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Chicago Booth has one of the preeminent PhD accounting programs. Our faculty conduct groundbreaking scholarly work, and our graduates have played a central role in the evolution of modern accounting research.
As a PhD student in accounting at Booth, you’ll have the freedom to explore and cultivate your research interests from day one—wherever they lead.
You’ll join a collaborative research community and work with prominent scholars whose groundbreaking research is recognized for its impact on the academic literature, accounting practice and policymaking, securities regulation, and elsewhere. In addition to your stipend, you may apply for research and conference travel funding from our research centers and the Stevens Doctoral Program. In research workshops and conferences, you’ll present your work and hear about the work of fellow researchers.
Our Distinguished Accounting Faculty
As measured by research productivity and impact, Chicago Booth has one of the best accounting faculty groups in the world. The group includes Philip G. Berger, Hans B. Christensen, Merle Erickson, Christian Leuz, Michael Minnis, Valeri Nikolaev, Haresh Sapra, Douglas J. Skinner, and Abbie J. Smith, as well as an outstanding group of research-active junior faculty. The school is committed to maintaining the quality of this group.
These distinguished scholars are also teachers and mentors who will advise you, coauthor papers with you, supervise your thesis, help you find an outstanding job, and serve as colleagues throughout your career.
Philip G. Berger
Wallman Family Professor of Accounting
Hans B. Christensen
Chookaszian Family Professor of Accounting and David G. Booth Faculty Fellow
Anna Costello
Professor of Accounting and David G. Booth Faculty Fellow
Merle Erickson
Professor of Accounting
Joao Granja
Associate Professor of Accounting and Jane and Basil Vasiliou Faculty Scholar
Christian Leuz
Charles F. Pohl Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting and Finance
Bradford Levy
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Charles McClure
Michael Minnis
Professor of Accounting and Charles E. Merrill Faculty Scholar
Maximilian Muhn
Valeri Nikolaev
James H. Lorie Professor of Accounting and FMC Faculty Scholar
Madhav Rajan
Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Accounting
Thomas Rauter
Assistant Professor of Accounting and IBM Corporation Faculty Scholar
Amoray Riggs-Cragun
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Kathryn and Grant Swick Faculty Scholar
Delphine Samuels
Associate Professor of Accounting and James S. Kemper Faculty Scholar
Haresh Sapra
Charles T. Horngren Professor of Accounting
Douglas J. Skinner
Deputy Dean for Faculty and Sidney Davidson Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting
Abbie J. Smith
Boris and Irene Stern Distinguished Service Professor of Accounting
Christopher Stewart
Assistant Professor of Accounting and William S. Fishman Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of Accounting and Kathryn and Grant Swick Faculty Scholar
Anthony Welsch
Anastasia A Zakolyukina
Associate Professor of Accounting
Alumni Success
The American Accounting Association periodically awards a prize for seminal contributions to the accounting literature. Graduates of the PhD Accounting Program are regular winners of this prestigious prize.
Our PhD graduates in accounting go on to faculty positions at some of the world's most prestigious institutions.
Kalash Jain, MBA '23, PhD '23
Assistant Professor of Business, Accounting Division Columbia Business School, Columbia University His research examines the impact of information processing frictions and investor decision making on asset prices and firm investment. His dissertation area is in accounting.
Sinja Leonelli, MBA '23, PhD '23
Assistant Professor of Accounting Stern School of Business, New York University Sinja's research primarily examines misconduct reporting, regulation and enforcement, and the use of ESG information by stakeholders such as regulators, employees, and consumers. Her dissertation area is in accounting.
Shirley Lu, MBA ’21, PhD ’21
Assistant Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School, Harvard University Shirley Lu studies Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosure, with a focus on climate change and gender diversity. Her dissertation area is in accounting.
Spotlight on Research
Chicago Booth Review frequently highlights the work of accounting PhD students, faculty, and alumni.
One Way Discrimination Creeps into the Supply Chain
A Q&A with Chicago Booth’s Anna Costello about how the pandemic affected which suppliers got paid on time.
AI Reads between the Lines to Discover Corporate Risk
“Corporate risk exposures are often subtly implied in conference call discussions rather than explicitly stated,” write Chicago Booth PhD student Alex G. Kim and Booth’s Maximilian Muhn and Valeri Nikolaev.
Civilization is Based on Accounting
A Q&A with Chicago Booth’s Ray Ball on accounting’s past and future.
Financial Data Privacy Could Help Fight Poverty
Historical data can shape future outcomes, helping to determine whether a prospective borrower has access to a home, car, or other opportunities, write University of Utah’s Mark Jansen, Chicago Booth PhD student Fabian Nagel, and Booth’s Constantine Yannelis and Anthony Lee Zhang.
A Network of Support
Doctoral students at Booth have access to the resources of several research centers that offer funding for student work, host workshops and conferences, and foster a strong research community.
The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center The Chookaszian Accounting Research Center coordinates accounting research at Chicago Booth and hosts research brown bags and workshops. It also publishes the Journal of Accounting Research , one of the top accounting research journals in the world.
George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State Dedicated to examining issues at the intersection of politics and the economy, the Stigler Center supports research in the political, economic, and cultural obstacles to better working markets.
Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation Chicago Booth’s destination for people committed to tackling social and environmental problems, the Rustandy Center supports the work of PhD students and others who are focused on transforming the social sector.
Inside the Student Experience
For Andrew Sutherland, PhD ’13, coauthoring research with Booth faculty was a highlight of the Stevens Program.
Video Transcript
Andrew Sutherland, ’13: 00:09 In accounting, there's tons and tons of research on these big public firms that have an army of investor relations people and they constant disclosing things. That's where most of the research was happening, but there's this whole other half of the economy, these private firms, that we didn't really know a lot about. We didn't know a lot about how they got credit. What was interesting to me is that a lot of time, firms are able to get credit without even providing any financial statements or any information whatsoever to the bank. The reason they're able to get credit is that they have a credit score. So in other words, the information is coming, not from the form itself, but from another bank who had dealt with them in the past. What really struck me was there wasn't really a lot of research out there on this information channel. That's when I decided I wanted to learn a little bit more about what this reporting channel does to contract and help firms get credit and how it changes banks' incentives to lend.
Andrew Sutherland, ’13: 01:01 Basically, the firms that have a good credit record or a long track record of borrowing successfully were the ones that were able to shop around. We would think that's a good thing, that giving firms more choice about who to borrow from kind of increases social welfare, you get better matching between lenders and firms. Kind of the dark side is that the firms that have had payment trouble that have defaulted or missed some payments on loans sort of get shut out of the credit part. You have a harder time starting any new relationships with outside lenders. That's kind of a cost.
Andrew Sutherland, ’13: 01:34 The second cost is that information sharing changes the game for lenders. So, if participating in this credit bureau basically allows outside lenders to pick off the firms that are doing better, then that destroys the incentive for lenders to kind of invest in relationships to begin with. That's sort of the second dark side of information sharing, if you will.
Andrew Sutherland, ’13: 01:54 So, I coauthor on a number of projects with the junior faculty member here named Mike Minnis. I probably talked to Mike more than I talk to my wife. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. But, I mean, as a PhD student, there's only so much you can learn in class, and having a faculty member to work with that's kind of gone through the ropes and understands the review process, that's done something on their own, it gives you a really good opportunity to learn. That's something, I think that was absolutely instrumental in my success
Current Accounting Students
PhD students in accounting come to Chicago Booth with a wide range of interests and goals. Recent dissertations have focused on everything from machine learning to the impact of fiscal monitoring, and graduates have gone on to positions at some of the world’s preeminent institutions, including Columbia Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Current Students
Samuel Chang Jonas Dalmazzo Jewel Evans Lingyu Gu Yanzi (Yvonne) Han Grant Hayes Roope Keloharju Maria Khrakovsky Alex Kim Ginha Kim Andrew McKinley Fabian Nagel Pietro Ramella Hristiana Vidinova Hanbyul Yoon Jingyu Zhang
Program Expectations and Requirements
The Stevens Program at Booth is a full-time program. Students generally complete the majority of coursework and examination requirements within the first two years of studies and begin work on their dissertation during the third year. For details, see General Examination Requirements by Area in the Stevens Program Guidebook below.
