Ronald A. Dye
Leonard Spacek Professor of Accounting Information & Management
Director, Accounting Research Center
A faculty member at the Kellogg School of Management since 1986, Ronald Dye was named the Leonard Spacek Professor of Accounting Information and Management in 1993. Previously, he held appointments in accounting and economics at the University of Chicago and in accounting at Yale University.
Professor Dye's teaching and research interests include managerial accounting, management compensation, financial disclosure, information economics, and the economics of standards. He is the author of more than 40 papers which have appeared in leading academic journals of accounting and economics, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Rand Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Business, and the Journal of Political Economy. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Review of Accounting Studies.
Professor Dye regularly gives seminars at leading international business schools. Most recently, he has been studying and lecturing on how firms' can improve their strategic decision-making through their accounting choices.
- Managerial accounting
- management compensation
- financial disclosure
- information economics
- economics of standards
- auditors
- Managerial accounting
- management compensation
- financial disclosure
- information economics
- economics of standards
- auditors
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PhD, 1981, Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
MS, 1978, Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
BS, 1976, Mathematics, State University of New York, Cortland -
Chairman of Department of Accounting and Information Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2001-2011
Leonard Spacek Professor of Accounting, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1993-present
Visiting Professor of Accounting, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 2006
Visiting Goizueta Professor of Financial Reporting, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, 2000
Visiting Professor of Accounting, School of Management, Yale University, 1997
Chairman of Department of Accounting and Information Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1993-1999
Eric L. Kohler Professor of Accounting, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1990-1993
Visitng Professor of Accounting, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1989-1990
Professor of Accounting, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1988-1989
Associate Professor of Accounting, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1986-1988
Associate Professor of Accounting, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1985-1986
Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1983-1985
Assistant Professor of Business Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 1980-1983 -
Yuji Ijiri Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University
Named John Diclhaut Scholar at the University of Minnesota
Best paper in Accounting Horizons in 2015, American Accounting Association, 2016
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Winter quarter 2016
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, November 2014
Chairs, Kellogg School of Management, 2001-2002
Alexander Henderson Award, Alexander Henderson Institution, 80-80 -
Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting, Finance, and Law, 2015-2019
Associate Editor, Foundations and Trends in Accounting, 2005-2015
Editorial Board, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2004-2016
Editorial Board, Review of Accounting Studies, 1996-2018
Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1988-2017
Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting Research, 1984-2018
Editorial Board Member, Japanese Accounting Review
Associate Editor, Foundations and Trends in Accounting
Research in Accounting Theory I (ACCT-550-1)
This course provides an introduction to contemporary research in financial accounting theory and is designed for PhD students in Accounting, Economics, and related disciplines. The course analyzes models of voluntary and mandatory disclosures, the design of accounting standards, income measurement, earnings management, and auditing.
Accounting for Management Planning and Control (ACCTX-431-5)
Accounting for Management Planning and Control (ACCTX-431-0)
Accounting for Management Planning and Control details the use of financial information in management. Topics include profitability and performance measurement and activity-based management and decision support.
Financial Accounting (ACCT-430-0)
This course acquaints students with the process used to construct and understand the financial reports of organizations. The objective is to understand the decisions that must be made in the financial reporting process and to develop the ability to evaluate and use accounting data. Emphasis is placed on understanding the breadth of accounting measurement practices and on being able to make the adjustments necessary for careful analysis. The course highlights the linkages between accounting information and management planning, and decision making and control. Course sections that end in "H" will be taught in a format that combines the convenience and flexibility of online learning with the social and instructional benefits of face-to-face classroom experiences. Online sessions are conducted synchronously with classmates and faculty.
