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Accounting serves a critical role in communicating information about individuals and organizations. Leeds’ PhD students strive to inform as well as influence this communication process through academic research, teaching and professional service. The Accounting PhD program provides students the opportunity to work in collaborative relationships with faculty and gain the skills necessary to conduct research that contributes to knowledge in corporate disclosure, information intermediaries (e.g., financial analysts, media, etc.), market microstructure, corporate governance, executive compensation, corporate social responsibility, and standard setting. The accounting group specializes in empirical financial research, which relies heavily on econometric methods.

Become a leading expert

Accounting PhD students are trained to be successful academic researchers and teachers. They develop their own research ideas and implement appropriate research methods. The accounting doctoral courses tap into faculty research and expertise on a wide range of topics that are of particular interest to accounting academics, practitioners and standard-setters.

Accounting students build their teaching portfolio by first acting as a teaching apprentice (TA) for three sections of a semester-long class and subsequently teaching their own two sections of a semester-long class.

Additional information about our Accounting faculty can be found here.

General details about the curriculum, requirements, and structure of the program can be found here. Please be aware this document is not an exhaustive list of the requirements for the Program.

How to Apply 

PhD in Accounting Program Flyer 

PhD Graduates' Publications

• (2023)
  Review of Accounting Studies
  Jesse Glaze – University of ����ֱ�� Boulder (PhD 2022)
  Nikki Skinner – University of Georgia (PhD 2019)
  Andrew Stephan – University of ����ֱ�� Boulder
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  Journal of Accounting Research 
  Andrea Pawliczek – University of ����ֱ�� Boulder (PhD 2017)
  Nikki Skinner – University of Georgia (PhD 2019)
  Sarah L.C. Zechman – University of ����ֱ�� Boulder
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  The Accounting Review 
  Marc Cussatt – Clemson University (PhD 2014)
  Paul Demere – University of Georgia
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  The Accounting Review 
  Nathan Marshall – University of ����ֱ�� Boulder
  Nikki Skinner – University of Georgia (PhD 2019)
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  The Accounting Review 
  Bok Baik – Seoul National University
  Katherine Gunny – University of ����ֱ�� Denver
  Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii at Manoa (PhD 2007)
  Duri Park – Sogang University
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  The Accounting Review 
  Sophia Hamm – Tulane University
  Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii at Manoa (PhD 2007)
  Woo-Jong Lee – Seoul National University
  Daniel Yang – The Ohio State University
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  Review of Accounting Studies 
  Andrea Pawliczek – University of ����ֱ�� Boulder (PhD 2017)
  Nikki Skinner – University of Georgia (PhD 2019)
  Laura Wellman – Pennsylvania State University
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  The Accounting Review 
  Andrea Pawliczek – University of Missouri (PhD 2017)
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  The Accounting Review 
  Jonathan Black – Purdue University (PhD 2015)
  Chad Ham – Washington University in St. Louis
  Michael Kimbrough – University of Maryland
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  Review of Accounting Studies 
  Caleb Rawson – University of Arkansas (PhD 2018)
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  Journal of Accounting and Economics 
  Brian Bushee – University of Pennsylvania
  Matthew Cedergren – University of Pennsylvania
  Jeremy Michels – University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2014)
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  Review of Accounting Studies 
  Stephen Glaeser – University of North Carolina
  Jeremy Michels – University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2014)
  Robert Verrecchia – University of Pennsylvania
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  The Accounting Review 
  David P. Weber – University of Connecticut (PhD 2005)
  Yanhua Sunny Yang – University of Connecticut (PhD 2006)
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  The Accounting Review 
  Jonathan Black – Purdue University (PhD 2015)
  Jeff Zeyun Chen – Texas Christian University
  Marc Cussatt – Washington State University (PhD 2014)
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  Journal of Accounting Research
  Yonca Ertimur - University of ����ֱ�� at Boulder
  Caleb Rawson - University of ����ֱ�� at Boulder (PhD 2018)
  Jonathan L Rogers - University of ����ֱ�� at Boulder
  Sarah L.C. Zechman - University of ����ֱ�� at Boulder
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  Review of Accounting Studies
  Christopher Ittner – University of Pennsylvania 
  Jeremy Michels – University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2014)
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  Journal of Accounting Research    
  Jeremy Michels - University of Pennsylvania (PhD 2014)
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  The Accounting Review    
  Kevin K Li - University of Toronto
  Charles M.C. Lee - Stanford University
  Ran Zhang - Peking University, Guanghua (PhD 2006)
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  The Accounting Review    
  Sarah C. Rice - Texas A&M University at College Station
  David P. Weber - University of Connecticut (PhD 2005)
  Biyu Wu - University of Connecticut
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  Journal of Accounting Research    
  Michael Willenborg – University of Connecticut
  Biyu Wu - University of Nebraska at Lincoln
  Yanhua Sunny Yang - University of Connecticut (PhD 2006)
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  Journal of International Business Studies        
  Liang Shao - Hong Kong Baptist University
  Chuck C Kwok - University of South Carolina at Columbia
  Ran Zhang - Peking University, Guanghua (PhD 2006)
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  Contemporary Accounting Research
  Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii (PhD 2007)
  Woo‐Jong Lee – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  David P. Weber – University of Connecticut
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  The Accounting Review    
  Brian M Burnett - Indiana University at Bloomington (PhD 2011)
  Bradrick M. Cripe - Northern Illinois University 
  Gregory W. Martin - Indiana University at Bloomington (PhD 2009)
  Brian P. McAllister - University of ����ֱ�� at ����ֱ�� Springs
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  Contemporary Accounting Research
  Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii (PhD 2007)
  Naomi Soderstrom – University of ����ֱ�� Boulder
  Yanhua Sunny Yang – University of Connecticut (PhD 2006)
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  The Accounting Review
  Jeremy Michels – University of ����ֱ�� at Boulder (PhD 2014)
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  Journal of Accounting and Economics    
  Boochun Jung – University of Hawaii at Manoa (PhD 2007)
  Philip B. Shane – University of Virginia, McIntire
  Yanhua Sunny Yang - University of Texas at Austin (PhD 2006)
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  Journal of Accounting Research    
  Sarah C. Rice - University of Connecticut
  David P. Weber - University of Connecticut (PhD 2005)
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  The Accounting Review
  Leslie G. Eldenburg - The University of Arizona
  Katherine A. Gunny - University of ����ֱ�� at Boulder
  Kevin W. Hee - San Diego State University (PhD 2008)
  Naomi Soderstrom - University of ����ֱ�� at Boulder