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Richard CROWLEY

Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Accounting
School of Accountancy SOA

Richard Crowley joined Singapore Management University in 2016.  He received his PhD in Accountancy from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and received Bachelor's degrees in Accountancy, Finance, and Theoretical Mathematics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2012.  His research examines financial accounting using both archival and analytical methods.  Much of his archival work deals with large sets of unstructured data (e.g., textual disclosures) using high-powered computing algorithms to address accounting issues that are otherwise infeasible to approach.

Education

PhD in Accountancy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor's Degrees in Accountancy, Finance, and Theoretical Mathematics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests

  • Financial Stability
  • Investor Behavior
  • Stock Market Anomalies
  • Text Analysis
  • Voluntary Disclosure

Teaching Interests

  • Control Systems
  • Financial Accounting

Selected Recognition and Awards

Fellow of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, 2014
University Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2014 and 2015

Selected Appointments/Services

Reviewer, AAA Annual Meeting (2015)
Reviewer, Illinois International Journal of Accounting Symposium (2015)
Reviewer, FARS midyear meeting (2014)
Reviewer, University of Illinois Symposium on Audit Research (2014)
Discussant, IAS midyear meeting (2014)


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