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Our doctoral program in the accounting field offers broadly based, interdisciplinary training that develops the student’s skills in conducting both analytical and empirical research.
Emphasis is placed on developing a conceptual framework and set of skills for addressing questions broadly related to accounting information. While issues of financial reporting, managerial accounting, corporate governance and taxation are the ultimate concern, special emphasis is given to applying basic knowledge of economics, decision theory, and statistical inference to accounting issues.
Spectrum of Interests and Research Methods
Faculty research represents a broad spectrum of interests and research methods:
- Empirical and analytical research on the relation between accounting information and capital market behavior examines the characteristics of accounting amounts, the effect of accounting disclosures on the capital market, the role of analysts as information intermediaries, and the effects of management discretion. Issues examined also include the impact of financial information on stock and option prices, earnings response coefficients, market microstructure, earnings management, voluntary disclosures, and the effect of changes in accounting standards and disclosure requirements.
- Problems of information asymmetries among management, investors, and others are currently under study. This research investigates, analytically and empirically, the structure of incentive systems and monitoring systems under conditions of information asymmetry. Research on moral hazard, adverse selection, risk sharing, and signaling is incorporated into this work.
- Other ongoing projects include research on the economic effects of auditing and regulation of accounting information, and analysis of tax-induced incentive problems in organizations.
- Additional topics of faculty interest include analytical and empirical research on productivity measurement, accounting for quality, activity-based costing for operations and marketing, and strategic costing and pricing.
Preparation and Qualifications
It is desirable for students to have a solid understanding of applied microeconomic theory, econometrics and mathematics (linear algebra, real analysis, optimization, probability theory) prior to the start of the program. Adequate computer programming skills (e.g. Matlab, SAS, STAT, Python) are necessary in coursework. A traditional accounting background such as CPA is not required.
Faculty in Accounting
Christopher s. armstrong, jung ho choi, george foster, brandon gipper, ron kasznik, john d. kepler, jinhwan kim, rebecca lester, iván marinovic, maureen mcnichols, joseph d. piotroski, kevin smith, emeriti faculty, mary e. barth, william h. beaver, david f. larcker, charles m. c. lee, stefan j. reichelstein, recent publications in accounting, elpr: a new measure of capital adequacy for commercial banks, fraudulent financial reporting and the consequences for employees, board diversity and shareholder voting, recent insights by stanford business, nine stories to get you through tax season, tax cuts in the uk gave an unexpected boost to african economies, the hidden costs of clicking the “buy now, pay later” button.
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PhD in Accounting
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Pursuing a phd in accounting.
Accounting PhD Program
Phd accounting program.
The Accounting Ph.D. program includes research focused on several accounting disciplines, including Financial, Managerial, and Auditing and Corporate Governance Accounting.
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- ADMISSIONS EVENTS
Financial Accounting
- Accounting standard setting - Financial regulation - International accounting - Company valuation and financial statement analysis - Earnings management - Stock markets and market efficiency - Earnings forecasting and financial analyst behavior
Managerial Accounting
- Performance evaluation and compensation - Budgeting and other control issues in organizations - Balanced scorecard - Strategic management accounting
Auditing and Corporate Governance
- Auditor independence - Auditor behavior and decision making - Corporate governance issues
Tax Accounting
- Tax planning - Tax clientele - Tax policy and its effects on businesses
Requirements
Sample Course Schedule
- Fall: GSBA 602, ACCT 605, ACCT 611, ACCT 621 + Electives
- Spring: ACCT 601, ACCT 611 + Electives
Research Development Beginning in the first semester, students will apprentice with a faculty mentor to learn research fundamentals. Typically students are assigned to a new mentor each semester in the first year. During the summer of their first year, students write a first-year paper. The summer paper will be similar to that of a research proposal.
- Fall: ACCT 611, ACCT 621 + Electives
- Spring: ACCT 611 + Electives
- Summer: BUCO 637
Research Development
Students continue apprentice a faculty mentor to learn research fundamentals and participate in research projects. Typically students are assigned to a new mentor each semester in the first and second year. During the summer of their second year, students complete a directed readings course with their potential advisor.
Screening Examination
In the second year, students complete a screening examination which may take the form of a written or oral exam, written assignments, and/or summer research project. The results of the examination help the faculty determine students’ developmental needs and fitness to continue in the program.
Qualifying Examination
Following the screening exam, with the recommendation of their faculty mentor, students take a comprehensive examination on the core knowledge of their discipline. The examination includes both written and oral components. Upon passing the examination, an individual becomes a Ph.D. candidate and begins work on the Ph.D. dissertation.
- Independent Dissertation Preparation (2)
- Accounting Research Seminar: ACCT 611 (2)
- Electives (Optional)
Research Development At this stage in the program, the relationships Ph.D. candidates have developed through the research apprenticeships often lead to collaborative research projects. Ph.D. candidates continue to apprentice faculty with increasing responsibility. They also begin work on their dissertations.
Teaching Development Ph.D. candidates begin developing teaching skills by serving as a teaching assistant for one or two classes and engaging in teaching skills workshops.
Research Development Research is the primary activity in the fourth year and beyond. Faculty view Ph.D. candidates as “junior colleagues” and partner to write and present papers.
Teaching Development Ph.D. candidates co-teach one course with a faculty member.
Dissertation Defense & Submission The dissertation is the culminating work of a student’s independent research. In the fourth or fifth year of the program, students complete, defend and submit the dissertation. This is the last step to earn the Ph.D.
Research Community
Accounting faculty members have published extensively in leading accounting journals such as:
- The Accounting Review
- Journal of Accounting Research
- Journal of Accounting and Economics
- Contemporary Accounting Research
- Review of Accounting Studies
The University of Texas-Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings for research productivity over the past decade ranks the Accounting faculty as fifth worldwide.
Recognized Research Authorities
The Accounting faculty have served as editors, associate editors and editorial review board members of premier journals in accounting, including:
- Accounting, Organization and Society
- Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory
- Journal of Management Accounting Research
Faculty Honors
- Wildman Award
- Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature
- Notable Contributions to Auditing and Managerial Accounting Literatures
- Outstanding Educator Award in Auditing
In addition to required coursework and independent research, students are actively encouraged to participate in research projects with faculty—preferably as a co-author; attend and participate in the ARFs (accounting research workshops); present papers at, serve as discussants and otherwise attend national conferences; and take additional coursework either for credit or audit to further enhance their knowledge base.
PhD STUDENTS
Katherine simeon bruere.
- PhD Candidate in Accounting
Katherine Simeon Bruere is a Ph.D. candidate in the Leventhal School of Accounting. She is interested in voluntary disclosure,standard setting, audit quality, audit opinions, goodwill accounting, mergerand acquisitions, corporate governance, financial reporting, and capital marketsresearch. Prior to starting the Ph.D. program, Katherine worked at Ernst & Young as an auditor in Dallas’ Financial Services division, as well as an accountant at Merit Energy. Katherine earned a BA and an MA in Accounting at Baylor University (2014) and is a licensed CPA in the state of Texas.
Suzanne Burzillo
AJ Chen is a PhD candidate in Accounting at the USC Marshall School of Business. Prior to joining the Ph.D. Program, he worked as an associate in the investment banking industry, as well as analyst in commodities trading. He also had experience as tax associate at PwC Boston. He is intrigued by how technological innovation affect the real economy, particularly their impact on firms, workers, and consumers.
Jessie Jaewon Cheong
- PhD Student in Accounting
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The Marshall School of Business contributes to the broad field of academic research as our students go on to be thought-leaders in business schools around the world. These Ph.D. candidates are taking the next step in their academic careers. Learn more about each candidate by clicking on their name.
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Accounting students have won numerous prestigious awards over the past several years. These honors include:
- Deloitte Touche Fellowship
- KPMG Doctoral Fellowship
- AICPA Doctoral Fellowship
Learn more about all Marshall PhD Students in the Marshall Directory. For a list of Accounting students in the program please follow thislink.
