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As a PhD student in accounting at Booth, you’ll have the freedom to explore and cultivate your research interests from day one—wherever they lead.
You’ll join a collaborative research community and work with prominent scholars whose groundbreaking research is recognized for its impact on the academic literature, accounting practice and policymaking, securities regulation, and elsewhere. In addition to your stipend, you may apply for research and conference travel funding from our research centers and the Stevens Doctoral Program. In research workshops and conferences, you’ll present your work and hear about the work of fellow researchers.
As measured by research productivity and impact, Chicago Booth has one of the best accounting faculty groups in the world. The group includes Philip G. Berger, Hans B. Christensen, Merle Erickson, Christian Leuz, Michael Minnis, Valeri Nikolaev, Haresh Sapra, Douglas J. Skinner, and Abbie J. Smith, as well as an outstanding group of research-active junior faculty. The school is committed to maintaining the quality of this group.
These distinguished scholars are also teachers and mentors who will advise you, coauthor papers with you, supervise your thesis, help you find an outstanding job, and serve as colleagues throughout your career.
Wallman Family Professor of Accounting
Chookaszian Family Professor of Accounting and David G. Booth Faculty Fellow
Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Accounting
Professor of Accounting
Associate Professor of Accounting and Jane and Basil Vasiliou Faculty Scholar
Charles F. Pohl Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting and Finance
Assistant Professor of Accounting
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Deputy Dean for Faculty and Fuji Bank and Heller Professor of Accounting
James H. Lorie Professor of Accounting and FMC Faculty Scholar
Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Kathryn and Grant Swick Faculty Scholar
Associate Professor of Accounting and James S. Kemper Faculty Scholar
Charles T. Horngren Professor of Accounting
Sidney Davidson Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting
Boris and Irene Stern Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Fama Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of Accounting and Kathryn and Grant Swick Faculty Scholar
Alumni success.
The American Accounting Association periodically awards a prize for seminal contributions to the accounting literature. Graduates of the PhD Accounting Program are regular winners of this prestigious prize.
Our PhD graduates in accounting go on to faculty positions at some of the world's most prestigious institutions.
Assistant Professor of Business, Accounting Division Columbia Business School, Columbia University His research examines the impact of information processing frictions and investor decision making on asset prices and firm investment. His dissertation area is in accounting.
Assistant Professor of Accounting Stern School of Business, New York University Sinja's research primarily examines misconduct reporting, regulation and enforcement, and the use of ESG information by stakeholders such as regulators, employees, and consumers. Her dissertation area is in accounting.
Assistant Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School, Harvard University Shirley Lu studies Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosure, with a focus on climate change and gender diversity. Her dissertation area is in accounting.
Chicago Booth Review frequently highlights the work of accounting PhD students, faculty, and alumni.
A Q&A with Chicago Booth’s Anna Costello about how the pandemic affected which suppliers got paid on time.
“Corporate risk exposures are often subtly implied in conference call discussions rather than explicitly stated,” write Chicago Booth PhD student Alex G. Kim and Booth’s Maximilian Muhn and Valeri Nikolaev.
A Q&A with Chicago Booth’s Ray Ball on accounting’s past and future.
Historical data can shape future outcomes, helping to determine whether a prospective borrower has access to a home, car, or other opportunities, write University of Utah’s Mark Jansen, Chicago Booth PhD student Fabian Nagel, and Booth’s Constantine Yannelis and Anthony Lee Zhang.
Doctoral students at Booth have access to the resources of several research centers that offer funding for student work, host workshops and conferences, and foster a strong research community.
The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center coordinates accounting research at Chicago Booth and hosts research brown bags and workshops. It also publishes the Journal of Accounting Research , one of the top accounting research journals in the world.
George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State Dedicated to examining issues at the intersection of politics and the economy, the Stigler Center supports research in the political, economic, and cultural obstacles to better working markets.
Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation Chicago Booth’s destination for people committed to tackling social and environmental problems, the Rustandy Center supports the work of PhD students and others who are focused on transforming the social sector.
For Andrew Sutherland, PhD ’13, coauthoring research with Booth faculty was a highlight of the Stevens Program.
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Andrew Sutherland, ’13: 00:09 In accounting, there's tons and tons of research on these big public firms that have an army of investor relations people and they constant disclosing things. That's where most of the research was happening, but there's this whole other half of the economy, these private firms, that we didn't really know a lot about. We didn't know a lot about how they got credit. What was interesting to me is that a lot of time, firms are able to get credit without even providing any financial statements or any information whatsoever to the bank. The reason they're able to get credit is that they have a credit score. So in other words, the information is coming, not from the form itself, but from another bank who had dealt with them in the past. What really struck me was there wasn't really a lot of research out there on this information channel. That's when I decided I wanted to learn a little bit more about what this reporting channel does to contract and help firms get credit and how it changes banks' incentives to lend.
Andrew Sutherland, ’13: 01:01 Basically, the firms that have a good credit record or a long track record of borrowing successfully were the ones that were able to shop around. We would think that's a good thing, that giving firms more choice about who to borrow from kind of increases social welfare, you get better matching between lenders and firms. Kind of the dark side is that the firms that have had payment trouble that have defaulted or missed some payments on loans sort of get shut out of the credit part. You have a harder time starting any new relationships with outside lenders. That's kind of a cost.
Andrew Sutherland, ’13: 01:34 The second cost is that information sharing changes the game for lenders. So, if participating in this credit bureau basically allows outside lenders to pick off the firms that are doing better, then that destroys the incentive for lenders to kind of invest in relationships to begin with. That's sort of the second dark side of information sharing, if you will.
Andrew Sutherland, ’13: 01:54 So, I coauthor on a number of projects with the junior faculty member here named Mike Minnis. I probably talked to Mike more than I talk to my wife. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But, I mean, as a PhD student, there's only so much you can learn in class, and having a faculty member to work with that's kind of gone through the ropes and understands the review process, that's done something on their own, it gives you a really good opportunity to learn. That's something, I think that was absolutely instrumental in my success
PhD students in accounting come to Chicago Booth with a wide range of interests and goals. Recent dissertations have focused on everything from machine learning to the impact of fiscal monitoring, and graduates have gone on to positions at some of the world’s preeminent institutions, including Columbia Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.
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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.
Using Unconscious Thought to Improve Evaluations of Complex Accounting Estimates , Blake Holman
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SOCIAL TIES ACROSS AUDIT OFFICES AND AUDIT QUALITY , Wenyin Li
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CRITICAL AUDIT MATTERS REQUIREMENTS AND AUDITOR REPORTING BEHAVIOR: EARLY U.S. EVIDENCE , Valbona Sulcaj
RELIANCE ON ALGORITHMIC EVIDENCE: THE JOINT INFLUENCE OF MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY AND ALGORITHM ADAPTABILITY , Jenny Ulla
Earnings Conference Calls and Lazy Prices , Chuancai Zhang
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WAGE DISPARITY IN THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION AND INFORMATION QUALITY , Russell Williamson
CFO CHARACTERISTICS, MARKET REACTION, AND SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE , Xinlei Zhao
The Effect of Control Source and Control Framing on Employee Effort , Pinky Rusli
The Usefulness of Climate Change Risk Disclosure: Evidence from SEC FR-82 , Chong Wang
FIRMS’ NON-RELIANCE JUDGMENT, RESTATEMENT VENUE CHOICE, AND LITIGATION RISK , Keunho Philip Chung
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How The Prospect of Fault Influences Managers' Compliance , Matthew T. Sooy
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Dissertations from 2024 2024.
Does a Restatement Damage an Audit Partner's Reputation , Alisha Blush
CAN THE BENEFITS OF AUDIT SPILLOVER BE OBTAINED THROUGH ADVISORY ENGAGEMENTS? AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE AUDIT MARKET FOR US FEDERAL AGENCIES , Nicholas A. Mitchell
Auditor Responses to Audit Clients’ Indirect-Effect Illegal Acts , Hilary Frances Hughes
Auditor’s Consideration of Client Cybersecurity Risk – A Machine Learning-Based Analysis , Wanying Jiang
Deriving Auditor Quality and Manager Quality from Form 10-K , Lacey Donley
Corporate Website Disclosures and Financial Reporting Quality , Nicholas Mueller
The Effects of a Client’s Social Media Disclosure and Audience Engagement on Auditor Judgment: A Social Penetration Theory Perspective , Laura Guichard
Do Analysts’ Coverage and Supplementary Gross Margin Forecasts Influence Managers’ Decision to Recognize Inventory Loss? , Nusrat Jahan
Earnings Management of Leaders and Laggards , Candice Roche Boucree
Does Auditor Tenure Matter? Audit Partner Rotation and Industry Specialization in the U.S. , Danielle Sarah Lazerson
Effective Tax Rates for Multinational and Domestic Corporations: A Closer Examination , Allen Lee Ryan
The Interplay among Tax Specialists, Corporate Tax Behavior, and Tax Accrual Quality , Pradeep Sapkota
Unintended Consequences of the Dodd-Frank $10 Billion Asset Size Threshold , Laura Camille Alford
Selling, General, and Administrative Cost Stickiness and GDP Predictions , Russell Barber
Audit Committee Industry Specialization: An Examination of Auditor Choice, Financial Reporting Quality Implications, and Market Perception , Danny Lynn Shaw
The Relationship between Audit Quality and Competition at the Intersection of the Large and Small Audit Firm Markets , Jeanne-Claire Alyse White
The Economic Costs to Audit Firms of Ethical Violations and the Resulting PCAOB Disciplinary Orders , Stephanie Ann Merrell
The Pricing of IPO Audit Expertise and Subsequent Issuer Underpricing , Jung Eun Park
The Certifying Triangle of Financial Reports , Dong Li
Does the PCAOB Inspection have an Effect on Audit Fees and Audit Quality? , Elizabeth Schwartzhoff Johnson
CEO Compensation and Tax Loss Carrybacks , Pei-Yu Sun
The Effect of Innovation on Corporate Tax Avoidance , Peng Guo
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Auditor Regional Industry Specialization: Effect on Audit Pricing and Audit Quality , Andrey Alexandrovich Simonov
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Income Classification Shifting and Financial Analysts’ Forecasts , Shanshan Pan
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High Strain Rate Programming Of Shape Memory Polymers , Anqi Wang
Accounting comparability, audit effort and audit outcomes , Joseph Hongbo Zhang
Experimental Study of Lean Blowout with Hydrogen Addition in a Swirl-stabilized Premixed Combustor , Shengrong Zhu
