The economics of accounting is a growing area of research within LSE’s Department of Accounting. Work within this strand investigates accounting issues from an economics perspective using largely ...

Healy, Paul M., and Krishna G. Palepu. "Information Asymmetry, Corporate Disclosure, and the Capital Markets: A Review of the Empirical Disclosure Literature." Journal of Accounting & Economics 31, ...

Kothari, S.P., Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner. "Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting." Journal of Accounting & Economics 50, nos. 2-3 (December 2010): 246 ...

Ensuring transparency, accountability, and good governance across economic entities requires proper accounting and auditing. To achieve this, steps must be taken to raise awareness about the ...