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Kellogg Accounting Information & Management Department
The Accounting Information & Management Department is a leader in research that advances the understanding of a broad range of economic forces and institutional features that influence how firms make economic decisions and assess performance.
Key areas of research include how market participants use accounting information, the incentives for firms and other parties to disclose information, and the use of accounting information in contracting relationships, audit planning, and performance evaluation. Additionally, the faculty work to train and produce the next generation of leading research scholars.
Our faculty members are at the leading edge of accounting research and practice.
Faculty in Accounting Information & Management serve on the editorial boards of leading accounting research journals, such as Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, and Contemporary Accounting Research. Further, our faculty have served as the editor for The Accounting Review, and have occupied prominent advisory positions for the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
The Accounting Research Center is affiliated with the department. Formally created in 1978, the Accounting Research Center supports the research of the Kellogg School's accounting faculty. In support of this program, the Accounting Research Center conducts seminars, funds the acquisition of data and equipment, and hosts conferences for academics and practitioners. For questions, please contact Ron Dye, Director of the Accounting Research Center.
Key areas of research include how market participants use accounting information, the incentives for firms and other parties to disclose information, and the use of accounting information in contracting relationships, audit planning, and performance evaluation. Additionally, the faculty work to train and produce the next generation of leading research scholars.
Faculty in Accounting Information & Management serve on the editorial boards of leading accounting research journals, such as Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, and Contemporary Accounting Research. Further, our faculty have served as the editor for The Accounting Review, and have occupied prominent advisory positions for the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
The Accounting Research Center is affiliated with the department. Formally created in 1978, the Accounting Research Center supports the research of the Kellogg School's accounting faculty. In support of this program, the Accounting Research Center conducts seminars, funds the acquisition of data and equipment, and hosts conferences for academics and practitioners. For questions, please contact Ron Dye, Director of the Accounting Research Center.
Upcoming Events
Beverly Walther
Professor Walther studies how financial forecasts and stock market behaviors can influence each other.
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Swaminathan Sridharan
A recent study by Professor Sridharan looks at whether CEOs improve their performance after their pay is cut.
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Andrew Leone
New research examines the efficacy of two widely used approaches to address influential observations in accounting studies.
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Are Earnings Foreasts Informed by Proxy Statement Compensation Disclosures?
Stephannie Larocque, Melissa Martin, Beverly Walther, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2020 |
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The Term Structure of the Implied Costs of Equity Capital
Matthew Lyle, J. L. Callen, Review of Accounting Studies, 2020 |
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Influential Observations and Inference in Accounting Research
Andrew J. Leone, Miguel Minutti-Meza, Charles Wasley, The Accounting Review, 2019 |
Accounting News
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How Useful Are ESG Ratings for Sustainable Investors? Aaron Yoon, Kellogg Insight, March 25, 2021 |
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Capitalism 2.0 Aaron Yoon, Crain's Chicago Business, February 19, 2021 |
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Fight the Man: What GameStop’s Surge Says About Online Mobs Matthew Lyle, WTTW, February 01, 2021 |
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Study of ESG’s role on stock prices wins Richard A. Crowell Prize Aaron Yoon, Pensions&Investments, February 01, 2021 |
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GameStop Stock Plunges, But Overall Stock Market Delivers Gains After Wednesday’s Losses Matthew Lyle, USA Today, January 26, 2021 |
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