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Voluntary disclosures in mergers and acquisitions , Scott Allen Wandler
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Do accruals exacerbate information asymmetry in the market? , Sonia Wasan
The effect of program commitment on the degree of participative congruence and managerial performance in a budgeting setting , Kevin T. Breaux
Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998: a test of New Public Management , William Meriwether VanDenburgh
The effect of the implicit theory of integrity on an internal auditor's asessment of management fraud risk , Stephanie F. Watson
Do speculative short sellers detect earnings management? , Yan Zhang
Planting rate effects on sugarcane yield trials , Albert Joseph Orgeron
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Markov models to estimate and describe survival time and experience in cohorts with high euthanasia frequency , Giselle Louise Hosgood
The impact of institutional stock ownership on a firm's earnings management practice: an empirical investigation , Santanu Mitra
Validation of AnnAGNPS at the field and farm-scale using an integrated AGNPS/GIS system , Glenn M. Suir
Comprehensive Income and Its Relation to Firm Value and Transitory Earnings. , Carol Callaway Dee
Executive Compensation, Performance, Board and Ownership Structure: a Simultaneous Equations Approach. , Ayalew A. Lulseged
Executive Compensation and the Investment Opportunity Sets of Initial Public Offerings. , Tanya S. Nowlin
The Effects of Analyst Following on Market Response to Bank Loan Announcements. , Joan Marie Brumm
An Information Integration Theory Analysis of Tax Preparers' Perceived Risk of Reporting Aggressively on Clients' Income Tax Returns. , Velmer Carlene Eddlemon
The Effects of Industry Deregulation on the Stock Market Responses to Earnings Announcements. , Wah Poon
The Effects of Departures From Prior Return Measures on Individual Taxpayer Frame and Tax Reporting Decisions. , Phyllis V. Copeland
An Evaluation of Accounting Method Choice: A Study of the Transition Obligation Upon Adoption of SFAS 106. , Jean Elizabeth Finch
An Examination of Investor Evaluation of Corporate Social Performance. , Gisele Kay Jackson
The Prediction of Financial Turnaround of Financially Distressed Firms. , Leslie B. Fletcher
The Impact of Budget Variance, Fiscal Stress, Political Turnover, and Employment Sector on Compliance Reporting Decisions. , Linda Achey Kidwell
Attitudes Toward International Harmonization Efforts: A Cross-Cultural Study. , M. Aileen Smith
An Investigation of the Determinants of the Municipal Decision to Privatize Residential Sanitation Collection. , Richard C. Brooks
An Examination of Semiotic Theories of Accounting Accruals. , Harlan Lynn Etheridge
An Examination of Auditor Changes Following Events Adversely Affecting External Auditor Credibility. , Thomas E. Wilson Jr
An Investigation of the Effect of a Favorable External Quality Assurance Review on the Scope of the External Auditor's Examination of an Organization's Financial Statements. , Michael Charles Toerner
The Interaction of Accountants' Involvement and Basis of Accounting on Loan Officers' Judgment When Evaluating a Loan to a Small Business. , Joe Gregory Bushong
A Training Intervention for Control of SBA Loan Defaults: A Theory Development Approach. , J. Dennis Coates
The Impact of Alternative Presentations of Cash Flows From Operations on the Relevance of Funds Flow Information. , David Walter Cornell
An Experiment to Study the Effects of Changing Format and Scaling Characteristics of Financial Statement Data. , Paul Michael Goldwater
An Empirical Investigation of the Financial Statement Characteristics of Firms Engaging in In-Substance Defeasance of Debt. , Raymond Jeffords Jr
The Impact of Options Listing on the Information Content of Annual Earnings Announcement. , Tinwah Richard Lau
Prospect Theory in Governmental Accounting: Implications for the Budgeting Process at the Local Level. , Karen Sue Mckenzie
An Examination of the Effect of Financial Risk on the Manager's Choice of Accounting Methods. , Linda Marie Nichols
An Experimental Research Study on the Effect of Accrual of Nonpension Postretirement Benefit Costs on Loan Officers' Decisions. , Joyce Ann Strawser
An Investigation of Internal Auditor Judgment on the Importance of Indicators of Potential Financial Fraud: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach. , Barbara Ann Apostolou
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Operating Funds Flow Measures of Cash, Net Quick Assets, and Working Capital in Predicting Future Cash Flow. , Catherine Innes green Gaharan
The Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on the Real Estate Capital Markets and Its Differential Effects on Entity and Functional Forms: An Empirical Investigation. , Evelyn C. Hume
Information Acquisition and Decision-Making in Creditors' Decision Environment. , Pao-chuan Lin
A Study to Investigate the Effects of State Taxation and Plan Type on Small Employer Retirement Plan Cost. , W. Robert Smith
The Impact of Comprehensive Allocation and Flow-Through Method of Accounting for the Income Taxes on the Investment Decision: A Field Experiment. , Zafar Ullah Khan
An Empirical Investigation of the Usefulness of Current Cost Information in Merger Prediction. , Robert Kuaterng Su
An Experimental Research Study on the Effect of Recognition and Disclosure of Corporate Pension Plan Assets and Obligations on Investment Decisions. , Mary Jeanne Welsh
An Empirical Investigation of the Comparability of Reported Earnings Per Share Under Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 15. , Suzanne Resi Pinac-ward
An Experimental Research Study on the Effects of the Type of Accounting Service on a Bank Lending Decision for Nonpublic Businesses (Audit, Compilation, Review). , Jeffrey Reed Miller
A Field Test of the Perceptions of the Qualitative Characteristics of Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2 by Practicing Cpas (Multitrait-Multimethod, Mtmm, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Ahp). , Larry G. Singleton
A Comparison of Sfas 33 Disclosures and Historical Cost Information in Predicting Stock Prices (Inflation, Changing Prices). , Heibatollah Sami
Toward the Development of a Model to Evaluate the Effect of the Accelerated Cost Recovery System of Depreciation as Enacted by the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 on State of Florida Corporate Tax Revenues. , Chula Greenwell Ensley
An Empirical Investigation of the Extent of Disclosure in Municipal Annual Reports. , Franklin James Plewa Jr
An Empirical Investigation of the Differential Market Response to Quarterly Earnings Announcements. , Salem Mohamed Bengharbia
An Empirical Study of Usefulness and Communicative Ability of Segment Disclosures Among Sophisticated Users of Corporate Financial Statements. , James Harold Honea
The Prediction of Small Business Instability--Loan Noncompliance: a Discriminant Analysis Approach. , Charles Thomas Moores
A Study of Moral Development of Selected Employees in Certain Public Accounting Firms. , Guy L. Tull Jr
A Comparison of the Predictive Ability of Historical Cost and Current Cost Accounting With Regard to the Prediction of Operating Cash Flow. , Ralph Edward Welton Jr
An Empirical Study of the Characteristics of the Governmental Budgetary Process in Rich and Uncertain Environments: the Case of Saudi Arabia. , Abdulrhman I. Alhumaid
The Reaction of the Security Market to the Quality of Segmental Disclosures: an Empirical Investigation. , Jacob Olakayode Balogun
Perceptions of the Role of Corporate Audit Committees - Now and in the Future. , Brenda Stewart Birkett
Behavioral and Attitudinal Implications of Different Styles of Performance Evaluation: an Empirical Study. , Paul Joseph Carruth
A Test of Alternative Prior Probability Elicitation Methods in Assessing the Reliability of Internal Control Systems for Audit Decisions. , Johng Yul Lee
Municipal Bond Ratings: a Multiple Discriminant Analysis. , Kenneth Edward Peacock
Esops and Tax Policy: an Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Esops on Company Operating Performance. , Randy Gene Swad
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Our programs are full-time degree programs which officially begin in August. Students are expected to complete their program in five years. Typically, the first two years are spent on coursework, at the end of which students take a field exam, and then another three years on dissertation research and writing.
Students in the Accounting and Management program must complete a minimum of 13 semester-long doctoral courses in the areas of business management theory, economic theory, quantitative research methods, academic field seminars, and two MBA elective curriculum courses. In addition to HBS courses, students may take courses at other Harvard Schools and MIT.
Students in accounting and management begin research in their first year typically by working with a faculty member. By their third and fourth years, most students are launched on a solid research and publication stream. In Accounting and Management, the dissertation may take the form of three publishable papers or one longer dissertation.
Recent questions students have explored include: the ways in which managers use retail-level marketing actions to influence the timing of consumer purchases in relation to their firms’ fiscal calendars and financial performance as well as those of their competitors; the role of accounting information in strategic human resource decisions; the evolution, consequences and institutional determinants of unregulated financial reporting practices; the effects of adopting rolling forecasts on forecast quality.
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Dissertation titles and job placements for our graduates in accounting.
Kimberlyn Munevar, 2024 Texas A&M University Media Accessibility and the Capital Market Effects of Media Dissemination: Evidence from Digital Paywalls
Jinsung Hwang, 2023 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies How Do Firms Mitigate Conflicts Among Creditors During Bankruptcy?
Łukasz Langer, 2022 Cornerstone Research Is Silent R&D Productive?
Young Yoon, 2022 Walmart Global Tech Economic Determinants and Consequences of Corporate Disclosures
Byung Hyun Ahn, 2021 Dimensional Fund Advisors Essays on Capital Market Implication of Stock Indexing: Price Discovery and Mandatory Reporting Quality
Stephen Walker, 2021 Self-employed Machine Learning and Corporate Fraud Detection
Nika Qiao, 2020 West Texas A&M University – Engler College of Business The Impact of R&D Classification Shifting in High-Technology Industries
Margaret Fong, 2020 HEC Montréal Mandatory Short Disclosures: An Information Story
Jieyin Zeng, 2020 National University of Singapore Do Managers Exploit Private Information About Their Firm’s Investor Base?
Henry Laurion , 2018 University of Colorado Boulder Do Non-GAAP Earnings Influence Real Activities and Accounting Choices?
Samuel Tan , 2018 Singapore Management University Accounting Choices and the Legal Environment: The Impact of the Ex Post Loss Rule
Yu Wang, 2017 University of Houston Strategic R&D Investment around Seasoned Equity Offerings: Evidence from High-Technology Industries
Baris Korcan Ak, 2016 Marshall Wace North America LP Essays on Financial Distress
James P. Ryans, 2016 London Business School Textual Classification of SEC Comment Letters
Jenny Zha, 2016 George Washington University Voluntary Disclosure of Strategic Alternatives: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Ronald Espinosa, 2015 Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) Financial Constraints, Corporate Investment, and Future Profitability
Fernando Comiran, 2014 University of San Francisco Lobbying Behavior: Evidence from Proposed Changes in Lease Accounting
Subprasiri (Jackie) Siriviriyakul, 2014 Baruch College – The City University of New York Re-Examining Real Earnings Management to Avoid Losses
Harm Schuett, 2013 Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung, Germany Essays on Financial Information Analysis
Estelle (Yuan) Sun, 2013 Boston University The Use of Discretionary Expenditures as an Earnings Management Tool: Evidence From Financial Misstatement Firms
Aydin Uysal, 2013 Menta Capital, LLC Assessing Accrual Quality in Financial Institutions
Eric Allen, 2012 University of Southern California The Information Content of the Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance for Venture Capital-backed IPO Firms
Natalya Khimich, 2012 Drexel University Cash Flow and Discount Rate News Estimation: Which Method To Choose?
