Richard A. Lambert Faculty Profile

Richard A. Lambert
Miller-Sherrerd Professor; Professor of Accounting

PhD, Stanford University, 1982; MS, Stanford University, 1980; BEE, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1977

Research Areas
Theoretical and empirical research in performance measurement; incentive compensation plans; cost analysis; financial reporting

Current Projects
Valuation, granting, and incentive effects of employee stock option plans; Information and the cost of capital.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1999-present (named Miller-Sherrerd Professor, 2003). Previous appointments: Northwestern University; University of Pennsylvania; Stanford University

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award for Teaching Excellence, 1989; Business School Trust Faculty Fellow, 1991-92; Hay Group Faculty Research Fellow, 1984-85

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies

Representative Publications
"Customer Satisfaction Measures and Future Financial Performance." Journal of Accounting Research (1998).

(with M. Alles and S. Datar)
"Moral Hazard and Management Control in Just-In-Time Control Settings." Journal of Accounting Research (1995).

(with S. Dator and S. Kulp)
"Balancing Performance Measures." Journal of Accounting Research (2000).