounting Research, 27 (1), 49-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2010.01001.x
- R.J.R. Cuijpers & E. Peek (2010). Reporting frequency, information precision and private information acquisition. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 37 (1/2), 27-59. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5957.2009.02180.x
- E. Peek (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.
- E. Peek (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. doi: 10.1080/0963818042000339626
- L. Coppens & E. Peek (2005). An analysis of earnings management by European private firms. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 14 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2005.01.002
- E. Peek (2004). The use of discretionary provisions in earnings management: Evidence from the Netherlands. Journal of International Accounting Research, 3 (2), 27-43. doi: 10.2308/jiar.2004.3.2.27
- M.N. Hoogendoorn & E. Peek (1999). Stelselwijzigingen. In J. Dijksma, J.A.G.M. Koevoets & R.G.A. Vergoossen (Eds.), Het Jaar 1999 Verslagen NIVRA-Geschriften. NIVRA
Doctoral Thesis
- E. Peek (2001, juni 19). Discretion in Financial Reporting and Properties of Analysts¿ Earnings Forecasts. VU University Amsterdam Prom./coprom.: Prof Dr. J. Klaassen & Prof.Dr. R. Vergoossen.
Media
Media item
- Deal die toch niet zo uitstekend was’
shareholders' committee of waste processor company Attero, led by the Brabant Provincial Executive Bert Pauli, gave its approval for the sale of the former Essent Milieu at the private equity firm, for 170 million euros. Erik Peek…
Brabants Dagblad Saturday, 23 July 2016
Courses
Business Analysis and Valuation
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BKBMIN053
- Level: Bachelor, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3
Advanced Statistics & Programming
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM01BAM
- ECTS: 4 Level: Master
Data Management & Ethics
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM02BAM
- ECTS: 4 Level: Master
Experimentation & Causal Inference
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM03BAM
- ECTS: 4 Level: Master
Financial analysis & valuation
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BM05FI
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Principles of Financial Modeling
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM08BAM
- ECTS: 3 Level: Master
Past courses
Business Analysis and Valuation
- Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
- Code: BM04AFM
- ECTS: 5 Level: Nmaster
Financial analysis and valuation
- Study year: 2014/2015, 2013/2014
- Code: RSM04AC
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Financial analysis
- Study year: 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BKM04AC
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Financial analysis CFA
- Study year: 2013/2014, 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BKM04ACA
- ECTS: 4
Financial reporting and analysis
- Study year: 2013/2014
- Code: RSMME022
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
International finance and control
- Study year: 2012/2013
- Code: BKMME109
- ECTS: 10 Level: Master, Master
Thesis Clinic Accounting and Control
- Study year: 2011/2012
- Code: BKM09AC
- Level: Master
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