About
Joshua Ronen is a professor of accounting at New York University Stern School of Business, where he has been a faculty member since 1973. He teaches courses in financial accounting, advanced topics in financial accounting, and financial statement analysis. His primary research areas include capital markets, disclosure, earnings management, the economic impact of accounting rules and regulations, financial reporting, legal liability of firms, transfer pricing, agency theory, corporate governance, and fair valuation. Professor Ronen has authored numerous books and has been published in many academic journals, including The New York Times, The Accounting Review, and the Journal of Accounting Research. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting and has lectured at various international universities. Additionally, he has been a consultant for law firms and securities litigation, with his suggestions for reform in the accounting profession receiving critical acclaim. He has held leadership roles such as President of the Price Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies and Director of the Vincent C. Ross Institute of Accounting Research at NYU Stern, and has served on the boards of several academic journals.
Research topics
- Economics
- Computer Science
- Accounting
- Artificial Intelligence
- Business
- Finance
- Political Science
- Data Mining
- Macroeconomics
- Mathematics
Selected publications
The informational role of imagery in financial decision making: A new approach
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance · 2023 · 15 citations
1st authorCorrespondingUnfair “Fair Value” in Illiquid Markets: Information Spillover Effects in Times of Crisis
Management Science · 2020 · 13 citations
We investigate the effects of write-downs on market prices and volumes under fair value accounting. We also examine the prominent role that illiquidity plays in exacerbating the direct and spillover effects of exit valuation on equity and credit default swap (CDS) markets. Using hand-collected data on write-down announcements made during and after the 2007–2009 financial crisis, we find that firms that wrote down assets in accordance with fair value rules experience significant abnormal negative…
Earnings management strategies for meeting or beating expectations
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy · 2020 · 8 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingDo Images Provide Relevant Information to Investors? An Exploratory Study
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2021-01-01 · 7 citations
articleOpen accessJournal of Accounting Auditing & Finance · 2021-10-01 · 6 citations
article1st authorCorrespondingThe Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standard that goes into effect for major banks in 2020 contains a serious conceptual error. Using the contractual rate rather than the hurdle rate (the competitive rate on a loan for which there is no expected loss) as the rate to discount expected cash collections gives rise to accounting losses where no economic losses exist. This can have a profound effect on required capital and hence lending, especially in e…
Frequent coauthors
- 23 shared
Varda Yaari
Tel Aviv University
- 21 shared
Tavy Ronen
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- 13 shared
Alex Dontoh
- 8 shared
Roberto Di Pietra
University of Siena
- 8 shared
Bharat Sarath
- 7 shared
George H. Sorter
- 7 shared
Suresh Radhakrishnan
- 7 shared
Geng Li
Federal Reserve
Education
- 1969
Ph.D, Accounting
Stanford University
Awards & honors
- Best Abacus manuscript award, University of Sydney Accountin…
- Best Abacus manuscript award winner for 2009, University of…
- Scholarly awards, Hebrew University (1965)
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