Personal profile
Biography
Thomas graduated from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, specialising in Auditing and Corporate Finance. Subsequently, Thomas obtained an MPhil and a PhD from the Manchester Business School. His main research interest lies in corporate communication, including narratives, trading updates, and management forecasts. Thomas is on the editorial board of ABR. Thomas holds/held a number of large/small ESRC grants. Thomas welcomes PhD applications in areas like corporate disclosure and market-based accounting research.
Working Papers
Rahman, S., Schleicher, T. & Walker, M. 2019. Comparing Manual Against Automated Measures of the Tone of Interim Management Statements: A Market Based Approach. Under Review.
Kiseleva, O. & Schleicher, T. 2018. Muted market response to company news: Lack of credibility or lack of surprise? Working Paper, University of Manchester.
Prizes
Best Manuscript Prize, 2007, British Accounting Review.
Teaching
BMAN 30071 Share Prices & Accounting Information - 2019-2020 - average rating of 4.72 (out of 5).
BMAN 31610 Corporate Financial Communication & Valuation - 2019-2020 - average rating of 4.32 (out of 5).
BMAN 10750 Quantitative Methods for Accounting & Finance - 2019-2020 - average rating of 4.45 (out of 5).
Impact
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cites research on Interim Management Statements in Schleicher & Walker (2015) in formal public consultation document on the future of quarterly reporting in the US. [Release No. 33-10588; 34-84842; File No. S7-26-18] [Dated: 18-12-18]
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Annual report narratives and the cost of equity capital: UK evidence of a u-shaped relation
Athanasakou, V., Eugster, F., Schleicher, T. & Walker, M., 26 Jan 2020, In: European Accounting Review. 29, 1, p. 27-54 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A time-series analysis of the scale of coercive journal self-citation and its effect on impact factors and journal rankings
Humphrey, C., Kiseleva, O. & Schleicher, T., 16 May 2018, In: European Accounting Review. 28, 4, p. 1-34 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are interim management statements redundant?
Schleicher, T. & Walker, M., 3 Mar 2015, In: Accounting and Business Research. 45, 2, p. 229-255 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Learning tone and attribution for financial text mining
El-Hay, M., Rayson, P., Young, S., Walker, M., Schleicher, T. & Athanasakou, V., 2016, In: N. Calzolari, K. Choukri, T. Declerck, M. Grobelnik, B. Maegaard, J. Mariani, A. Moreno, J. Odijk, S. Piperidis (Eds.) Proceedings of LREC 2016, Tenth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation. European Language Resources Association (ELRA) . p. 1820 1825 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Muted Market Response to (Positive) News: Lack of Credibility or Lack of Surprise?
Kiseleva, O. & Schleicher, T., Jun 2016, (Submitted) 46 p.Research output: Preprint/Working paper › Working paper
Activities
- 1 Editorial work
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University of Manchester (Publisher)
Schleicher, T. (Other)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research