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Dates + deadlines.
December 15, 2023: Application Deadline - Accounting, Data Sciences & Operations, and Management & Organization*
January 15, 2024: Application Deadline - Finance & Business Economics and Marketing
The link to the PhD Program application is available on the Admissions page and the next opportunity to apply is for Fall 2024 admission. Late applications may or may not be considered at the discretion of the admissions committee.
Admissions decisions are made from mid-February to mid-April. You will be notified by email when a decision has been made.
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Ph.d. overview.
- Stern’s accounting faculty has a wide range of research interests and continuously publishes works in all major academic accounting research journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Accounting Review, the Review of Accounting Studies, and Contemporary Accounting Research. Furthermore, Stern’s accounting faculty has published in such major Finance journals as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
- The Department boasts a large and diverse body of Ph.D. students, who assist faculty with research projects early on in their doctoral program and often become co-authors to papers published in prestigious accounting journals.
- The admissions process is a rigorous one and important criteria are: an interest in doing research and teaching in accounting, strong quantitative skills, and an ability to communicate effectively. There are no formal education requirements other than possession of a bachelor's degree - an MBA is not required.
- The quality of our Ph.D. program (ranked 7th in the United States by U.S. News and World Report) manifests itself by, among other things, our success in placing our graduates.
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The Simon Business School PhD Program in Accounting provides students with the opportunity to make substantive contributions to the literature by taking advantage of the Simon School's strong economics and quantitative training.
At Simon, accounting is not viewed as a separate academic discipline, but as an integral part of applied economics. By studying accounting and accounting phenomena from the perspective of an applied financial economist, an accounting researcher can provide evidence that potentially affects such diverse areas as the theory of the firm, corporate finance, the economics of regulation, and capital market efficiency.
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Program Outline: Accounting
The first year.
The first year gives students solid training in microeconomics and econometrics and introduces them to basic issues in accounting and finance, including accounting and finance seminars which introduce students to current research topics. Students are required to take courses offered by Simon Business School as well as the University of Rochester's Economics Department. First year students are required to take the preliminary exam, which is given at the end of the spring term, and complete a first year research paper, due by September 15 of the student's second year. The paper will be presented in AEC510 or in an Accounting Workshop in the fall of the student's second year.
The Second Year
In the second year, students are expected to take PhD level courses in accounting and finance. In addition, participation in accounting, finance, and applied economics seminars is required. This training provides the foundation from which to develop research topics/ideas in general, and specifically a thesis topic. Students are required to submit a paper by September 15 of their third year. This paper will be presented in AEC510 or in an Accounting Workshop the fall of the student's third year and serves as the student's accounting qualifying exam.
The Third Year and Beyond
In the third year students move from coursework to active research with the objective of identifying a viable thesis topic. Continued participation in all accounting and applied economics seminars is required.
Required Courses.
The Course Catalog contains degree requirements and course descriptions. Please refer the Simon Registrar's website for the current Course Catalog
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PhD Accounting Courses
1 credit (First-year PhD students are graded on a P/F basis. Second-year and later students receive a letter grade.)
A forum for the presentation, discussion, and critique of current accounting research papers where accounting faculty, PhD students, and outside speakers present working papers on current research topics. Students are expected to actively participate in the discussion and critique of the papers presented. In weeks when accounting workshops/ seminars are scheduled, accounting PhD students will meet as a group with a member of the accounting faculty before the seminar to discuss the paper. Since such meetings are designed to facilitate students’ active participation in the seminars, students are required to circulate a brief set of comments to the other class participants in advance of the meeting. Grading will be based on the quality of students’ contributions to the pre-seminar meetings as well as their contributions and participation in the actual workshops.
This course focuses recent developments in capital markets research by exploring topics such as how technology intertwines with the production, dissemination, and consumption of accounting information, the incentives and impact of financial intermediaries, and financial reporting regulation and externalities. In addition to the informational role of accounting information, the course also explores its stewardship role by covering recent papers related to executive compensation and incentive structure. Finally, the course expands beyond the U.S. setting by covering topics related to international accounting. Given the turnover of course topics over time, students are required to enroll in ACC 513 each time the course is offered.
Content varies from year-to year based on faculty and student’s interests.
Topics selected reflect areas of active interest to accounting researchers/ accounting profession.
Topics covered in recent offerings of the course include:
“Information Acquisition”; “Soft Information in Financial Markets”; “Private Interactions: Broker Conferences, Roadshows, In-House Meetings”; “The Financial Reporting Environment”; “The Role of Accounting in the Municipal Bond Market”; “Textual Analysis/ Information and Financial Markets”; “Rivals, Information Transfer, Spillovers and Investment Decisions”; “Rivals, Information Transfer, Spillovers and Financial Policies and Corporate Governance and Other Decisions; “Rivals, Information Transfer, Spillovers and Proprietary Costs”; “Aggregate Market Relations”; “Patents and Patent Disclosure”; “Return Predictability” and “Anomalies”.
Given the turnover of course topics over time, students are required to enroll in ACC 511 each time the course is offered.
Prerequisite: ACC 510
This course (along with ACC 513) is the next step in the sequence of accounting seminars taken by the Ph.D. students. ACC 512 builds on the “classics” covered in prior seminars by applying the insights to topical areas of research interest. It focuses on international aspects of accounting research, such as the interaction between country-level institutional features and financial reporting outcomes, cross-border information flows, harmonization of financial reporting standards and its implications for actual outcomes (both reporting and economic). This course alternates with ACC 513. Given the turnover of course topics over time, students are required to enroll in ACC 513 each time the course is offered.
Prerequisites: ACC 510 and ACC 511
In contrast to the international focus of ACC 512, ACC 513 focuses on the U.S. setting, and in particular on new/emerging theories in financial economics. The course seeks to stimulate discussions on the implication of these theories for accounting research. Recent versions of the course focused on the feedback-effect of stock prices, where managers not only impound information into the stock price, but also learn new information from their firms’ stock prices; and on asset-pricing anomalies, and the role of financial accounting information in mitigating or exacerbating the prevalence of these market-pricing “irregularities”.
Given the turnover of course topics over time, students are required to enroll in ACC 513 each time the course is offered.
Prerequisites: ACC 510 and ACC 511
The workshop provides a forum for the presentation of ongoing and completed research projects by PhD students in the economics core. Third- and fourth-year PhD students are expected to participate actively.
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor
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Rigorous, discipline-based research is the hallmark of the MIT Sloan PhD Program. The program is committed to educating scholars who will lead in their fields of research—those with outstanding intellectual skills who will carry forward productive research on the complex organizational, financial, and technological issues that characterize an increasingly competitive and challenging business world.
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PhD studies at MIT Sloan are intense and individual in nature, demanding a great deal of time, initiative, and discipline from every candidate. But the rewards of such rigor are tremendous: MIT Sloan PhD graduates go on to teach and conduct research at the world's most prestigious universities.
PhD Program curriculum at MIT Sloan is organized under the following three academic areas: Behavior & Policy Sciences; Economics, Finance & Accounting; and Management Science. Our nine research groups correspond with one of the academic areas, as noted below.
MIT Sloan PhD Research Groups
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Institute for Work & Employment Research
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Information Technology
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MIT Sloan is eager to provide a diverse group of talented students with early-career exposure to research techniques as well as support in considering research career paths.
Rising Scholars Conference
The fourth annual Rising Scholars Conference on October 25 and 26 gathers diverse PhD students from across the country to present their research.
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The goal of the MIT Sloan PhD Program's admissions process is to select a small number of people who are most likely to successfully complete our rigorous and demanding program and then thrive in academic research careers. The admission selection process is highly competitive; we aim for a class size of nineteen students, admitted from a pool of hundreds of applicants.
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- Outstanding intellectual ability
- Excellent academic records
- Previous work in disciplines related to the intended area of concentration
- Strong commitment to a career in research
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Admissions for 2024 is closed. The next opportunity to apply will be for 2025 admission. The 2025 application will open in September 2024.
