School of Economics

Corporate Reporting & Disclosure

• Financial Reporting Quality 
• Earning Management/Manipulation - Incentives and Consequences
• Voluntary Disclosures
• International Financial Reporting Standards
• Fair Value Accounting
• Sustainability Reporting and Disclosure

Corporate Governance, Auditing & Risk Management

• Board of Directors and Corporate Disclosure
• Executive Compensation & Contracting and Corporate Reporting Quality
• Audit Quality and Audit Risk
• Internal Control
• Risk Management
• Family Ownership/Control and Corporate Decisions

Financial Intermediation & Information

• Information Asymmetry, Analysts, and Cost of Capital
• Private Information and Public Disclosure
• Information - Media and Social Media
• Financial Institutions - Accounting Issues
• The Monitoring Role of Institutional Investors
• Investor Heterogeneity & Microstructure

Financial Performance Analysis

• Performance Evaluation and Forecasting
• Valuation
• Tax Planning and Firm Performance
• Pricing of Credit Risk

Accounting Information System

• Organisation and Management of Accounting Information Systems
• Information System and Fraud Detection
• Judgment and Decision-making
• Decision Aids