Seungmin Chee, 2011 University of Oregon The Information Content of Commercial Banks’ Fair Value Disclosures of Loans Under SFAS 107
Jenny Chu, 2011 Cambridge University Does Growth Subsume the Implications of Accruals for Future Firm Performance?
Jung Hoon Kim, 2011 Florida International University Cross-Sectional Variation of Measurement Error and Predictability of Earnings and Stock Returns
Kwang June Lee, 2010 University of Pittsburgh Purchase Obligations, Earnings Persistence, and Stock Returns
Ke Li, 2010 University of Toronto How Well Do Investors Understand Loss Persistence?
Tatiana Fedyk, 2007 Arizona State University Discontinuity in Earnings Report and Managerial Incentives
Gali Ingber-Krauthgamer, 2007 College of Management (Israel) Competition and Herding: A Study of Analysts’ Information-Gathering
Zvi Singer, 2007 McGill University Discretionary Financial Reporting: Items Manipulated by IPO Firms, and Investor’s Increased Awareness
Haifeng You, 2007 Barclays Global Investors Investors’ Information About Firms’ Fundamentals and Earnings Management
Gavin Cassar, 2005 Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania External Financing and Firm Operating Performance
Katherine Ann Gunny, 2005 University of Colorado, Boulder Earnings Management and Firm Stock Price Performance
Wenli Huang, 2005 Boston University Executive Stock Options and Risk-Taking
Tracey Chunqi Zhang, 2005 Singapore Management University Pricing Effects of Recognition Versus Disclosure: Evidence From Firms’ Recognition of Employee Stock Option Expense
John Briginshaw, 2004 Pepperdine University Essays in Fundamental Analysis
Donglin Li, 2004 San Francisco State University The Implications of Capital Investments for Future Profitability and Stock Returns: An Overinvestment Perspective
Mei Luo, 2004 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Do Investors Fully Understand the Economic Implications of Cash Flows From Operations?
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Visarut Sribunnak, 2003 Chulalongkorn University Essays on Maturity Gap Disclosures of Commercial Banks
Yoonseok Zang, 2003 Singapore Management University Discretionary Behavior With Respect to the Adoption of SFAS 142 and the Behavior of Security Prices
Guohua Jiang, 2002 Peking University An Essay on Accrual Anomaly
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Theses/dissertations from 2023 2023.
Two Studies Examining the Effects of Industry Controversy on Accountability and Social and Environmental Accounting , Jacob Lennard
Three Papers Examining the Impact of Non-financial and Supplier Diversity Disclosures on Investors' Judgments and Decisions. , Andria Hill
Two Studies Examining The Effects of Tax Salience, Informational Justice, and Autonomy on Taxpayer Behaviors , Jason Schwebke
Two Studies Investigating Institutional Theory and Municipalities' Payments in Lieu of Taxes Programs in Nonprofit Organizations , Gregory Stone
Three Studies on Cybersecurity Disclosure and Assurance , Patricia Navarro Velez
System Justification Theory: Synthesizing and Applying its Theoretical Motivations in Behavioral Accounting Research , Wioleta Olczak
Two Studies Analyzing The Effects of Business Case and Paradoxical Cognitive Framing on Sustainability Decision Making , Nadra Pencle
Three Studies Examining the Potential for Relational Reasoning to Enhance Expertise in Complex Audit Domains , Matthew Holt
Three Studies Examining Auditors' Use of Data Analytics , Jared Koreff
Three Studies Examining the Effects of Business Analytics on Judgment and Decision Making in Accounting , Bradley Lang
Three Studies Examining The Effects of Informal Management Control Systems and Incentive Compensation Schemes on Employees' Performance , Kazeem Akinyele
Three Studies Examining Accountability in Auditing , Amy Donnelly
The Expansion of Financial Regulation to Include Humanitarian Issues:An Examination of the Development of Conflict Mineral Reporting Requirements Using Actor-Network Theory , Robert Tennant
Decision Making in Corporate Taxation , Bonnie Brown
Re-Thinking the Intentionality of Fraud: Constructing and Testing the Theory of Unintended Amoral Behavior to Explain Fraudulent Financial Reporting , Andrew Dill
Under-Researched Areas of Audit Quality: Inputs, Firms, and Institutions , Jared Eutsler
Three Studies Examining Nonprofessional Investors' Decision Making , Anis Triki
Three Studies Examining the Effects of Psychological Distance on Judgment and Decision Making in Accounting , Martin Weisner
Interactive Data Visualization In Accounting Contexts: Impact On User Attitudes, Information Processing, And Decision Outcomes , Oluwakemi Ajayi
The Impact Of Technology On Management Control: Degradation, Empowerment, Or Technology Dominance? , Joseph Canada
Regulation And The Auditing Profession , Alexey Lyubimov
The Diffusion Of Digital Dashboards: An Examination Of Dashboard Utilization And The Managerial Decision Environment , Jeffrey Reinking
Three Studies Of Stakeholder Influence In The Formation And Management Of Tax Policies , Jason Chen
An Examination Of Issues Related To Professional Skepticism In Auditing , Erin Burrell Nickell
More Than Money: Corporate Social Performance And Reporting And The Effect On Economic Performance , Kimberly A. Zahller
The Effects Of Risk And Trust On The Achievement Of Sustainable Competitive Advantage From B2b E-commerce Trading Relationships , Clark J. Hampton
Three Studies Related To The Institutionalization Of International Financial Reporting Standards. , Anna Alon
Three Studies Investigating The Legal Liability Implications Of The Sarbanes-oxley Act Of 2002 , Jillian Phillips
Understanding The Antecedents And Consequences Of Sales And Use Tax Policy: Evidence From Three Studies , Amy Hageman
Organizational Legitimacy And The Strategic Use Of Accounting Information: Three Studies Related To Social And Environmental Dis , Charles Cho
Finance And Accounting Outsourcing: Three Studies Related To The Ethical And Economic Dimensions Of Accounting Outsourcing , Renu V. Desai
Change In The Indian Accounting Profession: Three Studies Related To The Entry Of The Big Four Accounting Firms In India , Vikram G. Desai
Accounting Disclosure At The Organization-society Interface: A Meta-theory And Empirical Evidence , Jennifer Ching-Kuan Chen
Adaptive Self-regulation And Organizational Politics: Investigating The Effects In The Accounting Profession , Sharon Howell
The Public Policy Implications Of Audit Regulation: Three Studies Related To The Passage Of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 , Steven Thornburg
The role of performance plans in mitigating agency problems and improving corporate performance : an empirical examination , Sanjay Gupta
An Investigation of the Interpretation of Uncertainty Information Displays by Decision Makers , Lois S. Mahoney
The information content of accounting measures in relation to the cross-section of expected stock returns , Sekhar Anantharaman
Explaining mutual fund performance : the usefulness of corporate financial information , F. Lauren Detzel
An empirical study of user satisfaction with accounting information systems in a healthcare environment , Brian Lyle McGuire
Estimating loan losses using markov chains , Luis Betancourt
An investigation of firms choosing early adoption of sfas number 106: employers accounting for postretirement benefits other than pensions , Barbara Boyette Clevenger
An empirical comparison of traditional statistical techniques and neural networks in the auditing domain , Thomas John Hofferd
Decision maker weighting and usage of indicators of university service efforts and accomplishments , Barbara B. Ratti
Pattern perceptiveness and acquisition of accounting skills , L. Melissa Walters York
The effects of graphical distortion of accounting information on financial judgements , Deanna Oxender Burgess
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The PhD specialization in Accounting prepares students to become accounting scholars engaged in research and teaching at the highest levels in the general areas of financial information and contracting within and across organizations.
Yale SOM’s specialization in accounting is designed to develop strong theoretical and empirical skills. There is a heavy emphasis on original research to form a base for sustained scholarship. Co-authored research, with both faculty and fellow PhD students, is encouraged and supported.
Yale’s accounting program is small (matriculating one to two students each year), and involves informal and spontaneous frequent interactions with faculty. The program maintains a 1:1 faculty-to-student ratio. Students interact with emerging research in a host of ways, from conferences held on campus to weekly seminars where faculty and fellow PhD students present and discuss their work.
Candidates tend to pursue a broad range of research interests, helped by courses in accounting as well as in various areas of management, Department of Economics, Yale Law School, and other parts of the University. They develop fruitful relationships with other Ph.d. students, especially from the Finance PhD program.
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Our doctoral program in the accounting field offers broadly based, interdisciplinary training that develops the student’s skills in conducting both analytical and empirical research.
Emphasis is placed on developing a conceptual framework and set of skills for addressing questions broadly related to accounting information. While issues of financial reporting, managerial accounting, corporate governance and taxation are the ultimate concern, special emphasis is given to applying basic knowledge of economics, decision theory, and statistical inference to accounting issues.
Faculty research represents a broad spectrum of interests and research methods:
It is desirable for students to have a solid understanding of applied microeconomic theory, econometrics and mathematics (linear algebra, real analysis, optimization, probability theory) prior to the start of the program. Adequate computer programming skills (e.g. Matlab, SAS, STAT, Python) are necessary in coursework. A traditional accounting background such as CPA is not required.
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The accounting concentration in the PhD in Business Administration program prepares students to become successful researchers and excellent educators at highly regarded universities that value impactful scholarship and quality teaching. The program primarily focuses on archival research in financial accounting and auditing. Our rigorous curriculum includes research methodology courses and doctoral seminars in accounting that provide the knowledge and skills necessary for successful academic careers. Your accounting coursework will be enhanced through events such as our research workshop series, where esteemed scholars from top universities present working papers and engage in fruitful discussions with faculty and doctoral students. Our highly research-active faculty provide exceptional mentoring and actively collaborate with students on research projects. In addition to annual stipends, students receive financial support for authorized expenses like conference participation, data-collection, and professional memberships.
The program places a strong emphasis on preparing students for effective teaching. In the initial two years of the program, students receive mentoring under experienced professors and are gradually given teaching responsibilities. By the third year, students independently teach a class, receiving feedback from students' surveys, teaching mentors and the department.
Overall, the program equips doctoral candidates with the knowledge, skills, and support network needed to conduct influential research and excel as educators.
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Substitutions (or waivers) of the accounting seminar courses may be permitted by the School of Accounting doctoral program director. Such substitutions may include courses in related areas (for example, finance or information systems) or from appropriate individual study courses offered by School of Accounting faculty members.
With the advice and consent of the School of Accounting doctoral program director, students will select appropriate courses in the research methods and/or statistics areas. In addition, students may select additional supporting coursework in areas such as economics, statistics, and/or psychology depending on their interests, abilities, and prior training.
Students are required to complete research projects during the summer semesters following their first and second years in the program. Both summer projects require the submission of a written paper. Ideally, these papers should be of sufficient quality to merit submission to a conference or journal. The primary objective of the first-year summer research project is to enhance skills in using computer programs and databases for research. To this end, students are expected to replicate one or more prior studies using new data or to engage in some other meaningful empirical project.