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Students in good academic standing in our program receive a funding package that includes tuition, medical insurance, and a fellowship stipend and/or TA/RA salary. We also provide a new laptop computer and a conference travel/research budget.
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The PhD Program is integral to the research of MIT Sloan's world-class faculty. With a reputation as risk-takers who are unafraid to embrace the unconventional, they are engaged in exciting disciplinary and interdisciplinary research that often includes PhD students as key team members.
Research centers across MIT Sloan and MIT provide a rich setting for collaboration and exploration. In addition to exposure to the faculty, PhD students also learn from one another in a creative, supportive research community.
Throughout MIT Sloan's history, our professors have devised theories and fields of study that have had a profound impact on management theory and practice.
From Douglas McGregor's Theory X/Theory Y distinction to Nobel-recognized breakthroughs in finance by Franco Modigliani and in option pricing by Robert Merton and Myron Scholes, MIT Sloan's faculty have been unmatched innovators.
This legacy of innovative thinking and dedication to research impacts every faculty member and filters down to the students who work beside them.
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Student Research
“MIT Sloan PhD training is a transformative experience. The heart of the process is the student’s transition from being a consumer of knowledge to being a producer of knowledge. This involves learning to ask precise, tractable questions and addressing them with creativity and rigor. Hard work is required, but the reward is the incomparable exhilaration one feels from having solved a puzzle that had bedeviled the sharpest minds in the world!” -Ezra Zuckerman Sivan Alvin J. Siteman (1948) Professor of Entrepreneurship
Sample Dissertation Abstracts - These sample Dissertation Abstracts provide examples of the work that our students have chosen to study while in the MIT Sloan PhD Program.
We believe that our doctoral program is the heart of MIT Sloan's research community and that it develops some of the best management researchers in the world. At our annual Doctoral Research Forum, we celebrate the great research that our doctoral students do, and the research community that supports that development process.
The videos of their presentations below showcase the work of our students and will give you insight into the topics they choose to research in the program.
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A minimum of 13 semester courses at doctoral level are required. Each semester students will consult with the Accounting & Management faculty coordinators to receive approval of their course selections.
Microeconomics Theory : A comprehensive two semester sequence on economic theory:
- Microeconomic Theory I (HBS 4010/Economics 2020a)
- Microeconomic Theory II (HBS 4011/Economics 2020b)
All Accounting and Management students are required to have completed one undergraduate or graduate course in introduction to Econometrics. If this requirement has not been fulfilled prior to matriculation, then an equivalent course will be required in the first term of the student's doctoral program.
Courses meeting this requirement include:
- Introduction to Econometrics (Econ 1123)
Students must take four research methods courses, including one course in research design.
Courses that fulfill this requirement include, but are not limited to:
- Introduction to Applied Econometrics (Econ 2120); (Econ 2110. Introductory Probability and Statistics for Economists may be a required prerequisite)
- Econometric Methods (Econ 2140)
- Topics in Applied Econometrics (MIT 14.387)
- Advanced Applied Econometrics (Econ 2144)
- Computational Economics (Econ 2149)
- Time Series Analysis (Econ 2142)
- Seminar in Applied Statistical Methods (HBS 4809)
Research methods courses that meet the research design course requirement include, but are not limited to:
- Advanced Quantitative Research Methodology (Gov 2001)
- Empirical Methods in Corporate Finance (HBS 4220)
- Matched Sampling and Study Design (Stat 240); (Stat 140 or Econ 1127 are strongly recommended as prerequisites)
- Design of Field Research Methods (HBS 4070)
- Experimental Methods (HBS 4435)
Accounting and Management students are required to take seven additional doctoral courses.
- Management Control and Performance Measures (HBS 4403)
- Empirical Research in Financial Reporting and Analysis (HBS 4250)
- Doctoral Seminar in Accounting (MIT 15.539)
- Two breadth courses
- Two elective doctoral courses
All students without an MBA degree are required to complete two case-based HBS MBA courses.
Students are strongly encouraged to attend and participate in seminars throughout their program. In the third year, students are required to attend Accounting & Management Unit Seminars .
Good Academic Standing
Teaching requirement.
Students must teach or assist with teaching in a formally offered course for one full academic term. This engagement should include, at least, 8 hours of front-of-class teaching and 16 hours of teaching preparation time. The requirement may be fulfilled by completing a teaching fellow or instructor assignment at a Harvard University
Special Field Exam
Students are required to pass the Special Field Exam at the end of the second year or beginning of the third year. This exam has two parts: a written exam and an oral exam based on the course syllabi from any relevant doctoral research seminars in financial or managerial accounting undertaken by students in the course of their studies.
Dissertation Proposal
By the end of their third year, all students are required to obtain approval of their dissertation proposal by their Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation
Students are required to write a dissertation, which typically takes the form of three publishable papers, to the satisfaction of their Dissertation Committee. The dissertation defense is oral and open to the public.
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MRes/PhD in Accounting
I am continuously challenged and supported to expand my thinking and sharpen my analytical skills, inside seminars, supervisor sessions and over coffee breaks. In doctoral seminar discussions I am humbled by the number of faculty that contributes to these sessions, and I am grateful for their time. In general, the availability of staff and faculty to help has far exceeded my expectations.
Finia Kuhlmann (former student)
Completing a PhD in Accounting at LSE was incredibly challenging but extremely worthwhile. The world-renowned faculty provided tremendous support and encouragement and the Department of Accounting provides considerable resources to ensure the success of PhD students.
Rodney Brown (former student)
How to apply
The Department of Accounting at LSE is one of the leading groups in the world for teaching and research on the economic, institutional and organisational aspects of accounting and financial management. Our PhD programme provides rigorous academic training aimed at preparing students to undertake research of the highest international standards.
You will benefit from a truly international and interdisciplinary environment. You will have access to a wide range of taught courses and research seminars across different departments and research centres within the School. You will work closely with faculty in the Department throughout the programme, and you will interact with leading scholars from other universities thanks to our active external workshop series. All students admitted to the programme are normally fully funded, and financial assistance is also available for you to present your work at conferences. You will further benefit from the privileged location of the School. London is a vibrant, multicultural city, and the LSE campus, situated in central London, is only a stone’s throw away from the financial district, but also Westminster, the political heart of the UK.
Programme structure
You will be expected to complete the programme within five years. In the first two years, you will take a set of core and elective courses in accounting and related fields and complete a research paper. After the second year, you will focus on your PhD thesis.
Our programme is structured in two tracks: The Accounting, Organisations and Institutions (AOI) track, which is devoted to the study of interrelationships between accounting, organisations and institutions, and the Economics of Accounting (EoA) track, which primarily examines accounting and financial reporting issues from an economics perspective.
- The Accounting, Organisations and Institutions (AOI) Track
- The Economics of Accounting (EoA) Track
- Visiting Research Student (VRS) in Accounting We welcome research students from other universities to spend from one term up to one academic year at LSE as a Visiting Research Student (VRS). Find out more here .
- Thinking of doing a PhD? We hold information sessions twice per year where you can learn more about the programme structure and aplication process. The next session will be in November 2024. You can view the recording from a previous session here and slides here.
- For any queries about the programme, please email [email protected] .
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Ph.D. in Business Administration-Accounting
Department website: https://business.wvu.edu/academics/business-administration/doctorate-of-business-administration
Degree Offered
Doctor of philosophy, nature of the program.
The Ph.D. in Business Administration with a major in Accounting is designed to prepare qualified individuals for a career in scholarly accounting research and teaching at the university level. The doctoral program is offered to a relatively small, highly qualified, and motivated group of students who demonstrate the potential to become highly regarded scholars in the field. Doctoral students are expected to be in residence on a full-time basis throughout the duration of the program. Typically, a student will be in-residence, full-time for a period of four years.
