PhD: Accounting Research on Financial Institutions

This course aims to enable Ph.D. students to generate, test, and promote impactful ideas in accounting research on financial institutions (e.g., banks and insurance companies). The course focuses on applying core concepts and tools needed in students’ current and future research to questions in accounting research on financial institutions. The course covers various topics of my specific research interests, such as loan loss provisioning, the role of accounting in financial stability, and the role of regulators on financial institutions’ financial reporting. The course consists of mini-lectures, in-class discussions of assigned readings, and presentations of students’ research ideas. The course is mainly for Ph.D. students; however, M.S. and M.B.A. students interested in accounting research can join the course after consulting with me.