Research by faculty and doctoral students in the Accounting Department focuses on the impact of accounting information and policy making on capital market behavior, on the behavior of decision makers within the firm, and on the structure of firms.

Representative Publications
Names in bold type indicate authors who were Wharton doctoral students at the time of publication.

Christopher C. Geczy, Bernadette A. Minton, and Catherine M. Schrand, "Taking a View: Corporate speculation, governance and compensation." Journal of Finance 2007.

Richard Lambert, Christian Leuz, and Robert E. Verrecchia , "Accounting information, disclosure, and the cost of capital." Journal of Accounting Research 2007.

Brian J. Bushee and Theodore H. Goodman, "Which institutional investors trade on private information about earnings and returns?" Journal of Accounting Research 45 (2): 289-321, 2007.

John E. Core, Wayne Guay, and Tjomme O. Rusticus, "Does weak governance cause weak stock returns? An examination of firm operating performance and investors' expectations." Journal of Finance 61 (2): 655-687, 2006.

Christopher Ittner, Richard Lambert, and David F. Larcker, "The structure and performance consequences of equity grants in new economy." Journal of Accounting and Economics 34(1-3): 89-127, 2003.

John E. Core, Wayne Guay, and Andrew Van Buskirk, "Market valuations in the new economy: An investigation of what has changed." Journal of Accounting and Economics 34(1-3): 43-67, 2003.

Daniel A. Bens, Venky Nagar, Douglas J. Skinner, M.H. Franco Wong, "Employee stock options, EPS dilution, and stock repurchases." Journal of Accounting and Economics 36(1-3): 51-90, 2003.

Philip G. Berger and Rebecca Hann, "The impact of SFAS No.131 on information and monitoring." Journal of Accounting Research 41(2): 163-223, 2003.

Jonathan L. Rogers and Phillip C. Stocken, "Credibility of management forecasts." Accounting Review 80 (4): 1233-1260, 2005.

Gus De Franco, Hai Lu, and Florin Vasvari, "Wealth transfer effects of analysts' misleading behavior." Journal of Accounting Research 45(1): 71-110, 2007.