Individualized Program
Each doctoral student is paired with a faculty member with similar research interests. The faculty member will work closely with the student and will serve as a research mentor throughout the duration of the program. Currently, the training, background, and interests of the doctoral faculty support behavioral and archival research in fraud, forensics, and ethics across the functional accounting areas of audit, financial, governmental, information systems, international, managerial, and tax accounting. The individual plan of study for each candidate will be determined by the student, the faculty mentor, and the Ph.D. committee.
Academic Standards
The following criteria must be met for a student to remain in good standing:
- Maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average in all graduate courses taken at WVU.*
- Earn grades of “A” or “B” in all graduate courses taken at WVU.*
- Earn no more than two incomplete grades per semester, barring exceptional circumstances in which a deferment is officially granted by the Ph.D. Program Coordinator.
- Resolve any incomplete grade in a timely manner.
- Successfully complete any qualifying/summer papers and/or qualifying exams within the prescribed timeframe.
- Successfully complete a comprehensive exam within four years of starting the program. Failure to pass the comprehensive exam after two attempts will result in dismissal from the program.
- Successfully defend a dissertation proposal within five years of matriculation.
- Successfully defend a dissertation within seven years of matriculation.
- Attend scholarly presentations and interact as part of the community of scholars.
- Perform Graduate Assistantship duties in a satisfactory manner (if applicable).
- Observation of and adherence to the WVU Campus Student Code ( https://studentconduct.wvu.edu/files/d/f0ae69b9-1461-45cb-81ee-40e48e2d978b/main-campus-revised-final-student-conduct-code-8-21-15c.pdf ).
- Observation of and adherence to WVU’s Academic and Professional Standards ( http://catalog.wvu.edu/graduate/enrollmentandregistration/#text ).
- Observance of and adherence to the professional standards of the student’s home discipline, as defined by the recognized scholarly organization that governs the progression (as identified by the Program Ph.D. Committee)
*Where either of these conditions are not met, the student will be placed on probation and a remediation plan will be developed by the Ph.D. Program Coordinator. Where the conditions of the remediation plan are not met within the prescribed timeline, the student will be dismissed from the program.
Admission to the Ph.D. program in accounting is open to qualified individuals. To be considered for admission into the program, prospective students must:
- Submit an online application by December 1 to be considered for admission and University fellowships. Applications will be accepted after this date as space is available.
- Have a bachelor's degree in accounting from an accredited college/university OR a bachelor's degree in any field AND a master’s degree in accounting from an accredited university
- Provide a statement of purpose describing why the applicant is pursuing a Ph.D. and the applicant's career aspirations upon completion of the degree (typically submitted as part of the application)
- Provide a current resume or curriculum vitae (typically submitted as part of the application)
- Provide three letters of reference (typically coordinated and submitted as part of the application)
- Have official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended sent directly from the applicant's colleges and/or universities to the West Virginia University Office of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment. A cumulative GPA on undergraduate courses should be 3.0 or higher and a cumulative GPA on graduate courses should be 3.25 or higher (based on the U.S. standard of 4.0)
- Have an official score on the Graduate Management Admissions Test ( GMAT ) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE) sent directly from the test administrator to the West Virginia University Office of Graduate Admissions and Recruitment. The GMAT score should be 620 or higher.
- Obtain a score of at least 100 on the TOEFL-ibt or a score of at least 7.5 on the IELTS test if English is not the applicant's native language. It should be noted that the John Chambers College of Business and Economics TOEFL requirement for applicants to the Ph.D. in Business Administration is higher than the University requirement. Go to www.toefl.org or www.ielts.org to register and find out more about these tests.
- Applicants who have received a high school diploma or a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in the United States, United Kingdom, or other predominately English-speaking country are usually exempt from the TOEFL/IELTS requirement. However, applicants having only a master's degree from one of these countries must still provide acceptable TOEFL or IELTS scores.
The items listed above are minimum requirements for admission into the program. Since there is limited space in each class, meeting the above requirements does not guarantee admission. Applicants will not be admitted on a provisional basis.
Major Code: 2126
The requirements for a Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Accounting includes successful coursework, a comprehensive examination, a dissertation proposal, and a dissertation defense.
Additionally, candidates are required to work under the guidance of tenure-track research-oriented faculty as graduate research and teaching assistants and are required to teach four courses after successfully passing their comprehensive exams. The program requires full-time enrollment and on-campus attendance, and requires attendance and participation in research workshops and presentations.
The plan of study for each candidate is individualized by the faculty mentor and student, based upon the nature and objectives of the selected research stream. This plan is to be developed by the student and the faculty mentor during the first year.
Curriculum Requirements
Or equivalent statistics course approved by the program coordinator.
The first doctoral seminar provides an introduction to research and the philosophy of research. This course will be taken with other business doctoral students within the college. Then, each student must take the three accounting focused seminars: Behavioral Research, Archival Research, and Fraud and Forensic Accounting. Each course covers seminal research within the functional areas of accounting.
Independent Study
One graduate independent study course is required. The course will be centered on a research project selected in conjunction with the faculty mentor.
A minimum of fifteen semester hours of graduate coursework is required in a minor supporting area. A minor area is one that is outside, but complementary to, the major area of accounting and the research in which the candidate is interested, e.g., information systems, finance, economics, public finance, psychology, sociology, operations management, law, and industrial engineering. The minor area focus and courses will be selected with the faculty mentor.
Throughout the student's tenure at West Virginia University, the faculty expect the doctoral students to attend the accounting workshops. These workshops consist of internal (faculty and students) and external scholars invited to present their research. Doctoral students are expected to read the research papers carefully and are encouraged to participate in the workshop by asking questions and making comments.
Comprehensive Examination
At the end of the second year and after successfully completing at least 39 credit hours of course work from the plan of study, which must include all accounting graduate seminars, each student is required to take a written comprehensive examination. This two-day exam will cover course-related topics and materials from the candidate’s plan of study.
Upon successful completion of the comprehensive exam, candidates are considered to be ABD, or “all but dissertation”. In the event that all or parts of the exam are not considered to be successful, the candidate may be asked either to re-take select courses and the entire exam or re-take select deficient parts of the exam. A student may retake part of all of the examination only once, and if their efforts are still considered to be unsuccessful, will be asked to leave the doctoral program.
Dissertation Proposal
During the third year after a successful comprehensive examination, the doctoral candidate must select a dissertation committee comprised of five members, one of which will be outside of the Accounting Department. The candidate will develop a dissertation proposal through work with the Chair of the Committee (presumably the faculty mentor) and the Committee members. Once the Chair and Committee members feel that the candidate and the research idea is ready, a public presentation of the dissertation proposal is to be made by the candidate. The Chair and Committee will take note of comments, suggestions, and critiques by those in attendance, and make certain requirements of alteration to the candidate to the proposal. Once the alterations to the proposal are incorporated by the candidate, the Chair and the Committee will approve the candidate’s dissertation proposal.
After a successful dissertation proposal the candidate may begin the specific research related to the dissertation. It is recommended that the candidate continue to work closely with the Chair and Committee and keep them appraised of progress towards completion of the dissertation, and to timely notify the Chair and Committee of any unforeseen difficulties as it relates to the dissertation process.
Dissertation Defense
After a successfully executing the dissertation proposal and writing the results in a manner appropriate and consistent to the accounting academe and the University guidelines for dissertations, the candidate must defend the dissertation. The dissertation defense should occur during the fourth year, and is conducted in a formal setting with the Chair and the Committee. The candidate will present the information, field questions from the Chair and the Committee, and make adjustments to the dissertation as deemed necessary by the Chair in working with the Committee.
If the changes are minor in nature, the Chair and Committee may approve the dissertation contingent upon making the minor changes. If the changes are substantial, the Chair and Committee may require the candidate to make corrections and defend again at a later date.
Upon a successful dissertation defense, the candidate must follow the University Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) guidelines for electronic publication. Once the dissertation has been successfully approved by the University, the candidate is eligible for formal graduation ceremonies.
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PhD Programme with Tracks in Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Marketing PhD Programme in Accounting, Economics, Finance, or Marketing
Goethe university frankfurt • frankfurt am main.