The second-year summer research project requires students to develop an original research hypothesis. The paper should be presented during an School of Accounting research colloquium in the following semester and should be submitted to a conference or journal before the end of the third year.
By the end of the second year, students should have selected an advisor. The advisor is expected to be someone who will later become the chair of the dissertation, so the advisor must have dissertation advisor status.
Once the advisor certifies that an acceptable second year summer project has been satisfactorily completed by the student, the student is eligible to take the comprehensive examination.
The accounting concentration in the PhD in Business Administration program culminates with the dissertation, which serves as an original contribution advancing the boundaries of knowledge. Through rigorous investigation and original perspectives, the dissertation process forges a path towards a deeper understanding of accounting phenomena. The dissertation is ultimately a student’s product. However, a student’s Dissertation Committee, which is comprised of faculty experts in the stream of research, provides guidance, advice, and mentorship throughout the process. The doctoral candidate will regularly engage with their Dissertation Committee and the committee chair throughout the process. The Committee will have the ultimate authority to determine when the candidate has made a sufficient contribution to the field to warrant approval of the dissertation.
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The PhD Accounting comprises a short taught component followed by a longer research phase. Taught modules allow you to broaden, as well as deepen, your knowledge of research methods as well as conducting your own research and developing transferable professional skills.
The PhD programme in Accounting will facilitate the creation and interpretation of new knowledge by the research student, demonstrated through the thesis. The programme comprises a short taught component followed by a longer research phase. Taught modules allow the students to broaden, as well as deepen, their knowledge of research methods at the same time as undertaking their own research and developing a set of transferable professional skills. The taught component is designed to ensure that doctoral researchers understand the breath of techniques used in modern social science research.
Doctoral researchers will be capable of analysing a range of data using a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques. They will be able to explain theories underlying different approaches to social science research. Doctoral researchers are expected to participate to the fullest possible extent in the life of the Department of Accounting and the Business School. This means attending seminars organised by the Department of Accounting and more widely in the Business School thereby helping expose doctoral researchers to new ideas emanating from outside their own area of specialisation. It also requires actively participating in PhD workshops and conferences organised by the Department of Accounting, the Business School and Graduate School as well as institutions outside the University of Birmingham.
Ultimately all doctoral researchers will have the ability to characterise and solve business and accounting problems using advanced research tools. They should be able to derive policy implications from their research and communicate these to policy makers, practitioners and other academics in a manner which is comprehensible. They will also be able to peer review others’ research and offer constructive criticism and to extend the frontiers of the discipline through their own innovative research.
Doctoral researchers may choose to become academics, work in Government, businesses, supranational organisations or in the research arms of major financial institutions. They are expected to achieve a substantial understanding of contemporaneous accounting and business issues enabling them to take a lead in ongoing debates within society. They will be aware of and understand the function of related institutions at both a national and international level.
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Along with your academic record, your references and your curriculum vitae your research proposal plays a critical role in the evaluation of your application.
Your research proposal should illustrate your ability to plan an independent research study and the relevance of your topic to the research interests and expertise of Birmingham Business School.You need to demonstrate that you understand the field that you plan to research, identify an interesting and original research question, and develop a tentative plan of study. It is highly desirable that your research proposal is written to the guidelines specified below.
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Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree, with a GPA of 14/20 from a recognised institution to be considered. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of the Licenciado or an equivalent professional title from a recognised Argentinian university, with a promedio of at least 7.5, may be considered for entry to a postgraduate degree programme. Applicants for PhD degrees will normally have a Maestria or equivalent
Applicants who hold a Masters degree will be considered for admission to PhD study.
Holders of a good four-year Diplomstudium/Magister or a Masters degree from a recognised university with a minimum overall grade of 2.5 will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students with a good 5-year Specialist Diploma or 4-year Bachelor degree from a recognised higher education institution in Azerbaijan, with a minimum GPA of 4/5 or 80% will be considered for entry to postgraduate taught programmes at the University of Birmingham.
For postgraduate research programmes applicants should have a good 5-year Specialist Diploma (completed after 1991), with a minimum grade point average of 4/5 or 80%, from a recognised higher education institution or a Masters or “Magistr Diplomu” or “Kandidat Nauk” from a recognised higher education institution in Azerbaijan.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree, with a GPA of 3.0/4.0 or 75% from a recognised institution to be considered. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and will usually be required to have completed a Masters degree, with a CGPA of 3.0-3.3/4.0 or higher for 2:1 equivalency from a recognised institution to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Students who hold a Masters degree from the University of Botswana with a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0 or 3.5/5.0 (70%/B/'very good') will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees.
Please note 4-year bachelor degrees from the University of Botswana are considered equivalent to a Diploma of Higher Education. 5-year bachelor degrees from the University of Botswana are considered equivalent to a British Bachelor (Ordinary) degree.
Students who have completed a Masters degree from a recognised institution will be considered for PhD study.
A Licenciatura or Bacharelado degree from a recognised Brazilian university:
Holders of a good Bachelors degree with honours (4 to 6 years) from a recognised university with a upper second class grade or higher will be considered for entry to taught postgraduate programmes. Holders of a good Masters degree from a recognised university will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Holders of a good post-2001 Masters degree from a recognised university will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students with a minimum average of 14 out of 20 (or 70%) on a 4-year Licence, Bachelor degree or Diplôme d'Etudes Superieures de Commerce (DESC) or Diplôme d'Ingénieur or a Maîtrise will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees.
Holders of a bachelor degree with honours from a recognised Canadian university may be considered for entry to a postgraduate degree programme. A GPA of 3.0/4, 7.0/9 or 75% is usually equivalent to a UK 2.1.
Holders of the Licenciado or equivalent Professional Title from a recognised Chilean university will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. Applicants for PhD study will preferably hold a Magister degree or equivalent.
Students with a bachelor’s degree (4 years minimum) may be considered for entry to a postgraduate degree programme. However please note that we will only consider students who meet the entry guidance below. Please note: for the subject areas below we use the Shanghai Ranking 2022 (full table) , Shanghai Ranking 2023 (full table) , and Shanghai Ranking of Chinese Art Universities 2023 .
需要具备学士学位(4年制)的申请人可申请研究生课程。请根据所申请的课程查看相应的入学要求。 请注意,中国院校名单参考 软科中国大学排名2022(总榜) , 软科中国大学排名2023(总榜) ,以及 软科中国艺术类高校名单2023 。
Business School - MSc programmes (excluding MBA)
商学院硕士课程(MBA除外)入学要求
Group 1 一类大学 Grade requirement | 院校 |
Group 2 二类大学 grade requirement | 软科中国大学排名2022(总榜)或软科中国大学排名2023(总榜)排名前100的大学 非‘985工程’的其他 院校 以及以下两所大学: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 中国科学院大学 |
Group 3 三类大学 grade requirement | 软科中国大学排名2022(总榜)或 软科中国大学排名2023(总榜)101-200位的大学 |
School of Computer Science – all MSc programmes 计算机学院硕士课程入学要求
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College of Social Sciences – courses listed below 社会科学 学院部分硕士课程入学要求 MA Education (including all pathways) MSc TESOL Education MSc Public Management MA Global Public Policy MA Social Policy MA Sociology Department of Political Science and International Studies 全部硕士课程 International Development Department 全部硕士课程
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All other programmes (including MBA) 所有其他 硕士课程(包括 MBA)入学要求
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Group 4 四类大学 来自四类大学的申请人均分要求最低85%,并同时具有出色学术背景,优异的专业成绩,以及(或)相关的工作经验,将酌情考虑。 |
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Holders of the Licenciado/Professional Title from a recognised Colombian university will be considered for our Postgraduate Diploma and Masters degrees. Applicants for PhD degrees will normally have a Maestria or equivalent.
Holders of a good bachelor degree with honours (4 to 6 years) from a recognised university with a upper second class grade or higher will be considered for entry to taught postgraduate programmes. Holders of a good Masters degree from a recognised university will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Holders of a good Bacclaureus (Bachelors) from a recognised Croatian Higher Education institution with a minimum overall grade of 4.0 out of 5.0, vrlo dobar ‘very good’, or a Masters degree, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Holders of a Bachelors degree(from the University of the West Indies or the University of Technology) may be considered for entry to a postgraduate degree programme. A Class II Upper Division degree is usually equivalent to a UK 2.1. For further details on particular institutions please refer to the list below. Applicants for PhD level study will preferably hold a Masters degree or Mphil from the University of the West Indies.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a good Bachelors degree from a recognised institution with a minimum overall grade of 6.5 out of 10, or a GPA of 3 out of 4, and will usually be required to have completed a good Masters degree to be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a good Bakalár from a recognised Czech Higher Education institution with a minimum overall grade of 1.5, B, velmi dobre ‘very good’ (post-2004) or 2, velmi dobre ‘good’ (pre-2004), or a good post-2002 Magistr (Masters), will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a good Bachelors degree from a recognised institution with a minimum overall grade of 7-10 out of 12 (or 8 out of 13) or higher for 2:1 equivalence and will usually be required to have completed a good Masters/ Magisterkonfereus/Magister Artium degree to be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of the Licenciado or an equivalent professional title from a recognised Ecuadorian university may be considered for entry to a postgraduate degree programme. Grades of 70% or higher can be considered as UK 2.1 equivalent. Applicants for PhD level study will preferably hold a Magister/Masterado or equivalent qualification, but holders of the Licenciado with excellent grades can be considered.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree, with a GPA of 3.0/4.0 or 75% from a recognised institution. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a good Bakalaurusekraad from a recognised university with a minimum overall grade of 4/5 or B, or a good one- or two-year Magistrikraad from a recognised university, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students who hold a Masters degree with very good grades (grade B, 3.5/4 GPA or 85%) will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees.
Holders of a good Kandidaatti / Kandidat (old system), a professional title such as Ekonomi, Diplomi-insinööri, Arkkitehti, Lisensiaatti (in Medicine, Dentistry and Vetinary Medicine), or a Maisteri / Magister (new system), Lisensiaatti / Licenciat, Oikeustieteen Kandidaatti / Juris Kandidat (new system) or Proviisori / Provisor from a recognised Finnish Higher Education institution, with a minimum overall grade of 2/3 or 4/5, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a should hold a Bachelors degree and will usually be required to have completed a Masters/Maîtrise with a minimum overall grade of 13 out of 20, or a Magistère / Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies / Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Specialisées / Mastère Specialis, from a recognised French university or Grande École to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a Magister Artium, a Diplom or an Erstes Staatsexamen from a recognised university with a minimum overall grade of 2.5, or a good two-year Lizentiat / Aufbaustudium / Zweites Staatsexamen or a Masters degree from a recognised university, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students who hold a Bachelor degree from a recognised institution will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. Most taught Masters programmes require a minimum of an upper second class degree (2.1) with a minimum GPA of at least 3.0/4.0 or 3.5/5.0 Students who have completed a Masters degree from a recognised institution will be considered for PhD study.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a good four-year Ptychio (Bachelor degree) with a minimum overall grade of 6.5 out of 10, from a recognised Greek university (AEI), and will usually be required to have completed a good Metaptychiako Diploma Eidikefsis (Masters degree) from a recognised institution to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
4-year Licenciado is deemed equivalent to a UK bachelors degree. A score of 75 or higher from Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) can be considered comparable to a UK 2.1, 60 is comparable to a UK 2.2. Private universities have a higher pass mark, so 80 or higher should be considered comparable to a UK 2.1, 70 is comparable to a UK 2.2
The Hong Kong Bachelor degree is considered comparable to British Bachelor degree standard. Students with bachelor degrees awarded by universities in Hong Kong may be considered for entry to one of our postgraduate degree programmes.
