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68
Citations
56293
World Ranking
497
National Ranking
326

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)
  • Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC)

Overview

Christian Leuz is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Business, Management, and Accounting, with notable contributions spanning 32 publications in this field. Within this broad area, their work has significant emphasis on specialized subfields including Accounting, Finance, Strategy and Management, Global and Planetary Change, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist has explored a range of topics that include auditing, earnings management, governance, corporate finance and governance, banking stability, regulation and efficiency, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, regulation and compliance studies, corporate social responsibility reporting, and credit risk and financial regulations.

Recent publications by Christian Leuz include:

  • Mandatory CSR and sustainability reporting: economic analysis and literature review, 2021, Review of Accounting Studies
  • Accounting for financial stability: Bank disclosure and loss recognition in the financial crisis, 2021, Journal of Financial Economics
  • On the Economics of Mandatory Audit Partner Rotation and Tenure: Evidence from PCAOB Data, 2020, The Accounting Review
  • Large-sample evidence on the impact of unconventional oil and gas development on surface waters, 2021, Science
  • Reproducibility in Accounting Research: Views of the Research Community, 2020, Journal of Accounting Research

Christian Leuz has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Luzi Hail, Pietro Bonetti, Giovanna Michelon, Rainer Haselmann, and Sebastian Schreiber.

The scientist's work appears regularly in prominent publication venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Financial Economics, Science, Review of Accounting Studies, and The Accounting Review.

Christian Leuz has been recognized as a Fellow of the Financial Institutions Center (FIC), which marks a notable affiliation within their academic career.

Best Publications

  • Earnings management and investor protection: an international comparison

    Christian Leuz;Dhananjay Nanda;Peter D. Wysocki

  • The Economic Consequences of Increased Disclosure

    Christian Leuz;Robert E. Verrecchia

  • Accounting Information, Disclosure, and the Cost of Capital

    Richard A Lambert;Christian Leuz;Robert E Verrecchia

  • Mandatory IFRS Reporting around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences

    Holger Daske;Luzi Hail;Christian Leuz;Rodrigo Verdi

  • The Importance of Reporting Incentives: Earnings Management in European Private and Public Firms

    David C. Burgstahler;Luzi Hail;Christian Leuz

  • International Differences in the Cost of Equity Capital: Do Legal Institutions and Securities Regulation Matter?

    Luzi Hail;Christian Leuz

  • The Economics of Disclosure and Financial Reporting Regulation: Evidence and Suggestions for Future Research

    Christian Leuz;Peter D. Wysocki

  • Adopting a Label: Heterogeneity in the Economic Consequences Around IAS/IFRS Adoptions

    Holger Daske;Luzi Hail;Christian Leuz;Rodrigo S Verdi

  • Mandatory IFRS reporting and changes in enforcement

    Hans B. Christensen;Luzi Hail;Christian Leuz

  • The crisis of fair value accounting: Making sense of the recent debate

    Christian Laux;Christian Leuz

  • Political relationships, global financing, and corporate transparency: Evidence from Indonesia

    Christian Leuz;Felix Oberholzer-Gee

  • Mandatory CSR and sustainability reporting: economic analysis and literature review

    Hans B. Christensen;Luzi Hail;Christian Leuz

  • The crisis of fair-value accounting: Making sense of the recent debate

    Christian Laux;Christian Leuz

  • Information Asymmetry, Information Precision, and the Cost of Capital

    Richard A. Lambert;Christian Leuz;Robert E. Verrecchia

  • Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?

    Christian Laux;Christian Leuz

  • IAS Versus U.S. GAAP: Information Asymmetry–Based Evidence from Germany's New Market

    Christian Leuz

  • Economic consequences of SEC disclosure regulation: evidence from the OTC bulletin board

    Brian J. Bushee;Christian Leuz

  • Why do firms go dark? Causes and economic consequences of voluntary SEC deregistrations

    Christian Leuz;Alexander Triantis;Tracy Yue Wang

  • Do Foreigners Invest Less in Poorly Governed Firms

    Christian Leuz;Karl V. Lins;Francis E. Warnock

  • Economic Consequences of Financial Reporting and Disclosure Regulation: A Review and Suggestions for Future Research

    Christian Leuz;Peter D. Wysocki

  • The Economic Consequences of Increased Disclosure

    Robert E. Verrecchia;Christian Leuz

  • Political Relationships, Global Financing and Corporate Transparency: Evidence from Indonesia

    Felix Oberholzer-Gee;Christian Leuz

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Verrecchia
Robert E. Verrecchia University of Pennsylvania
Raghuram G. Rajan
Raghuram G. Rajan University of Chicago
Francis E. Warnock
Francis E. Warnock University of Virginia
Anthony G. Hopwood
Anthony G. Hopwood University of Oxford
Karl V. Lins
Karl V. Lins University of Utah
Mark H. Lang
Mark H. Lang University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clive S. Lennox
Clive S. Lennox University of Southern California
Martin Walker
Martin Walker University of Manchester
Loriana Pelizzon
Loriana Pelizzon Ca Foscari University of Venice

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