Shivaram Rajgopal is an Indian-American academic. He is currently the Kester and Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing at Columbia University, where he served as Vice Dean of Research from 2017 to 2019.[1] Previously, he was a faculty member at Duke University, Emory University, and the University of Washington. Professor Rajgopal is a Chartered Accountant from India and got his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa.

Shivaram Rajgopal
Alma materUniversity of Bombay (BCom)
University of Iowa (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsAccounting
InstitutionsDuke University
Emory University
University of Washington
Columbia University
Websitewww.shivarajgopal.com

Research and teaching

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Professor Rajgopal’s research interests span financial reporting, earnings quality, fraud, executive compensation and corporate culture. His work has been published in journals such as The Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, the Journal of Finance or the Journal of Financial Economics. His research is frequently cited in the popular press, including The Wall Street Journal[2] The New York Times,[3] Financial Times,[4][5][6] Bloomberg[7] and Reuters.[8] He teaches MBA classes in sovereign financial statements, fundamental analysis of sustainability of businesses, and offers doctoral seminars in various topics in accounting literature. He is the Faculty Director of the Corporate Governance Program at Columbia Business School.

Awards

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  • Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature awarded by the American Accounting Association (AAA), 2006, 2016, 2018[9]
  • Graham and Dodd Scroll Prize given by the Financial Analysts Journal, 2006, 2016
  • Glen McLaughlin Award for Research in Accounting Ethics, 2008, 2012, 2015
  • MBA Professor of the Year Award, 2006

References

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  1. ^ "Shivaram Rajgopal". Columbia Business School Directory. Archived from the original on 2017-12-24. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  2. ^ Teitelbaum, Richard (2016-07-12). "Accountants, Auditors to Get a New Ethics Rule Book". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  3. ^ "Earnings Misstatements Come in Bunches, Study Says". Archived from the original on 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  4. ^ Jones, Adam (2016-04-24). "How cheating New York cabbies can explain bigger corporate crimes". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  5. ^ Spellman, James (2012-12-16). "Bad governance to blame for creative accounting". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  6. ^ Platt, Eric (2017-09-28). "Corporate America's patchy disclosure on cash piles raises risks". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  7. ^ "A New Theory on Why SEC Workers Are Such Winning Stock Traders". www.bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  8. ^ Oran, Olivia. "Wells Fargo scandal reignites debate about big bank culture". U.S. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  9. ^ "Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award Winners". aaahq.org. Retrieved October 29, 2018.