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The Graduate School of Economics, Finance, and Management (GSEFM) constitutes an alliance involving Goethe University Frankfurt, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, and Technische Universität Darmstadt.
Courses are held exclusively in English.
Pre-semester courses start around mid-September.
Applications will be reviewed in three stages with the following deadlines:
31 January 31 March 31 May
Particularly strong candidates from the first two stages will receive a positive admissions decision within approximately six weeks of the deadline for the respective stage. Other applicants from these two stages will receive the admissions decision together with the applicants from stage three.
Applicants from the third stage will learn about a positive admissions decision by the middle of July. All applicants who could not be admitted will be duly informed once the admissions process has been completed.
GSEFM strongly encourages candidates to apply in stage one or stage two to have sufficient time for visa applications and other arrangements. Additionally, all financial aid for PhD programme students may be awarded during the first or second stage of the admissions process.
Compelling for its coverage of both theory and empirical analysis, the PhD programme at GSEFM offers a two-year cycle of doctoral-level courses developed specifically to transmit a rigorous methodological framework in the core areas of each track of the programme (economics, finance, marketing and accounting), followed by courses designed to expose students to the research frontier in a variety of fields of specialisation (accounting, development and international economics, econometrics, finance, macroeconomics, marketing, and microeconomics). The curriculum of the programme pays special attention to helping students with a smooth transition from the course phase to the dissertation writing phase. It thus contains various structural elements in the dissertation writing phase (including a third-year research paper requirement, a guided teaching requirement, transferable skills courses, and a job market course), intended to help students to complete their doctoral education and present themselves in the job market in the most effective way. The overarching objective of the GSEFM PhD programme is to thoroughly prepare graduates for taking on leading positions in academia or serving as experts in international institutions, government, and the private sector, in all cases bringing to bear insights based on independent and novel research.
Placements of GSEFM PhD graduates include Cambridge University, Columbia University, INSEAD, New York University, Oxford University, University of Amsterdam, Xiamen University, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, Federal Reserve System, Bank of Korea, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, ministries, and a variety of private financial sector institutions and economic consultancies.
In the first year of the programme, students have the choice between the following four tracks:
- Economics: In this track, students in the first year of studies attend core courses in macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, mathematical methods, and programming languages. At the end of the first year students who wish to continue in the programme also must pass qualifying examinations in microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics.
- Finance: In this track, students in the first year of studies attend core courses in finance, micro- or macroeconomics, econometrics, mathematical methods, and programming languages. At the end of the first year students who wish to continue in the programme also must pass qualifying examinations in finance, micro- or macroeconomics, and econometrics.
- Marketing: In this track, students in the first year of studies attend core courses in marketing, microeconomics, econometrics, mathematical methods and programming languages. At the end of the first year, students who wish to continue in the programme also must pass qualifying examinations in marketing, microeconomics and econometrics.
- Accounting: In this track, students in the first year of studies attend core courses in accounting, econometrics, microeconomics, mathematical methods, and programming languages. At the end of the first year, students who wish to continue in the programme also must pass qualifying examinations in accounting, econometrics, and microeconomics.
Second-year courses discuss how to carry out frontier research. They are offered in a wide range of fields. The fields offered are accounting, microeconomics and management, macroeconomics, econometrics, finance, marketing as well as development and international economics. The choice of field courses is free across the four tracks, except that students must pick at least one field course that originates within their PhD programme track. Another part of the second year of studies is a research seminar that also helps with deepening skills in writing and presenting papers.
The dissertation writing phase contains various structural elements (including a third-year research paper requirement, a guided teaching requirement, transferable skills courses, and a job market course), intended to help students to complete their doctoral education and present themselves in the job market in the most effective way.
- International comparisons and thematic reference to the international context
Internships are not compulsory, but they are possible on a voluntary basis.
PhD students are eligible for assistantship positions. Some faculty members consider first-year students for these positions, which may require the ability to teach in German. To date, almost all students who excel during their first year have been able to secure a position as a student, teaching and research assistant by the middle of the second year. Hiring for these positions occurs on a decentralised basis through the individual faculty members.
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Goethe University charges an administrative fee of about 377 EUR per semester (about 754 EUR per year). This includes free entrance to museums in Frankfurt as well as the "student ticket" that entitles you to unlimited use of all buses, trams, the subway, and regional trains in the Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Mainz ("Rhine-Main") region.
The cost of living in Frankfurt depends on personal requirements and lifestyle. However, students should expect minimum expenses of approx. 1,000 EUR per month. This calculation is based on the following items: 860 EUR for rent, food, clothing, and study materials, around 81 EUR for compulsory health insurance that is almost comprehensive, and approx. 60 EUR for the semester contribution (including free public transport).
PhD programme students may receive financial aid in the form of a stipend for the first year of studies. For further information, click here . Since all financial aid may be awarded during the first or second round of admissions, it is strongly recommended to submit applications by 31 January or latest 31 March of the calendar year for which admission is being sought.
PhD programme students are eligible to apply for student assistant positions at the GSEFM faculties. Some faculty members consider first-year students for teaching/research assistant positions that may require the ability to teach in German. Most of the financial support for second- and higher-year PhD students comes in the form of student-assistant positions as well as teaching and research assistantships.
A Bachelor's or Master's degree is required. Click here for detailed information about the requirements.
The exclusive language of all GSEFM degree programmes is English. Sufficiently strong English language skills may be documented in one of the following forms:
(i) A diploma/degree certificate from a secondary school with English as the official language of instruction (The secondary school must have been attended for at least two years.) (ii) At least one year of successfully completed university-level studies in a degree programme being exclusively taught in the English language (iii) Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores; The minimum scores are as follows: TOEFL/iBT: 93; TOEFL/PBT: 580; IELTS: 7.0.
Test scores that are older than four years at the time of the deadline for the stage in which the complete application is submitted cannot be accepted.
The TOEFL-designated institution code for GSEFM is "7276".
Please click here for information about how to apply, and click here for detailed information about application requirements and deadlines.
Job opportunities extend beyond the university: 44,000 companies and organisations based in Frankfurt have approximately 450,000 employees on their payrolls. Furthermore, 350 banks, including the European Central Bank, 150 foreign banks, and the fourth-largest stock exchange in the world are based in the city. Well known as one of the most important financial centres in Europe, Frankfurt is also home to various cultural and research institutions. All these entities are key players in a flourishing environment that offers students and graduates interesting jobs and internships. The GSEFM Student Services Office, the "Studierendenwerk", and the Career Services at Goethe University provide information and support to graduate students who want to combine their studies with part-time jobs. However, it should also be noted that chances of successfully completing studies on time decline significantly when spending more than one day per week on non-study related work.
Frankfurt am Main offers a wide variety of accommodations from university dorms to privately rented apartments. The biggest providers of dorms are the Studierendenwerk (student services) and churches. The more than 30 dormitories offer about 3,800 accommodation units, starting from about 200 EUR per month for a single room to up to approx. 590 EUR per month for a family apartment of about 45 m². For further information, click here . As these rooms are in high demand, we strongly recommend that students contact the institutions in question as soon as they receive their letters of admission to the programme.
Fourth-year PhD programme students participate in a job market course. This course helps to understand the hiring practice of academic employers, and prepares for the application process for PhD graduates at all types of employers, inter alia through practising interviewing and presentation skills.
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PhD in Accounting
The PhD program in Accounting is offered by the Research School of Accounting (RSA). The program draws upon the supervision expertise of researchers within RSA, and offers various opportunities for higher degree by research (HDR) candidates to immerse themselves in the School’s vibrant research community.
While the program focuses on preparing candidates for an academic career, many of the skills it provides are readily transferable to senior industry positions in professional services, business analysis, accounting, finance, auditing, tax, commercial law, and quantitative analysis.
CRICOS #: 048345A
Duration: 2 to 4 years full time (4 to 8 years part time)
Before you submit an application for entry to the program, you should:
- ensure you meet the admission requirements outlined below
- identify potential supervisors – that is, one or two accounting academics at ANU who conduct research in your area of interest.
