John Manuel Barrios
About Me
John M. Barrios is an assistant professor at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St Louis. He is currently on leave visiting Yale SOM. He is also a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Political Economy and the Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship groups.
Barrios' research interests focus on the intersection of labor economics, entrepreneurship, and financial and managerial accounting. Specifically, his research has examined the areas of new business formation, culture and economic behaviors, human capital, financial reporting, regulation, managerial incentives, and corporate governance.
Barrios frequently presents his research at major international conferences such as the American Economic Association or the NBER Summer Institute. He has published in leading accounting, economics and finance journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Public Economics and the Journal of Financial Economics. His research has been covered by The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, among others.
Before joining Olin Business School, he served as an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Fujimori/Mou Faculty Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Barrios earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Miami. During his time in the Ph.D. program, he was awarded the KPMG Scholarship from the KPMG Foundation. Additionally, he holds a Masters in Professional Accounting from the University of Miami and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
Barrios teaches Finacial Accounting at Olin. Outside of academia, he enjoys reading history, politics, cooking, fly-fishing, wine tasting, and salsa dancing.
Research News
Recent Publications
Misaligned Measures of Control: Private Equity’s Antitrust Loophole
Forthcoming at Virginia Law & Business Review
A New Era of Midnight Mergers: Antitrust Risk and Investor Disclosures
Forthcoming at AEJ: Micro
New Papers
From Constraints to Clarity: How Regulation Shapes Investor Information Asymmetry
Spillovers from Regulatory Fragmentation: Evidence from Corporate Tax Burdens
Green Prosperity: Examining the Effects of Legalizing Recreational Marijuana on Local Economic Activity and Household Finance
Ethics and Illusions: How Ethical Declarations Shape Market Behavior
Staggeringly Problematic: A Primer on Staggered DiD for Accounting Researchers
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Recent Media Mentions
New Interview: Gig Work getting the squeeze
New Interview: Civic Capital and Social Distancing
New Video: Civic Capital and adherence to social distancing.
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Barrons: Many Small Businesses Are at Risk of Missing the Rescue
Nicklaus: Hawley's attack on Big Tech will harm innovation