Students with Masters degrees may be considered for PhD study.
Holders of a good Alapfokozat / Alapképzés or Egyetemi Oklevel from a recognised university with a minimum overall grade of 3.5, or a good Mesterfokozat (Masters degree) or Egyetemi Doktor (university doctorate), will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and will usually be required to have completed a Masters degree, with a 60% or higher for 2:1 equivalency from a recognised institution to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of the 4 year Sarjana (S1) from a recognised Indonesian institution will be considered for postgraduate study. Entry requirements vary with a minimum requirement of a GPA of 2.8.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree, with a score of 14/20 or 70% from a recognised institution to be considered. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and will usually be required to have completed a Masters degree from a recognised institution, with 100 out of 110 or higher for 2:1 equivalency from a recognised institution to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Students who hold the Maitrise, Diplome d'Etude Approfondies, Diplome d'Etude Superieures or Diplome d'Etude Superieures Specialisees will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees (14-15/20 or Bien from a well ranked institution is considered comparable to a UK 2.1, while a score of 12-13/20 or Assez Bien is considered comparable to a UK 2.2).
Students with a Bachelor degree from a recognised university in Japan will be considered for entry to a postgraduate Masters degree provided they achieve a sufficiently high overall score in their first (Bachelor) degree. A GPA of 3.0/4.0 or a B average from a good Japanese university is usually considered equivalent to a UK 2:1.
Students with a Masters degree from a recognised university in Japan will be considered for PhD study. A high overall grade will be necessary to be considered.
Students who have completed their Specialist Diploma Мамаң дипломы/Диплом специалиста) or "Magistr" (Магистр дипломы/Диплом магистра) degree (completed after 1991) from a recognised higher education institution, with a minimum GPA of 2.67/4.00 for courses requiring a UK lower second and 3.00/4.00 for courses requiring a UK upper second class degree, will be considered for entry to postgraduate Masters degrees and, occasionally, directly for PhD degrees. Holders of a Bachelor "Bakalavr" degree (Бакалавр дипломы/Диплом бакалавра) from a recognised higher education institution, with a minimum GPA of 2.67/4.00 for courses requiring a UK lower second and 3.00/4.00 for courses requiring a UK upper second class degree, may also be considered for entry to taught postgraduate programmes.
Students who hold a Bachelor degree from a recognised institution will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. Most taught Masters programmes require a minimum of an upper second class degree (2.1) with a minimum GPA of at least 3.0/4.0 or 3.5/50
Holders of a good Postgraduate Diploma (professional programme) from a recognised university or institution of Higher Education, with a minimum overall grade of 7.5 out of 10, or a post-2000 Magistrs, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree, with a score of 16/20 or 80% from a recognised institution to be considered. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a Bachelors degree from a recognised university in Libya will be considered for postgraduate study. Holders of a Bachelors degree will normally be expected to have achieved score of 70% for 2:1 equivalency or 65% for 2:2 equivalency. Alternatively students will require a minimum of 3.0/4.0 or BB to be considered.
Holders of a good pre-2001 Magistras from a recognised university with a minimum overall grade of 8 out of 10, or a good post-2001 Magistras, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes
Holders of a good Bachelors degree from a recognised Luxembourgish Higher Education institution with a minimum overall grade of 16 out of 20, or a Diplôme d'Études Supérieures Spécialisées (comparable to a UK PGDip) or Masters degree from a recognised Luxembourgish Higher Education institution will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students who hold a Masters degree will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees (70-74% or A or Marginal Distinction from a well ranked institution is considered comparable to a UK 2.1, while a score of 60-69% or B or Bare Distinction/Credit is considered comparable to a UK 2.2).
Holders of a Bachelors degree from a recognised Malaysian institution (usually achieved with the equivalent of a second class upper or a grade point average minimum of 3.0) will be considered for postgraduate study at Diploma or Masters level.
Holders of a good Bachelors degree from the University of Malta with a minimum grade of 2:1 (Hons), and/or a Masters degree, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students who hold a Bachelor degree (Honours) from a recognised institution (including the University of Mauritius) will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. Most taught Masters programmes require a minimum of an upper second class degree (2:1).
Students who hold the Licenciado/Professional Titulo from a recognised Mexican university with a promedio of at least 8 will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees.
Students who have completed a Maestria from a recognised institution will be considered for PhD study.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree, licence or Maîtrise and a Masters degree, with a score of 14/20 or 70% from a recognised institution to be considered. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Students with a good four year honours degree from a recognised university will be considered for postgraduate study at the University of Birmingham. PhD applications will be considered on an individual basis.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and will usually be required to have completed a Masters degree, with 60-74% or higher for 2:1 equivalency from a recognised institution to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a good Doctoraal from a recognised Dutch university with a minimum overall grade of 7 out of 10, and/or a good Masters degree, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students who hold a Bachelor degree (minimum 4 years and/or level 400) from a recognised institution will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. Most taught Masters programmes require a minimum of an upper second class degree (2.1) with a minimum GPA of at least 3.0/4.0 or 3.5/5.0
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a good Bachelors degree from a recognised institution with a minimum GPA of B/Very Good or 1.6-2.5 for a 2.1 equivalency, and will usually be required to have completed a good Masters, Mastergrad, Magister. Artium, Sivilingeniør, Candidatus realium or Candidatus philologiae degree to be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and will usually be required to have completed a Masters degree, with a CGPA of 3.0/4 or higher for 2:1 equivalency from a recognised institution to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a Bachelors degree from a recognised university in the Palestinian Territories will be considered for postgraduate study. Holders of Bachelors degree will normally be expected to have achieved a GPA of 3/4 or 80% for 2:1 equivalency or a GPA of 2.5/4 or 70% for 2:2 equivalency.
Holders of the Título de Licenciado /Título de (4-6 years) or an equivalent professional title from a recognised Paraguayan university may be considered for entry to a postgraduate degree programme. Grades of 4/5 or higher can be considered as UK 2.1 equivalent. The Título Intermedio is a 2-3 year degree and is equivalent to a HNC, it is not suitable for postgraduate entry but holders of this award could be considered for second year undergraduate entry or pre-Masters. Applicants for PhD level study will preferably hold a Título de Maestría / Magister or equivalent qualification, but holders of the Título/Grado de Licenciado/a with excellent grades can be considered.
Holders of the Bachiller, Licenciado, or Título Profesional with at least 13/20 may be considered as UK 2.1 equivalent. Applicants for PhD level study will preferably hold a Título de Maestría or equivalent qualification.
Holders of a good pre-2001 Magister from a recognised Polish university with a minimum overall grade of 4 out of 5, dobry ‘good’, and/or a good Swiadectwo Ukonczenia Studiów Podyplomowych (Certificate of Postgraduate Study) or post-2001 Magister from a recognised Polish university with a minimum overall grade of 4.5/4+ out of 5, dobry plus 'better than good', will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Holders of a good Licenciado from a recognised university, or a Diploma de Estudos Superiores Especializados (DESE) from a recognised Polytechnic Institution, with a minimum overall grade of 16 out of 20, and/or a good Mestrado / Mestre (Masters) from a recognised university, will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a good Bachelors degree from a recognised Romanian Higher Education institution with a minimum overall grade of 8 out of 10, and will usually be required to have completed a Masters degree/Diploma de Master/Diploma de Studii Academice Postuniversitare (Postgraduate Diploma - Academic Studies) or Diploma de Studii Postuniversitare de Specializare (Postgraduate Diploma - Specialised Studies) to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a good Диплом Специалиста (Specialist Diploma) or Диплом Магистра (Magistr) degree from recognised universities in Russia (minimum GPA of 4.0) will be considered for entry to taught postgraduate programmes/PhD study.
Students who hold a 4-year Bachelor degree with at least 16/20 or 70% will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees.
Students who hold a Maitrise, Diplome d'Etude Approfondies,Diplome d'Etude Superieures or Diplome d'Etude Superieures Specialisees will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. A score of 14-15/20 or Bien from a well ranked institution is considered comparable to a UK 2.1, while a score of 12-13/20 or Assez Bien is considered comparable to a UK 2.2
Students who hold a Bachelor (Honours) degree from a recognised institution with a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0 or 3.5/5.0 (or a score of 60-69% or B+) from a well ranked institution will be considered for most our Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees with a 2:1 requirement.
Students holding a good Bachelors Honours degree will be considered for postgraduate study at Diploma or Masters level.
Holders of a good three-year Bakalár or pre-2002 Magister from a recognised Slovakian Higher Education institution with a minimum overall grade of 1.5, B, Vel’mi dobrý ‘very good’, and/or a good Inžinier or a post-2002 Magister from a recognised Slovakian Higher Education institution will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Holders of a good Diploma o pridobljeni univerzitetni izobrazbi (Bachelors degree), Diplomant (Professionally oriented first degree), Univerzitetni diplomant (Academically oriented first degree) or Visoko Obrazovanja (until 1999) from a recognised Slovenian Higher Education institution with a minimum overall grade of 8.0 out of 10, and/or a good Diploma specializacija (Postgraduate Diploma) or Magister (Masters) will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students who hold a Bachelor Honours degree (also known as Baccalaureus Honores / Baccalaureus Cum Honoribus) from a recognised institution will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. Most Masters programmes will require a second class upper (70%) or a distinction (75%).
Holders of a Masters degree will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Holders of a Bachelor degree from a recognised South Korean institution (usually with the equivalent of a second class upper or a grade point average 3.0/4.0 or 3.2/4.5) will be considered for Masters programmes.