You can find information on researchers and their research areas in the ANU researchers database , RSA staff directory or at RSA Research .
While other ANU schools may recommend contacting potential supervisors before submitting an application, this is not required or encouraged for entry into RSA’s PhD program. Instead, you only need to list the name(s) of potential supervisors in your online application form.
Potential supervisors cannot guarantee entry into the PhD program. Admission will depend on the strength of your application relative to others in the pool.
After you’ve completed the steps above, you can proceed with an online application .
Application deadlines
The first semester of the ANU academic year starts in February, and the second semester starts in July. While all applications for first semester entry must be submitted before 31 October, international applicants wishing to be considered for an ANU scholarship should submit their applications before 31 August .
To be considered for a scholarship, your application must be accompanied by all the supporting documents listed below, including the referee reports. Request for referee reports are triggered and sent to your nominated referees at the time of submission of program application. It is thus important that you submit your application in advance (2-3 weeks) to allow time for your referees to provide their reports prior to the scholarship deadline.
If you’re currently completing an academic degree and haven’t yet received your final results and transcript, you should still submit all available documents before the deadline, and forward remaining results once you receive them. We won’t make a final decision on your application until we’ve received all the required documents.
The admission requirements for the PhD program in Accounting reflect the advanced knowledge that candidates will need to undertake the coursework component of the degree, and the research experience and skills needed to successfully undertake and complete the research thesis.
The minimum qualification requirement for admission to the PhD program in Accounting is:
- a Bachelor degree with First Class Honours or Second Class Honours Division A in accounting (or a closely related discipline) from an Australian university, or
- another qualification (e.g. a Master degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification) that the Delegated Authority is satisfied is equivalent or superior to a degree mentioned in (a), or
- a combination of qualifications and professional experience that the Delegated Authority is satisfied is equivalent or superior to a degree mentioned in (a).
Admission to the PhD program in Accounting is competitive and we can only admit a limited number of applicants each year. Meeting the minimum entry requirements does not guarantee you a place in the program.
If you don’t have the minimum qualification for entry into the PhD program, you might consider applying to the MPhil program or the Master of Commerce (Advanced) program . If you’d like to consider these pathways, contact the RSA HDR convenor or Master of Commerce program convenor for more information.
English language requirements
All applicants must satisfy the University’s English language admission requirements . An international applicant who is not a native English speaker may satisfy these requirements by submitting evidence of an IELTS overall score of at least 6.5, and with no component less than 6.0, or a paper-based TOEFL score of at least 570, with at least 4.5 in the essay component.
Application and supporting documentation
You must submit your application online via the ANU Application Manager .
In addition to the standard information required in the online application, you must submit the following supporting documents as part of your application:
- a research proposal – see guidelines on how to prepare a persuasive research proposal
- example(s) of your written work, e.g. thesis abstract and chapter, research project, or published work
- transcripts from all university degrees (colour scans including grade explanations)
- completion or graduate certificates from all university degrees (colour scans)
- a one-page personal statement or statement of purpose
- official TOEFL or IELTS results (where applicable) to demonstrate that you satisfy the University’s English language requirements
- a current resume listing research experience and all previously awarded scholarships
- nomination of three referees. A referee report form will be sent automatically to the referees you list in your online application. Your application will be complete and ready for assessment once we receive all documents, including referee reports.
Offers of admission
The HDR convenor will review all complete applications submitted by the relevant deadline.
If your application is short-listed, you may be required to attend an interview (face to face or online).
We may send you an offer of admission if you satisfy the eligibility criteria and your area of interest matches those of RSA academics with supervisory capacity. However, since admission is competitive and supervisory capacity is limited, we won’t send any offers of admission until after the relevant application deadline , irrespective of the date when you submit your application.
The PhD program in Accounting consists of two components – coursework and research .
Candidates undertake the research component concurrently with the required coursework.
PhD coursework component
PhD candidates are typically required to undertake up to eight semester-length courses over the first 12 months of the candidature when studying on a full-time basis. These eight courses include five core courses and up to three elective courses. The minimum coursework requirement for candidates who have completed equivalent courses includes four core courses and two elective courses.
The coursework provides training on research in accounting, research methodology and statistics. It also equips candidates with knowledge and skills specific to their PhD topic area, as well as broader research training to foster high-quality research. The required courses are listed below.
Core courses
Candidates must complete the following core courses:
- BUSN8007 Analysis of Financial Reporting
- BUSN8013 Seminar in Research Methods in Commerce
- BUSN8200 Judgement and Decision Making Research in Accounting
- STAT6038 Regression Modelling, or EMET6007 Econometric Methods, or EMET8005 Economic Models and Introductory Econometrics; or a higher-level statistics or econometrics course
- BUSN8100 Empirical Research in Financial Accounting
Candidates can select up to three more specialised elective courses – from advanced RSA units when offered – including:
- BUSN8145 Corporate Governance: Research Preparation
- BUSN8056 Advanced Auditing and Assurance Services
- BUSN8111 Seminal Research in Accounting (studying financial accounting, management accounting, public sector accounting, or taxation)
- advanced courses from other disciplines deemed to be at an appropriate level (e.g. finance, econometrics, management, psychology, statistics or sociology).
Electives are determined in consultation with the candidate’s supervisory panel.
Candidates must complete the coursework with at least a 70 per cent average in each semester before they can progress to the thesis stage.
PhD research component
PhD candidates proceed to the thesis component following completion of the coursework at the required standard and the successful defence of their proposals. Candidates are expected to consult widely with their supervisory panel in completing their research thesis.
Research supervisory panel
When a candidate is admitted to the program, a primary supervisor is appointed. The primary supervisor has the responsibility of overseeing the candidate’s progress until a supervisory panel is chosen. During the first year of the program, it is important that candidates start developing their research topic ideas by consulting with their primary supervisor and other academic staff within RSA.
Either in a candidate’s first year of study, or soon after completion of their coursework, a supervisory panel will be chosen. The role of the panel is to assist, advise, and provide support and encouragement to the candidate for a timely and successful completion of the research thesis. The HDR convenor will determine the composition of the supervisory panel in consultation with the candidate.
RSA research seminar program
The RSA research seminar program consists of weekly seminars presented by national and international researchers. PhD candidates are expected to attend and participate in the seminars throughout their candidature.
Research integrity training
Within three to six months of enrolment, all PhD candidates must complete the Research Integrity Training and pass the exam. Completion of this course and exam is a compulsory milestone for all PhD candidates.
Thesis proposal review
In addition to the coursework component, each PhD candidate must develop and defend a detailed thesis proposal in consultation with their supervisory panel. The purpose of the review is to assess the originality, significance, adequacy and achievability of the candidate’s thesis plan.
To proceed with the thesis, the candidate must successfully defend the proposal. The candidate defends their proposal 12 or 18 months after commencement (or 24 months if part-time), and a review panel formally assesses the proposal.
Annual progress review
It is University policy that each candidate’s progress be reviewed periodically. In each year of their program, PhD candidates are required to submit an annual plan and report as a basis for periodic progress review. This document provides details on work completed by the candidate since the previous review, current progress, and any problems that may impact their research. It also outlines the coursework and research the candidate intends to undertake in the following 12 months.
Oral presentation
In their final year, candidates are required to give a final oral presentation on their research, usually three months before submitting their thesis.
Read more about research candidate milestones .
Thesis submission and examination
The culmination of the PhD in Accounting is a written thesis which, upon completion, is submitted for examination. The thesis is examined by experts in the relevant field.
For more information on the process, visit our page on submitting a thesis .
For information about scholarships available to HDR candidates, visit our page on scholarships and fees .
Read details of some of our alumni’s recent job placements .
A list of current PhD candidates in Accounting is available on the RSA staff directory .
This PhD specialisation provides candidates with rigorous training at the research frontier in Accounting.
- Start date: August 2024
Specialisation objectives
The specialisation in Accounting prepares candidates for the international academic job market, positions in research organisations, auditing and consulting firms, as well as national and international institutions like accounting standard setting bodies, financial regulators (e.g. SEC, Finanstilsynet, …) or other relevant policy institutions. We encourage candidates with strong quantitative and analytical skills and an interest in Accounting, Finance or Economics to apply.
