Matt Lyle is an Assistant professor in the Accounting Information and Management department. His research focuses on the impact that accounting information has on the valuation of traded assets such as equities and derivative contracts. He and his co-authors have examined how and why accounting variables predict stock returns over time, how the quality of accounting information affects the returns of holding option contracts, and how firm fundamentals impact stock return volatility.

Matt holds a PhD in Management from the University of Toronto and a MSc. and PhD in Mathematical Finance from the University of Calgary. His non-academic experience includes working as a quantitative trading associate on an energy trading floor and as a design engineer.

Accounting-based valuation, information quality, disclosure, accounting-based risk forecasting, and cost of capital

• Ph.D, 2013, Accounting, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• Ph.D, 2009, Finance/Mathematical Finance, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
• M.Sc, 2007, Applied Mathematics/Mathematical Finance, University of Calgary
• B.Sc, 2006, Applied Mathematics, University of Calgary
• B.Sc, 2003, Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta

• Lawrence Revsine Research Fellow, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2014-present
• Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2013-present
• Donald P. Jacobs Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2013-2014

• Quantitative Associate/NSERC Researcher, Direct Energy, 2007-2009
• Design Engineer, Skyreach Communications, 2003-2004

• Best Paper Prize, Northern Finance Association
• AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow 2011
• AAA/Grant Thornton Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2012
• Doctoral Award, 2012, Canadian Securities Institute Research Foundation
• NSERC (Doctoral) Scholarship, 2007-2009
• Peter J. Irvine Scholarship, 2010&2011

• Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2017
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2016
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Review of Financial Studies, 2016
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Financial Reporting, 2016
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Accounting Research, 2015
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Management Science, 2015
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Review of Accounting Studies, 2015
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Accounting Review, 2014-
• Ad-hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2013-

Empirical Research in Accounting II (ACCT-540-2)
In this survey of empirical research on positive accounting theory, students learn how to assess empirical studies and initiate and develop research projects by leading research paper discussions and replicating and extending existing research studies.

Managerial Accounting (ACCT-431-0)
This course emphasizes the use of accounting data in internal management planning and control. It is concerned with accounting techniques that affect decisions about resource allocation and performance evaluation within a firm. The course covers the basic vocabulary and mechanics of cost accounting, as well as the economic basis for managerial accounting techniques and the problems that should be anticipated in their use.