The Economics of Accounting

Richard Frankel is Nicholas Dopuch Professor of Accounting at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Frankel has taught at Washington University in St. Louis since 2005. Prior to that, he was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the University of Michigan. At Michigan and MIT, he received the MBA Student Awards for Teaching Excellence. His principal teaching interest is financial accounting and reporting. His research focuses on valuation using accounting numbers and on corporate managers’ use of conference calls, earnings forecasts, and pro-forma earnings.

S.P. Kothari is Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He has senior executive experience in government, academia, and industry with expertise in strategic and policy issues, securities regulation, and corporate governance. Most recently, he was Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis at the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Previously, Kothari was deputy dean of MIT Sloan School of Management, global head of equity research for Barclays Global Investors; and director of Bombay Stock Exchange; currently he is a director of Velan Studios and EbixCash. Kothari was awarded India’s Padma Shri and Honorary Doctorates from London Business School, University of Cyprus, and University of Technology, Sydney.