Distinguishing features
- The Accounting specialisation has a joint intake of students with the specialisations in Finance and Economics. Hence, candidates share some courses and are part of a larger group of recently admitted PhD students to BI.
- Courses are offered by local faculty, invited international researchers or through cooperation at the European level. This allows candidates to early build their own network within academia.
- Research is relevant from the start of the programme since candidates are expected to write summer papers under faculty supervision. This allows students to quickly present research findings at international conferences.
Dean Michael Kisser and Assistant Professor Luciana Orozco shares the advantages of being a PhD candidate at BI
Fully funded scholarships.
All PhD candidates receive financial support when accepted into the programme. The candidates are hired as full-time employees on an initial four-year contract. Continuation of the support through the four years of the program is dependent on good standing and regular progress towards completing the programme’s requirements. PhD candidates are entitled to full parental leave and health insurance, and are part of the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund. The workplace is BI Norwegian Business School at its main campus in Oslo.
What you can expect
The four-year study programme leading to a PhD degree is designed to allow you to conduct in-depth research. In addition, it is comprised of a course component, seminars, PhD committees, pre-doctoral defence, and lastly, dissertation and final defence. 25% of the time is reserved for teaching.
Entry requirements
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Below you will find an overview of the courses included in the programme and when they are offered.
A PhD from BI can be a gateway to prestigious placements at universities around the world. Below are examples of positions obtained by recent graduates of BI's PhD programme.
The department
The Accounting unit of the Department of Accounting and Operations Management is divided into two sub-groups: One group conducts quantitative (formal analytical and archival) research in the areas of financial accounting and auditing. The other group focuses on qualitative research in management accounting and control.
The financial accounting and auditing group members have multidisciplinary backgrounds in accounting, economics and finance. The group’s ambition is to conduct high-quality research and its members publish in renowned international accounting journals such as The Accounting Review; Accounting, Organizations and Society; Journal of Accounting Research; Management Science; and Review of Accounting Studies, but also in top finance journals like the Review of Finance.
The management accounting and control group is also multidisciplinary, with backgrounds in accounting, arts, economics, finance, management, psychology, and technology, and has published in renowned journals such as Journal of Management Accounting Research; Management Accounting Research; Journal of Management Control; Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change; and Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management. The ambition of the group is the become a research cluster on the interface between digitalization and management control.
Areas of research
The research and teaching interests of the faculty members of the Accounting group are both theory- and application-oriented. Examples include:
- Financial accounting
- Bank accounting, pension accounting
- Disclosures, financial reporting quality and earnings management
- Audit market regulation
- Economics of accounting information, economics of auditing
- Corporate governance
- Management Control
- Management Accounting
- Performance measurement and management
- Digitalization and accounting change
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Cash Flow Management
- Value Creation and Monetization
The group hosts The Scandinavian Accounting Research Conference and Doctoral Consortium and a research seminar series.
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The Unicaf University PhD in Accounting and Finance is an integrated doctoral level degree awarded on the basis of a research dissertation (240 credits) and also incorporates a preparatory taught element (120 credits) that provides students with the necessary tools to undertake their research, appreciate current research issues in the field of Accounting and Finance, and assume future leadership roles in their respective institutions. It is the field of focus of the dissertation (67% of total credits), rather than that of the taught modules (33% of total credits) which imparts the specialization name “Accounting and Finance” to the qualification.
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The Berlin School of Economics offers career development programs in economics, accounting, finance and management at the PhD and Postdoc levels in a single and unique structure. Seven major institutions active in economics research in the Berlin area cooperate within the Berlin School of Economics: Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, University of Potsdam, ESMT Berlin, Hertie School and WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Together they are pooling their efforts in the education of young researchers in economics. The Berlin School of Economics is welcoming applications for the new cohort of its PhD Program starting in October 2024.
General structure of the curriculum
The Berlin School of Economics PhD Program provides outstanding doctoral students with a vibrant, intensively networked research community. The program develops the students’ talents in a unique combination of a high-level, academic research environment together with applied, policy-oriented research opportunities. Students receive state-of-the-art coursework training and can select from a wide array of specializations for their doctoral research.
The Berlin School of Economics PhD Program offers four different PhD tracks : PhD in Economics, PhD in Accounting, PhD in Finance, and PhD in Management. All tracks share the same structure and general curriculum, and allow for numerous specializations.
The curriculum is divided in a qualification and a dissertation phase. During the qualification phase of the program (about three semesters), students acquire methodological and research-oriented training in mandatory and elective courses in economic theory, applied economics, business studies (accounting, finance, management), econometrics, and economic policy. Students define their research area and find supervisory support from two supervisors. They write research proposals that are discussed with faculty members individually and in seminars in order to provide early feedback on the scientific potential of research ideas. This is a central part of the Berlin School of Economics PhD Program, in which the students have full flexibility in the choice of their research topics and of the supervisors. During this phase, students are funded through stipends that allow for this flexibility. A minimum of 90 ECTS credits have to be obtained in order to finish the qualification phase of the program.
During the subsequent dissertation phase of the program (about three to four years), students write their doctoral thesis while having the opportunity to apply their knowledge in the professional research environment that is provided at the research institutions participating in the Berlin School of Economics. During this phase, students are typically employed at the research institution their supervisor is affiliated with. The PhD will be awarded by the Berlin School of Economics institution one of the student’s supervisors is affiliated with.
Graduates of the Berlin School of Economics PhD Program are excellently prepared for positions in academia as well as for policy-related institutions and organizations, which has been documented by a list of outstanding placements .
Application Requirements
Applicants should have a Master’s degree in economics or business studies. Applicants from related fields (such as industrial engineering, statistics, or quantitative social sciences) may also fulfill the admission requirements if they have a sufficient background in economics or business studies.
Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply for the program if they also apply for a Master’s program offering a fast track option.
Applicants whose native language is not English are asked to demonstrate their English language proficiency, unless they hold a degree from a university in an English-speaking country or can document at least one year of studies at an English-speaking university. Sufficient evidence of a good command of English can be demonstrated with a high score in the “Test of English as a Foreign Language” (TOEFL) or the “International English Language Testing System” (IELTS). Providing TOEFL or IELTS scores is highly recommended but not mandatory.
All applicants are asked to provide GRE General Test scores with their application. Providing GRE General Test scores is highly recommended but not mandatory.
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The Department of Finance and the Department of Accounting and Law in the University at Buffalo School of Management present the 34th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (CFEA).
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Toward a framework for selecting indicators of measuring sustainability and circular economy in the agri-food sector: a systematic literature review
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The implementation of sustainability and circular economy (CE) models in agri-food production can promote resource efficiency, reduce environmental burdens, and ensure improved and socially responsible systems. In this context, indicators for the measurement of sustainability play a crucial role. Indicators can measure CE strategies aimed to preserve functions, products, components, materials, or embodied energy. Although there is broad literature describing sustainability and CE indicators, no study offers such a comprehensive framework of indicators for measuring sustainability and CE in the agri-food sector.
Starting from this central research gap, a systematic literature review has been developed to measure the sustainability in the agri-food sector and, based on these findings, to understand how indicators are used and for which specific purposes.
The analysis of the results allowed us to classify the sample of articles in three main clusters (“Assessment-LCA,” “Best practice,” and “Decision-making”) and has shown increasing attention to the three pillars of sustainability (triple bottom line). In this context, an integrated approach of indicators (environmental, social, and economic) offers the best solution to ensure an easier transition to sustainability.
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The sample analysis facilitated the identification of new categories of impact that deserve attention, such as the cooperation among stakeholders in the supply chain and eco-innovation.
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Source: Authors’ elaboration. Notes: Sustainability measurement indicators and impact categories of LCA, S-LCA, and LCC tools should be integrated in order to provide stakeholders with best practices as guidelines and tools to support both decision-making and measurement, according to the circular economy approach
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