Accountancy and Finance

The Accountancy and Finance group has developed a reputation for high quality research in both those distinct, but related, disciplines. The group have a national and international reputation with staff being at the forefront of research in both subject areas. The Accountancy and Finance grouping was awarded a 4B in the Research Assessment Exercise of 2001.

Research Activity

Accountancy

Members of the accountancy group research in areas that include: social and environmental accounting; international accounting; conceptual problems in accounting, using tools from analytic philosophy; and financial accounting.

Finance

The interests of the Finance group lie in the areas of institutional and empirical finance and includes topics such as: disclosure and regulatory issues; empirical finance; and the relationships between financial markets and the real economy.

Publications

Members of the Accountancy and Finance group publish extensively in leading journals, are on the editorial boards of such journals, and are regular participators in national and international conferences.

Postgraduate Research

PhD research in Accountancy and Finance is ESRC recognised within the SCOTDOC PhD programme. Members of the group have substantial supervisory experience working closely with PhD students in the development of their thesis.