The Accounting concentration curriculum emphasizes economics-based scholarly research in accounting.
Accounting provides a broad understanding of scholarly research in accounting. The program emphasizes archival-based research using economic theories to solve accounting problems which prepare students to conduct original research; i.e., to explain phenomena previously not well understood and then to test proposed explanations empirically.
The Accounting Ph.D. Program is intended to prepare students to conduct original research; i.e., to explain phenomena previously not well understood and then to test proposed explanations empirically. The goal is to prepare students to be the best in the field and place them in top universities.
Faculty in accounting conduct research on a variety of topics, including but not limited to; accounting standards-setting; analyst forecasts; auditing; corporate financial reporting issues; initial public offerings; internal control; mergers and acquisitions; securities regulation in international capital markets; taxes and business decisions; tax policy.
Research topics
- Accounting standards-setting
- Analyst forecasts
- Auditing
- Corporate financial reporting issues
- Initial public offerings
- Internal control
- Mergers anad acquisitions
- Securities regulation in international capital markets
- Taxes and business decisions
- Tax policy
Placement
Graduates have accepted faculty positions at Bentley College, California State University-Los Angeles, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Coast Guard Academy, CUNY - Baruch, Florida Atlantic University, Fordham, George Mason, Northeastern and Villanova, and the Universities of Georgia, Massachusetts, Nebraska-Lincoln, Nevada-Reno, North Carolina, SUNY-Albany, Rhode Island, Rutgers, and Wisconsin.
Accounting Ph.D. Faculty
Stephen Brown
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Florida
Research interests: computational linguistics, financial accounting, and audit and data science in accounting
Wei Chen
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Iowa
Research interests: empirical financial accounting, with a focus on financial reporting, disclosure, and methodological issues
Amy Dunbar
Associate Professor of Accounting & Director Master of Science in Accounting (MSA)
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
Research interests: corporate tax policy
John Elliott
Dean, School of Business, and Auran J. Fox Chair in Business
PhD, Cornell University
Research interests: the role of accounting information in financial analysis and contracts
Guojin Gong
Associate Professor of Accounting
PhD, University of Iowa
Research interests: executive compensation, voluntary disclosure, managerial incentives in financial reporting
Mohamed Hussein
Professor of Accounting
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests: diffusion of accounting innovations and cross-cultural use of accounting information, environmental costs and corporate social responsibility
Todd Kravet
Associate Professor of Accounting
PhD, University of Washington
Research Interests: audit fees, mergers and acquisitions, economic consequences of financial reporting, measuring accounting quality
Alina Lerman
Assistant Professor
PhD, New York University
Whalen Family Faculty Fellow
Research Interests: financial accounting and capital markets, investor sophistication, corporate mandatory and voluntary disclosure, and accounting regulation
Frank Murphy
Assistant Professor of Accounting
PhD, University of Arizona
Research Interests: corporate tax policy and disclosure
George Plesko
Associate Professor of Accounting & Department Head
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Research Interests: business taxation, tax policy
Steven Utke
Assistant Professor of Accounting
PhD, University of Georgia
Research Interests: taxation and disclosure
Tara L. Vakil
Assistant Professor of Accounting
PhD, Texas A&M University
Research Interests: financial reporting quality, volunatry disclosure policy, corporate governance, and the effects of changes in accounting regulation
David Weber
Associate Professor of Accounting & Arthur Andersen LLP Professor
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: tax and financial reporting issues
Michael Willenborg
Professor of Accounting & Richard F. Kochanek Professor
PhD, Penn State University
Research Interests: financial accounting, audit
Nina Xu
Assistant Professor of Accounting
PhD, Texas A&M University
Research Interests: information intermediaries in debt and equity markets, debt contracting, voluntary disclosure, and audit
Yanhua (Sunny) Yang
Associate Professor of Accounting & Ackerman Scholar
PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: empirical research in financial accounting, impact of credit ratings on capital markets, information in equity financial analyst forecasts, influence of earnings quality on market participants
Ying Zhou
Assistant Professor of Accounting
PhD, University of Florida
Research Interests: disclosure regulation and financial reporting, insider trading
Youli Zou
Assistant Professor of Accounting
PhD, University of Toronto
Research Interests: disclosure, hedge accounting, competition, and banking
Quick Facts
Program Entry
Fall
Length of Program
4-5 years
Number of Alumni
43
Percentage Women
70%
Competitive Graduate Assistantships
Tuition Waiver, Stipend, Subsidized Health Insurance
Conference Travel Support
Yes
Enrollment Profile (Fall 2020)
Total Applications
30
Total Enrolled
6.6%
GMAT (3-year enrolled student average)
678
Graduate GPA (3-year enrolled student average)
3.76
Apply Online
Accounting applications review begins December 15th. Business PhD applications are accepted from September until the fall cohort is complete.