Christine Cuny

Biography

Professor Cuny’s research examines the economic, political, and competitive forces that shape financial disclosure decisions – and investors’ response thereto. She uses a variety of settings to study financial disclosure, though her work primarily focuses on local governments that participate in the municipal bond market. Professor Cuny’s scholarly contributions have been published in prestigious journals, including the Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Management Science, Review of Accounting Studies, and Contemporary Accounting Research.

Prior to joining NYU Stern in 2013, Professor Cuny worked at Morgan Stanley as an equity research associate covering the property and casualty insurance industry and at PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor in the banking practice. She currently teaches financial statement analysis in the undergraduate and MBA programs and a doctoral seminar on financial reporting. Her dedication to teaching was recognized with the NYU Stern Distinguished Teaching Award in 2022.

Professor Cuny holds a B.S. in Analytical Finance and an M.S. in Accounting from Wake Forest University, in addition to an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Research Interests

• Disclosure and financial reporting
• Information asymmetry and imperfect markets
• Market microstructure
• Municipal finance

Courses Taught

• Empirical Research in Accounting
• Financial Statement Analysis (Graduate/Langone)
• Financial Statement Analysis (Undergraduate)

Academic Background

Ph.D.
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

MBA
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

M.S., Accounting
Wake Forest University

B.S., Analytical Finance
Wake Forest University

Selected Publications

Christine Cuny, Mihir Mehta and Jungbae Kim (2026)
Political Costs and Strategic Corporate Communication
Journal of Accounting and Economics, forthcoming

Christine Cuny, Ken Li, Anya Nakhmurina, Edward Watts (2025)
Muni Disclosure: All Talk and No Trade?
Journal of Accounting and Economics [2025; 80(1), pp. 101797]

Christine Cuny, Mihir Mehta and Wanli Zhao (2025)
Limits to Political Capture: Evidence from Patent Grants, Disclosures, and Litigation
Journal of Accounting Research [2025; 63(4), pp. 1453-1492]

Christine Cuny and Svenja Dube (2025)
The Moderating Role of Disclosure Quality
Contemporary Accounting Research [2025; 42(1), pp. 94-120]

Christine Cuny, Mihir Mehta and Wanli Zhao (2024)
Limits to Political Capture: Evidence from Patent Grants, Disclosures, and Litigation
Journal of Accounting Research, Accepted

Christine Cuny and Svenja Dube (2024)
The Moderating Role of Disclosure Quality
Contemporary Accounting Research, Accepted

Christine Cuny, Stephanie Cheng, and Hao Xue (2023)
Disclosure and Competition for Capital
Management Science, 69(7), pp.4312-4330

Christine Cuny, Omri Even-Tov, and Edward M. Watts (2021)
From implicit to explicit: The impact of disclosure requirements on hidden transaction costs
Journal of Accounting Research, 59(1), pp. 215-242

Christine Cuny and Ryan T. Ball (2021)
Information Imprecision
The Accounting Review, 96(2), pp.33-53

Christine Cuny, Jungbae Kim and Mihir N. Mehta (2020)
Politically Connected Governments
Journal of Accounting Research, 58(4), pp.915–952

Christine Cuny (2018)
When knowledge is power: Evidence from the municipal bond market
Journal of Accounting and Economics, 65, pp.109-128

Christine Cuny, Jeffrey J. Burks, Joseph Gerakos and João Granja (2018)
Competition and voluntary disclosure: Evidence from deregulation in the banking industry
Review of Accounting Studies, 23(4), pp. 1471-1511

Christine Cuny (2016)
Voluntary disclosure incentives: Evidence from the municipal bond market
Journal of Accounting and Economics, 62, pp. 87-102