| The following is a sampling of Dissertation Topics and Job Placements from Accounting Department PhD alumni: |
| Dora Althschuler: |
"Empirical Studies on Managements’ Voluntary Disclosures of Earnings and Cash Flows,” Loyola University, Chicago 2009 |
| Ramanan Natarajan: |
"Essays on Disclosure and Corporate Governance," University of California, Davis, 2007 |
| Ewa Sletten: |
"Essays on Discretionary Disclosure," MIT, 2007 |
| Anne Beyer: |
“Essays on Earnings Forecasts, Earnings Management and Capital Market Prices," Stanford University, 2006 |
| Aiyesha Dey: |
“Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Credibility," University of Chicago, 2005 |
| Peter Hostak: |
“Measures of Risk in Performance Pricing-Based Debt Contracts and Firms’ Reporting,” University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, 2005 |
| George Yong Yang: |
“Why Insiders in Some Firms Are More Inside than Those in Others? Cross-Sectional Determinants and effects of Insider Purchase Profitability,” Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005 |
| Daniel Cohen: |
“Quality of Financial Reporting Choice: Determinants and Economic Consequences,” University of Southern California, 2004 |
| Xiaohui Liu: |
“Analysts’ Response to Earnings Management,” University of Texas-Dallas, 2004 |
| Emre Karaoglu: |
“Regulatory Capital and Earnings Management in Banks: The Case of Loan Sales and Securitizations,” University of Toronto, 2002 |
| Ole-kristian Hope: |
“A Study of International Variations in the Financial Reporting Environment, Disclosure Practices and Analysts’ Forecasts,” University of Toronto, 2001 |
Stephen Brown: |
“The Impact of Pension Assumptions on Firm Valuation,” Emory University, 2001 |
| Tom Fields: |
“Essays on Debt Covenants,” Harvard University, 2001 |
| Bjorn Jorgensen: |
“Essays on Accounting, Capital Structure, and Risk Management,” Harvard University, 1999
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| Kin Lo: |
“Economic Consequences of Changes in Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules,” University of British Columbia, 1999 |
| Reuven Lehavy: |
“Reliability of Fresh Start Financial Statements and the Association Between Firms’ Values and Accounting Numbers after Adoption of Fresh Start Reporting,” University of California-Berkeley, 1997 |