Holders of a good Masters degree from a recognised institution will be considered for PhD study on an individual basis.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and will usually be required to have completed a Masters degree, with 7 out of 10 or higher for 2:1 equivalency from a recognised institution to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and will usually be required to have completed a Masters degree, with 60-74% or a CGPA 3.30/4.0 or higher for 2:1 equivalency from a recognised institution to be considered for entry. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a good Kandidatexamen (Bachelors degree) or Yrkesexamen (Professional Bachelors degree) from a recognised Swedish Higher Education institution with the majority of subjects with a grade of VG (Val godkänd), and/or a good Magisterexamen (Masters degree), International Masters degree or Licentiatexamen (comparable to a UK Mphil), will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Holders of a good "PostGraduate Certificate" or "PostGraduate Diploma" or a Masters degree from a recognised Swiss higher education institution (with a minimum GPA of 5/6 or 8/10 or 2/5 (gut-bien-bene/good) for a 2.1 equivalence) may be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree, with a GPA of 3.0/4.0, 3.5/5 or 75% from a recognised institution to be considered. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
Holders of a good Bachelor degree (from 75% to 85% depending upon the university in Taiwan) from a recognised institution will be considered for postgraduate Masters study. Holders of a good Masters degree from a recognised institution will be considered for PhD study.
Students who hold a Bachelor degree from a recognised institution will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. Most taught Masters programmes require a minimum of an upper second class degree (2.1) Students who have completed a Masters degree from a recognised institution will be considered for PhD study.
Holders of a good Masters degree from a recognised institution will be considered for entry to our postgraduate research programmes.
Holders of a good Masters degree or Mphil from a recognised university will be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes.
Students with a Bachelors degree from the following universities may be considered for entry to postgraduate programmes:
Students from all other institutions with a Bachelors and a Masters degree or relevant work experience may be considered for postgraduate programmes.
Grading Schemes
1-5 where 1 is the highest 2.1 = 1.75 2.2 = 2.25
Out of 4.0 where 4 is the highest 2.1 = 3.0 2.2 = 2.5
Letter grades and percentages 2.1 = B / 3.00 / 83% 2.2 = C+ / 2.5 / 77%
Holders of a postdoctoral qualification from a recognised institution will be considered for PhD study. Students may be considered for PhD study if they have a Masters from one of the above listed universities.
Holders of a Lisans Diplomasi with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0/4.0 from a recognised university will be considered for postgraduate study at Diploma or Masters level.
Holders of a Yuksek Diplomasi from a recognised university will be considered for PhD study.
Students who hold a Bachelor degree from a recognised institution will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees. Most Masters programmes will require a second class upper (2.1) or GPA of 3.5/5.0
Applicants for postgraduate research programmes should hold a good Bachelors degree / Диплом бакалавра (Dyplom Bakalavra), Диплом спеціаліста (Specialist Diploma) or a Dyplom Magistra from a recognised Ukrainian higher education institution with a minimum GPA of 4.0/5.0, 3.5/4, 8/12 or 80% or higher for 2:1 equivalence and will usually be required to have completed a good Masters degree to be considered for entry to postgraduate research programmes. Applicants with lower grades than this may be considered on an individual basis.
The University will consider students who hold an Honours degree from a recognised institution in the USA with a GPA of:
Please note that some subjects which are studied at postgraduate level in the USA, eg. Medicine and Law, are traditionally studied at undergraduate level in the UK.
Holders of the Magistr Diplomi (Master's degree) or Diplomi (Specialist Diploma), awarded by prestigious universities, who have attained high grades in their studies will be considered for postgraduate study. Holders of the Fanlari Nomzodi (Candidate of Science), where appropriate, will be considered for PhD study.
Holders of the Licenciatura/Título or an equivalent professional title from a recognised Venezuelan university may be considered for entry to a postgraduate degree programme. Scales of 1-5, 1-10 and 1-20 are used, an overall score of 70% or equivalent can be considered equivalent to a UK 2.1. Applicants for PhD level study will preferably hold a Maestria or equivalent qualification
Holders of a Bachelors degree from a recognised Vietnamese institution (usually achieved with the equivalent of a second class upper or a grade point average minimum GPA of 7.0 and above) will be considered for postgraduate study at Diploma or Masters level. Holders of a Masters degree (thac si) will be considered for entry to PhD programmes.
Students who hold a Masters degree with a minimum GPA of 3.5/5.0 or a mark of 2.0/2.5 (A) will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees.
Students who hold a good Bachelor Honours degree will be considered for Postgraduate Diplomas and Masters degrees.
English requirements are IELTS 7.0 with no less than 6.5 in any band or equivalent.
Accountability & sustainability, social accounting, carbon accounting, biodiversity accounting, ecological accounting (internal & external) for corporations, co-operatives and the ‘third’ sector. Contact: Professor Ataur Belal, Professor Elena Giovannoni, Professor Tom Cuckston, Dr Melina Manochin, Dr Elisavet Mantzari, Dr Alex Lin
Sustainability Reporting and Sustainability-related Financial Disclosure Contact: Professor Nick Rowbottom
Sustainability Assurance Contact: Dr Alex Lin
The role, work undertaken and information used by investment analysts and fund managers Contact: Professor Shahed Imam, Dr Melina Manochin, Dr Elisavet Mantzari, Dr Omiros Georgiou
Accounting Standard-Setting & Standardisation Contact: Professor Nick Rowbottom, Dr Omiros Georgiou, Dr Elisavet Mantzari
Digital Corporate Reporting (XBRL/iXBRL) Contact: Professor Nick Rowbottom
Narrative Reporting, Management Commentary Contact: Professor Nick Rowbottom
Corporate communication (in relation to corporate crises, climate change and carbon emissions). Textual analysis of reporting disclosures (analysts’ reports, credit rating agency reports, annual reports, including CEO tone and climate risk disclosure) Contact: Professor Shahed Imam, Dr Annika Beelitz
Design/implementation of management accounting / performance management and measurement systems in different contexts Contact: Professor Elena Giovannoni
Accounting, accountability and control in the public and not for profit sectors Contact: Professor Ataur Belal, Dr Florian Gebreiter, Dr Ann-Christine Frandsen, Dr Melina Manochin
Accounting and calculative practices, Accounting as a valuing practice in contemporary/historical settings. Accounting and strategy. Accounting embodiments. Accounting in relation to time and space. Contact: Professor Tom Cuckston, Professor Elena Giovannoni, Dr Ann-Christine Frandsen
Doctoral researchers in Accounting are registered for a full time 3-year PhD or a part-time 6-year PhD. In the first year of the programme (first two years for those registered part-time) students are required to take and successfully complete 60 credits of core Research Methods modules.
Those researchers using more qualitative methodologies will take modules from the MA Social Research programme. They are also recommended to take Advanced Training Modules from the MA Social Research Programme as appropriate to their research and training needs. Depending on their needs and accredited prior learning and subject to supervisory approval doctoral researchers can substitute 20 credits of the introductory MA Social research modules for Advanced Training Modules.
Those researchers employing quantitative methodologies are required to take Econometrics with Financial Applications module from the Department of Economics (30 credit module). They also need to take at least one of the existing MSc Investments and MSc International Accounting and Finance courses and one other module to successfully complete 60 credits of study. The MSc module and one other appropriate M or D level module should be chosen in agreement with the doctorial researcher’s supervisor, as appropriate for the their research topic. Modules available include: Financial Modelling and Forecasting Techniques (20 credits), Empirical Topics in Accounting and Finance (20 credits) and Quantitative Methods in Finance (10 credits). Doctoral researchers are also recommended to take Advanced Training Modules from the MA Social Research Programme or other modules (e.g. Qualitative Methods) as appropriate to their research and training needs.
By the end of their first year all doctoral students in Accounting will have completed an 8,000 word research proposal that they will present and be evaluated on at the first annual review. This forms the basis for supervised research over the remaining two years of the programme and the production of an 80,000 word thesis.
Recent PhD graduates from Birmingham Business School are working in central banks, Government departments, a variety of financial institutions, accountancy firms, supranational organisations and multinational corporations. Many of our PhD graduates also go on to forge successful academic careers in other top Universities.
The University of Birmingham has invested heavily in careers and employability support. The Careers Team have been praised for enhanced developments within their team and for adopting a model of integrated employability and internship support; something that has been rolled out and implemented across all Schools and Colleges at the University.
Doctoral researchers at Birmingham Business School benefit from its own well qualified dedicated Careers Team to support students with employment opportunities, work placements, internships and how to succeed at interview. In addition, a range of career management, personal development and employer events are run each year by the Careers in Business Team to help you make the most of the opportunities available.
The University also has dedicated careers advisors for international students who run workshops and networking opportunities with potential employers. These are especially popular with international postgraduate researchers.
General information.
Accounting is an interdisciplinary area, combining study of financial information with areas such as economics, finance, decision theory, and cognitive psychology.
The Ph.D. curriculum in accounting encompasses two major streams of research. The first stream examines the role of accounting information in contracting and capital markets. This first stream is economics-and-finance based and relies heavily on empirical research methods using archival data. The second stream is judgment and decision making in accounting (also known as behavioral decision theory research). This second stream is primarily psychology-based and relies heavily on controlled experiments with human subjects. The accounting Ph.D. program is designed to prepare students to publish research in top-tier accounting journals including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Journal of Accounting Research and to take positions at leading research-based universities.
The Department of Accounting offers both major and minor areas in accounting. The remainder of this page first describes the policies for a major in accounting. This is followed by a description of the policies for a minor in accounting.
Department web site Accounting Faculty
Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree at an accredited university and should have reasonable training in mathematics and economics. An admission committee of faculty members reviews all completed applications. While the committee considers all relevant factors in its recommendations, important factors include past academic performance, GMAT scores (the GRE exam can be substituted for the GMAT but the GMAT is strongly preferred), personal statements, and letters of recommendation. Evidence of quantitative aptitude, creativity, commitment to completing a Ph.D., and collegiality are all important.
In the summer preceding arrival at UW, new doctoral students are strongly encouraged to review important concepts in basic tool areas (e.g., economics, statistics, calculus, and linear algebra). Knowledge of financial and managerial accounting is required. The Ph.D. curriculum is extremely rigorous, so students greatly benefit from getting a head start on key skills important to completing the initial coursework.
Associate Prof. Darren Bernard, Accounting Area Faculty Coordinator, would be glad to answer your questions. You can contact him by email .
The Accounting Area Faculty Coordinator advises new students until they establish a supervisory committee by the end of the Spring quarter of their first year. The supervisory committee assists the student in choosing appropriate courses, approves the course of studies, and monitors the student’s progress.
All accounting majors must complete the following requirements. The number of credits for each course is indicated in parentheses after the course number.
ACCTG 582 (4) | PhD Research Seminar | Introduces faculty areas of research |
ACCTG 580 (4) | Introduction to Accounting Research | Includes positive accounting theory |
ACCTG 579 (4) | Special Topics in Accounting | **Experimental seminar **Analytical seminar *Python coding *Innovations in econometric methods |
ACCTG 596 (4) | Seminar in Financial Accounting | Capital markets |
ACCTG 599 (1) | Accounting Research Workshop | Weekly accounting workshop series |
*Offered periodically. **Offered every second year.
Accounting majors are expected to register for ACCTG 599 each year in which they are enrolled in coursework (minimum two years). All Accounting majors are expected to attend ACCTG 599 each year they are in residence.
