"Managing for the Moment: The Role of Earnings Management via Real Activities versus Accruals in SEO Valuation."

Kothari, S.P., Natalie Mizik and Sugata Roychowdhury. The Accounting Review Vol. 91, No. 2 (2016): 559-586.

"Econometrics of the Basu Asymmetric Timeliness Coefficient and Accounting Conservatism."

Ball, Ray, S.P. Kothari and Valeri V. Nikolaev. Journal of Accounting Research Vol. 51, No. 5 (2013): 1071-1097.

"On Estimating Conditional Conservatism."

Ball, Ray, S.P. Kothari and Valeri V. Nikolaev. The Accounting Review Vol. 88, No. 3 (2013): 755-787.

"The Role of Accounting in the Financial Crisis: Lessons for the Future."

Kothari, S.P. and Rebecca Lester. Accounting Horizons Vol. 26, No. 2 (2012): 335-351.

"Generating Superior Performance in Private Equity: A New Investment Methodology."

Kothari, S.P., Gitanjali Swami and Konstantin Danilov. Journal of Investment Management Vol. 11, No. 1 (2012): 28-41.

"The Benefits of Financial Statement Comparability."

DeFranco, Gus, S.P. Kothari, and Rodrigo Verdi. Journal of Accounting Research Vol. 49, No. 4 (2011): 895-931. Data Sets.