# Prof. Baruch Lev on CEO presence on quarterly earnings calls

1 Faculty News January 30, 2015 ![Bloomberg View logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloombergview_0.jpg?itok=47DlvcFA)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg View](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-30/caterpillar-apple-facebook-mcdonald-s-earnings-conference-calls) -- "At most companies it is the chief executive officer on the line fielding questions, accompanied by the chief financial officer and sometimes other top managers. This is one of the only managerial tasks, New York University accounting professor [Baruch Lev](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/baruch-lev) observed a few years ago, that almost never gets delegated."

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