Occasionally, optional special topics classes will be offered reflecting instructor and student interest (for example, empirical research in taxation).
Research Methods Minor Area Requirements
In addition to the major area, students are required to choose three additional areas as minors. Doctoral students in accounting must select Research Methods as one minor area. Coursework in Research Methods should include ECON 580 (or equivalent courses in probability and/or statistical inference), ECON 581, and FIN 585. ECON 580 and 581 are within the econometrics series the UW Department of Economics offers, and FIN 585 is a research methods course the UW Department of Finance and Business Economics offers. These requirements are viewed as minimal background for conducting doctoral level research.
Students should also include at least 3 units (e.g., one course) of additional coursework in Research Methods tailored to their specific interests and selected in consultation with the area advisor. The UW Business School also offers behavioral research method courses BARM 590 and 591. Additional econometric and behavioral research method courses are available in the economics and psychology departments, respectively.
Other Minor Area Requirements
Although Economics is highly recommended as a second minor area, students may petition to substitute another minor area in special circumstances. The courses to be included in the Economics minor should include the three-course sequence ECON 500, 501, 508 and at least 3 additional units (e.g., one course) of coursework selected in consultation with the Economics area advisor. The three-course sequence is the microeconomics series economics doctoral students are expected to complete in the economics department.
The third minor area will depend on the student’s interest. For example, students might choose one of the following minor areas: Finance, Information Systems, International Business, Operations Management, Psychology, or Quantitative Methods. It is also possible to design a special minor area, which more directly addresses a student’s interests. Since many students choose Finance as the third minor area, it is also briefly discussed below.
The Finance minor area is recommended for students interested in financial accounting research. Students can either complete the 4 course doctoral seminar sequence FIN 580, 590, 591, 592 or they can take three courses from this sequence and at least 3 additional units (e.g., one course) of coursework selected in consultation with the Finance area advisor. The four-course sequence includes coursework in financial economics, capital market theory, corporate finance, and advanced finance research.
Accounting Doctoral Student Planned Courses (as of July 2022) The summer before you begin, you will be expected to do preparatory math and programming work. You will then arrive to campus in early September to begin on-campus math, economics, and programming camps. We will have a “welcome” barbeque sometime in September. This is a way to get to know everyone and have some fun before the semester gets underway, and families/significant others are welcome.
Classes typically begin the last week of September and in the first year all students will have the same course schedule:
Courses: | Courses: | Courses: | Courses: |
ECON 500 Microeconomics I | ECON 501 Microeconomics II | ECON 508 Microeconomics III | BA 580 Business Econ |
ECON 580 Econometrics I | ECON 581 Econometrics II | FIN 585 Empirical Methods in Finance | |
ACCTG 582 Intro to Acctg Research | ACCTG 580 Positive Acctg Theory | Alternating Accounting Phd Seminar (Analytical or Experimental) | |
ACCTG 510 Financial Statement Analysis (MBA Class, case-by-case exemptions) | |||
Other: | Other: | Other: | Other: |
Workshop series | Workshop series | Workshop series | 1st Year Summer Paper and Presentation |
Second Year
Courses: | Courses: | Courses: | Courses: |
Finance Doctoral Seminars (FIN 580, FIN 591, FIN 592 (optional)) | |||
ACCTG 582 (2nd time) Intro to Acctg Research | ACCTG 580 (2nd time) Positive Acctg Theory | Alternating Accounting Phd Seminar (Analytical or Experimental) | |
ACCTG 596 Capital Markets Seminar | |||
ACCTG 579 (every other year) Empirical Research Designs and Methods | |||
Other: | Other: | Other: | Other: |
Workshop series | Workshop series | Workshop series | Comprehensive Exam 2nd year Summer Paper |
Courses: | Courses: | Courses: | Courses: |
ACCTG 579 if applicable | |||
ACCTG 596 (2nd time) Capital Mkts Acctg Seminar | |||
Register for BA 800 when you have passed your area exam and have satisfied all your course requirements. | |||
Other: | Other: | Other: | Other: |
RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! Workshop series 2nd year Summer Paper Presentation | RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! Workshop series | RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! Spring Workshop Presentation (ideally your dissertation proposal) | RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! |
Fourth Year
Other: | Other: | Other: | Other: |
RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! Workshop series | RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! Workshop series | RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! Spring Workshop Presentation | RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! |
Other: | Other: | Other: | Other: |
RESEARCH (dissertation and co-authored projects)! | JOB MARKET! | GRADUATE! | Move! |
Miami Rookie Conference (Nov deadline) |
Doctoral students minoring in accounting must meet the following requirements:
ACCTG 510 and ACCTG 511 or equivalents ACCTG 580, Introduction to Accounting Research
In addition, students minoring in accounting are required to successfully complete one of the following:
ACCTG 579 (4) | Special Topics in Accounting | Analytical accounting research |
ACCTG 579 (4) | Special Topics in Accounting | Behavioral accounting research |
ACCTG 596 (4) | Seminar in Financial Accounting | Capital markets |
*Offered every second year.
Written Area Examination After completing all coursework required for a major area in accounting, the student takes a written area examination offered each year during late July or early August. The accounting area examination tests students on coursework as well as on topics of current research. The exam consists of a closed book eight-hour exam.
General Examination It is expected that students will complete all coursework and area exam and begin working on a dissertation proposal by the end of their second year. However, students are encouraged during their third and fourth years to attend the accounting doctoral research seminar in their area of interest (ACCTG 596 for financial accounting empiricists, ACCTG 597 for behavioral or experimental researchers). When the supervisory committee believes that the dissertation proposal is well defined, a general exam is scheduled. During the general exam, the student presents the dissertation proposal and answers questions related to the proposal and/or to courses taken. Members of the supervisory committee, a representative of the Graduate School, and any other interested faculty and students, attend the general exam. The chair of the supervisory committee determines the precise format of the general exam.
Students who have passed their area examination but not their general exam are required to present an accounting research workshop on their research in progress each Spring quarter until they have passed their general exam (and thus have an approved thesis topic). Students are required to present their research paper in the research workshop before sending it out to schools to interview. This presentation should be in early October to allow time for revision before sending the paper out in early November.
Dissertation After passing the general exam, students complete the proposed research and write the dissertation guided by a reading committee. The reading committee may consist entirely of members of the supervisory committee or may include one or more members not previously on the supervisory committee. When formation of the reading committee introduces new members, a new chair of the reading committee would ordinarily become chair of the supervisory committee and new members of the reading committee would ordinarily be placed on the supervisory committee.
Final Examination The supervisory committee administers the final defense of the dissertation.
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I am continuously challenged and supported to expand my thinking and sharpen my analytical skills, inside seminars, supervisor sessions and over coffee breaks. In doctoral seminar discussions I am humbled by the number of faculty that contributes to these sessions, and I am grateful for their time. In general, the availability of staff and faculty to help has far exceeded my expectations.
Finia Kuhlmann (former student)
Completing a PhD in Accounting at LSE was incredibly challenging but extremely worthwhile. The world-renowned faculty provided tremendous support and encouragement and the Department of Accounting provides considerable resources to ensure the success of PhD students.
Rodney Brown (former student)
The Department of Accounting at LSE is one of the leading groups in the world for teaching and research on the economic, institutional and organisational aspects of accounting and financial management. Our PhD programme provides rigorous academic training aimed at preparing students to undertake research of the highest international standards.
You will benefit from a truly international and interdisciplinary environment. You will have access to a wide range of taught courses and research seminars across different departments and research centres within the School. You will work closely with faculty in the Department throughout the programme, and you will interact with leading scholars from other universities thanks to our active external workshop series. All students admitted to the programme are normally fully funded, and financial assistance is also available for you to present your work at conferences. You will further benefit from the privileged location of the School. London is a vibrant, multicultural city, and the LSE campus, situated in central London, is only a stone’s throw away from the financial district, but also Westminster, the political heart of the UK.
Programme structure
You will be expected to complete the programme within five years. In the first two years, you will take a set of core and elective courses in accounting and related fields and complete a research paper. After the second year, you will focus on your PhD thesis.
Our programme is structured in two tracks: The Accounting, Organisations and Institutions (AOI) track, which is devoted to the study of interrelationships between accounting, organisations and institutions, and the Economics of Accounting (EoA) track, which primarily examines accounting and financial reporting issues from an economics perspective.
Accounting describes the process of recording and consolidating financial transactions in business. It involves analyzing, reporting, and summarizing financial transactions to organizations, businesses, tax agencies, and regulators. This is usually presented via a financial statement, a concise summary of all the financial dealings over a stipulated period. It provides clear documented information of a company’s operations, cash flow, and present financial standing. High accounting standards improve the credibility of financial statements. These financial statements can range from cash flow statements, income statements, loss statements, balance sheets, etc. This constant and customary method of financial reporting enables shareholders and other beneficiaries of a business to examine the performance of the said business.
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Accounting is essential for majorly business and management students. They start the basics of the subject in their lower levels, and some progress to further the subject in their higher studies. During this period of education, there will come a time they will require accounting topics for the thesis. They will need to focus on all the elements of the thesis in accounting and compile topics that will suit their interests.
Accounting thesis topics for students are tailored towards a particular aspect of the profession. In this manner, picking an accounting thesis topic and nurturing it will be based on your stage of education, be it an undergraduate, master’s, or PhD level.
Usually, there are areas of improvement and weaknesses in the world of finance. These errors are often the birth of research and analysis to create accounting research paper topics, buying a dissertation , or thesis topics in finance for students.
Trying to focus on many problems at a time can make you not finish your research topic in accounting at the appointed time. As a student, this is one error you want to avoid.
Naturally, you cannot master all the accounting subjects with the same ease. Hence, focus on the ones your strength resides in and discard the ones that posed a certain level of difficulty during the study. This is an important tip and recommendation when picking accounting topics for research. Here are some good examples of accounting research topics ideas.
Accounting thesis topics for accounting students can be chosen according to the interests, and strengths each student shows in a certain period of their education. This can involve multiple accounting research paper topics, with the student now being left to choose the one they master more appropriately.
Usually, companies have weaknesses in different areas, it is a case of whether they are notable. When trying to pick accounting research topics as an undergraduate, you should focus on a singular problem and view it from various angles of prescriptive solutions.
These accounting topics come in forms that pique the interest of accountants and everyday business people. It should be bold, descriptive, and tally with a trending and important issue in all areas that concern the accounting sector. Getting topics like these are not as easy as you would imagine. It usually takes broad-spectrum research and paying rapt attention to business accounting flaws or potential problems.
When looking for accounting research topics ideas, determining the reason behind the question is the most challenging and vital decision in writing topics for accounting research papers. This difficulty arises because the foundation of your entire accounting topic depends on that one question.
