Accounting

The accounting research unit covers three primary and interrelated fields; financial accounting, management accounting and auditing. The unit engages in various research areas including

  • Surveys, natural fields experiments and register-based research on contemporary topics in accounting.
  • Experimental and analytical research. 
  • Quantitative studies based on archival data using corporate, financial and audit information.
  • Qualitative studies of management accounting practices for conceptual development and analytical generalisation.
  • Qualitative and quantitative studies on non-financial information such as risk, social sustainability and ESG disclosures and the underlying management practices.