
Venky Nagar
- KPMG Professor of Accounting
- Teitelbaum Research Scholar
Education
- PhD University of Pennsylvania 1999
- MS Dartmouth College 1990
- BTech Indian Institute of Technology 1988
Nagar grew up in India and studied Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He came to the US to study engineering at Dartmouth College and became a programmer. He later decided to switch careers and went to Wharton School and earned a PhD in Accounting.
Nagar studies how management can use accounting data to understand and improve the performance of their organizations. His research is cited as an authority in amicus briefs on nondiscrimination and equality filed by top US companies (Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.,) in several Federal Appeals Courts and the US Supreme Court.
Government Policy Uncertainty and Stock Liquidity
Published Date
1/2019Source
Journal of Accounting & Economics
Volume:
67Issue:
1Pages:
1An Information-based Model for the Differential Treatment of Gains and Losses
Published Date
2018Source
Review of Accounting Studies
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23Issue:
2Pages:
622–653Manager-Analyst Conversations in Earnings Conference Calls
Published Date
9/2018Source
Review of Accounting Studies
Volume:
23Issue:
4Pages:
1A Model of Aggregate Reporting
Published Date
2016Source
Journal of Financial Reporting
Volume:
1Issue:
2Pages:
1-19Knowledge, Compensation and Firm Value: An Empirical Analysis
Published Date
8/2014Source
Journal of Accounting & Economics
Volume:
58Issue:
1Pages:
96-116Diversity and Performance
Published Date
2012Source
Management Science
Volume:
59Issue:
3Pages:
529-544Published Date
2012Source
Harvard Business Review
Volume:
90Issue:
10Pages:
46-56Governance Problems in Closely Held Corporations
Published Date
2011Source
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Volume:
46Issue:
04Pages:
943-966Reporting Bias with an Audit Committee
Published Date
2010Source
The Accounting Review
Volume:
85Issue:
2Pages:
447-481The Incentive Role of Inventory and Cross Training
Published Date
2009Source
Journal of Accounting Research