Andrew Van Buskirk

FCOB Distinguished Professor
Accounting & Management Information Systems

Background

Professor Van Buskirk studies the role of financial reporting in resolving capital market uncertainty. He has published articles in the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Review of Accounting Studies, The Accounting Review, and the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting.  He is an editor of The Accounting Review, on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and was previously on the editorial board of the Journal of Accounting Research.  Prior to joining Ohio State, he taught Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Before receiving his PhD, he worked as a CPA in Arthur Andersen’s Philadelphia office.

Areas of Expertise

Accounting
  • Capital Markets
  • Disclosures
  • Financial Reporting
  • Securities Regulation

Education

  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania
  • BS, University of Delaware

Publications

Courses

ACCTMIS 3201 - Financial Accounting II
Theory and application of accounting techniques to record and report financial information; asset and liability valuation; income measurement; second of two-course sequence. Prereq: 3200, 3200.02, or BusMHR 2292 (BusAdm 499.01); or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 3201.02 or 523.
ACCTMIS 8782 - Doctoral Seminar in Financial Accounting
This is Part II of a course covering empirical, archival research across a wide range of topics, including banking, corporate governance, debt contracting, debt and equity analysts, disclosure and financial reporting, executive compensation, investor behavior, and market efficiency. The relative emphasis on research topics is at the discretion of the instructor. Prereq: Enrollment in AcctMIS PhD program.