| Alumni
The following is
a sampling of Dissertation Topics and Job Placements
from Accounting Department PhD alumni:
| 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
|
| 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 |
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