Getting it wrong or mixing up the wrong statements can greatly impair the direction of your accounting topic for a research paper. Some good accounting research questions include:
In choosing an accounting topic for a project, you need to pick a topic that interests you, writing becomes easy and fast when you do. You can seek out simple accounting research topics if that’s what you can handle, or you could go for current accounting topics and interesting topics in finance.
However you choose to make that decision is up to you, but whatever topics you eventually come up with must not be vague or narrowly written. There should be a balance. Finally, you should extensively research and review your dissertation topic before making your topic decision. Having all these in mind, let’s look at some project topics on accounting.
Research papers on accounting involve a great deal of interest in the subject matter being researched. The aim is to enlighten and provide analytical detail to the readers. Also, in choosing a research paper topic, you should aim to acquire your readers’ attention.
This can be achieved by having sound knowledge of the research topic and gathering relevant information to explain the research better. Here are some good examples of accounting topic research papers.
In the world of finance, various improvements are to be made with various issues that need solving. Highlighting the need for change and evolution brings about the intention of addressing these issues.
With the inception of digital currencies, new online databases for recording and carrying out financial transactions, there is a wealth of financial discussions to be had. With this fact also comes greater financial issues that need attention. Some eye-opening financial topics you can write about to address some financial systems include:
Accounting thesis topics for students are nearly limitless. Not only with the issues that need solving or understanding, but the different facets of accounting that the world currently operates on that’s why many students are looking for help who will write my thesis , we have good news for such students because we have been doing this for a long time. This gives room for continuous enlightening and improvement due to the various areas accounting comes in contact with. There is the realm of management accounting, auditing, tax accounting, bookkeeping, online accounting, and many more. With the different list of accounting topics and thesis topics suggested, you can pick out any of them and chart your course to become a great accountant in the future.
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD with the School of Accounting, Auditing & Taxation (UNSW Business), you will need to receive an Invitation to Apply from the School.
To receive an Invitation to Apply, you should: 1) self-assess your eligibility, and 2) then submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) . Details of what to include in your EOI can be found here .
UNSW Business School’s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Accounting (Program code 1521) will prepare you to become a globally focused and socially engaged research leader. You’ll be joining a cohort of high-achieving research students in tackling modern-day challenges at the forefront of Accounting, working alongside leaders in the field (ranked 20 th in the world, QS Subject Rankings 2022 for Accounting and Finance ). This is your opportunity to become integrated into the UNSW Business School’s community of scholars.
You’ll first undertake rigorous coursework covering research methods and key research topics in auditing, financial accounting, and management accounting. As part of your Doctoral Program, you’ll also be involved in research projects from an early stage. This training will equip you with the skills required to identify, analyse, and solve problems in the field.
You’ll then pursue full-time research under the supervision of high-profile UNSW academics, culminating in a doctoral thesis. There will also be exciting opportunities to develop your teaching portfolio.
Your PhD thesis will showcase your research skills and enable you to make an original contribution to the field of Accounting. While your PhD degree is geared toward preparing you for a career in academia, other career paths (e.g., consulting, government, industry, non-profit) are also enabled.
Year one: master of pre-doctoral business studies (mpdbs).
Your first year of study is designed to provide a rigorous foundation to conduct independent research. You’ll learn a range of methodologies and build your communication and presentation skills. You will also work as a research assistant on research projects and start working on your own research as your skills develop. The first year will also help you to identify your potential doctoral thesis supervisors.
The MPDBS (Year One) is a fully funded program, which includes a tuition waiver and stipend for all accepted applicants. Upon completion, you’ll be awarded a Master of Pre-Doctoral Business Studies (MPDBS) degree.
The vast majority of students have historically then moved on to Year Two of our Doctoral Program with a scholarship covering tuition and a stipend.
During the second year, you’ll continue to undertake advanced coursework in the Accounting stream. You’ll choose up to eight additional research courses in consultation with your supervisors and the postgraduate research coordinator, with an opportunity to take at least one course outside of your specialised discipline.
Your second year is also when you’ll identify your specific thesis topic with your supervisors. You’ll engage in literature review and research design and present your research proposal to the School at the end of the year for confirmation of the candidature.
The final two years of the program are focused on conducting full-time research and completing your doctoral thesis. This is your opportunity to address some of the biggest challenges in Accounting and make a significant contribution to knowledge in the field. Your research will offer new critical thinking and withstand critical analysis from expert researchers in the area.
The UNSW Business School ranks 15th worldwide for Accounting and Finance.
An increasing number of PhD graduates find employment in business, government, and the non-profit sector. Nineteen of the largest ASX companies have PhD graduates on their senior executive teams.
Your PhD thesis will set you on the path to a career in a premier research institution, anywhere in the world. Throughout your research degree, you’ll also have many opportunities to develop your teaching portfolio.
Beyond academia, there is also significant demand in the private and public sectors for people with deep knowledge and sound research and analytical skills*.
Whether you’re looking to pursue a career in academia, or take your research skills out to industry, a PhD in Accounting from UNSW will get you there.
* Source: 2019 Advancing Australia’s Knowledge Economy Report
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Financial Accounting Standards, Audit Profession Development, and Firm-Level Tax Evasion. Williams, Brian (University of Oregon, 2016-02-23) In this study I investigate the relation between (1) country-level financial accounting standards and audit profession development and (2) firm-level tax evasion.
Assistant Professor of Accounting Stern School of Business, New York University Sinja's research primarily examines misconduct reporting, regulation and enforcement, and the use of ESG information by stakeholders such as regulators, employees, and consumers. Her dissertation area is in accounting. Sinja Leonelli, MBA '23, PhD '23
Theses/Dissertations from 2009. PDF. Mitigating Escalation of Commitment: An Investigation of the Effects of Priming and Decision-Making Setting in Capital Project Continuation Decisions, Ann C. Dzuranin. PDF. Understanding and Improving Use-Tax Compliance: A Theory of Planned Behavior Approach, Christopher Robert Jones.
This page provides a comprehensive list of accounting and finance thesis topics designed to assist students in selecting an impactful subject for their thesis. Whether you are pursuing undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate studies, the diverse array of topics presented here covers a broad spectrum of specialties within the field of accounting and finance.
WAGE DISPARITY IN THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION AND INFORMATION QUALITY, Russell Williamson. Theses/Dissertations from 2018 PDF. CFO CHARACTERISTICS, MARKET REACTION, AND SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE, Xinlei Zhao. Theses/Dissertations from 2017 PDF. The Effect of Control Source and Control Framing on Employee Effort, Pinky Rusli. PDF
Dissertations from 2004. PDF. The effect of program commitment on the degree of participative congruence and managerial performance in a budgeting setting, Kevin T. Breaux. PDF. Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998: a test of New Public Management, William Meriwether VanDenburgh. PDF.
1 Accounting Group: Selected Doctoral Theses "Auditors' Role in Fair Value Monitoring: Evidence from Security-Level Data" Author: Natalie Berfeld (2021) Committee: Nemit Shroff (co-chair), Joseph Weber (co-chair), Andrew Sutherland, Rodrigo Verdi Abstract: I study the role of the audit firm as monitor of its clients' fair value (FV) measurements.
The doctoral program in Accounting and Management, which falls under the PhD in Business Administration, focuses on understanding the role of information and measurement systems for: allocating resources among firms in the economy and between departments or divisions of individual firms; rewarding and monitoring the performance of managers; formulating, executing and evaluating strategy by ...
Dissertation titles and job placements for our graduates in Accounting. Kimberlyn Munevar, 2024. Texas A&M University. Media Accessibility and the Capital Market Effects of Media Dissemination: Evidence from Digital Paywalls(opens in a new tab) Jinsung Hwang, 2023. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. How Do Firms Mitigate Conflicts Among ...
Change In The Indian Accounting Profession: Three Studies Related To The Entry Of The Big Four Accounting Firms In India, Vikram G. Desai. Theses/Dissertations from 2005 PDF. Accounting Disclosure At The Organization-society Interface: A Meta-theory And Empirical Evidence, Jennifer Ching-Kuan Chen. PDF
Yale SOM's specialization in accounting is designed to develop strong theoretical and empirical skills. There is a heavy emphasis on original research to form a base for sustained scholarship. Co-authored research, with both faculty and fellow PhD students, is encouraged and supported. Yale's accounting program is small (matriculating one ...
The Programs PhD Fields of Study Accounting. Accounting. Our doctoral program in the accounting field offers broadly based, interdisciplinary training that develops the student's skills in conducting both analytical and empirical research. Emphasis is placed on developing a conceptual framework and set of skills for addressing questions ...
Topics in accounting and finance for PhD research can be challenging, if not crafted carefully. It is better to be abreast of new trends in accounting and finance as a means of proffering solution ...
The accounting concentration in the PhD in Business Administration program culminates with the dissertation, which serves as an original contribution advancing the boundaries of knowledge. Through rigorous investigation and original perspectives, the dissertation process forges a path towards a deeper understanding of accounting phenomena.
The PhD programme in Accounting will facilitate the creation and interpretation of new knowledge by the research student, demonstrated through the thesis. The programme comprises a short taught component followed by a longer research phase. Taught modules allow the students to broaden, as well as deepen, their knowledge of research methods at ...
The Ph.D. curriculum in accounting encompasses two major streams of research. The first stream examines the role of accounting information in contracting and capital markets. This first stream is economics-and-finance based and relies heavily on empirical research methods using archival data. The second stream is judgment and decision making in ...
The accounting profession in Malaysia: Understanding prospective accountants' professional trajectory Dalilah Abdul Aziz A thesis submitted for the degree of PhD in Accounting Adam Smith Business School, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow May 2022. ii Abstract
together in social cooperation. This thesis is primarily concerned with the terms of our cooperation and with how accounting can contribute to the justice, as fairness, of those terms. Accounting practice, and the principles that shape it, make a significant contribution to the
College of Business and Law. Accounting and Finance. Accounting and Finance - Doctoral Theses. libguides.ucc.ie. UCC Library. University College Cork. Cork T12 ND89 Ireland. Telephone: +353 (21) 490-2292. Email: [email protected].
Financial literacy competencies required from South African professional accountants providing services to small- and medium-sizes enterprises. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in providing employment, reducing poverty and contributing to the economic growth of South Africa.
The next session will be in November 2024. You can view the recording from a previous session here and slides here. For any queries about the programme, please email [email protected]. MRes/PhD in Accounting, study at LSE, Accounting Organisations and Institutions, Economics of Accounting, Department of Accounting, apply for, research degree,
Here are some good examples of accounting research topics ideas. Accounting origin. The Ethics of Accounting and Its Relevance in The Society. Company structure influence on Accounting. Information Systems For Accounting. Accounting and Taxes. Accounting as Relates to Personal Finance. Profit Management.
About the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Accounting. UNSW Business School's Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Accounting (Program code 1521) will prepare you to become a globally focused and socially engaged research leader. You'll be joining a cohort of high-achieving research students in tackling modern-day challenges at the forefront of ...