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Accounting faculty receive Bocconi Research Awards

We congratulate the three awarded scholars from our department: Tim Martens, Antonio Marra, and Wanli Zhao.

Never on Friday! When Soft Information Spoils Loan Quality

REGINA WITTEMBERG MOERMAN, VISITING PROFESSOR AT BOCCONI DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING, DEFINES ACCOUNTING AS THE STUDY OF HOW MANAGERS CONVEY INFORMATION FROM COMPANY TO OUTSIDERS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY
Stephen Penman

Telling the Good and the Bad in Accounting

STEPHEN PENMAN, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR AT BOCCONI'S DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING , HAS A MISSION THAT GOES BEYOND TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLS.
Francesca Franco

Deferred Compensation May Be a Form of Insider Trading

RESEARCH BY FRANCESCA FRANCO AND OKTAY URCAN FINDS EVIDENCE THAT EQUITY DEFERRALS ARE SOMETIMES USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR OPEN MARKET PURCHASES NEAR QUARTERLY EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENT DATES.
Lauren Vollon

Lauren Vollon joins from University of Chicago

We are delighted to announce that Lauren Vollon, currently a PhD student at University of Chicago, will be joining us from September 2022 as Assistant Professor of Accounting.