Joshua Ronen

Biography

Joshua Ronen is a professor of accounting at New York University Stern School of Business and co-editor of the Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting. Professor Ronen teaches courses in managerial accounting, financial accounting, advanced topics in financial accounting, and financial statements analysis.

Professor Ronen has been with NYU Stern for nearly 45 years. His primary research areas include capital markets, disclosure, earning management, economic impact of accounting rules and regulations, financial reporting, legal liability of firms, transfer pricing, agency theory, corporate governance, and fair valuation. Professor Ronen has written numerous books including Accounting and Financial Globalization, Off-Balance Sheet Activities, Entrepreneurship, Smoothing Income Numbers: Objectives, Means and Implications, and Earnings Management. He has been published in many academic journals including and publications including The New York Times, The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Abacus, Management Science, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, Stanford Journal of Law, Business, and Finance, and Journal of Financial Markets. In addition to his work at NYU Stern, Professor Ronen has lectured at University of Canterbury, Tel-Aviv University, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, National University of Mexico, University of Toronto, University of Chicago, Hebrew University, and London School of Economics among many others. He has also been a consultant for numerous organizations, including especially law firms as expert witness in the area of securities litigation. His suggestions for reform in the accounting profession have received critical acclaim by legislators and in the media.

Professor Ronen received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Accounting at Hebrew University in Israel, and his Doctor of Philosophy from Stanford University. Professor Ronen is also a licensed C.P.A. in Israel.

Research Interests

• Disclosure Equilibria
• Agency Theory
• Capital Markets
• Analytical models of auditing
• Accounting in financial institutions
• Accounting for securitizations and capital requirements
• Fair values
• Welfare effects of regulation

Courses Taught

• Financial Accounting Core
• Financial Statements analysis
• PhD Seminars in Management Accounting

Academic Background

Ph.D., Accounting, 1969
Stanford University

M.S., Accounting, 1963
Hebrew University

B.A., Economics, 1959
Hebrew University, Israel

Awards & Appointments

University of Sydney Accounting Foundation	Best Abacus manuscript award	2013
University of Sydney Accounting Foundation	Best Abacus manuscript award winner for 2009	2009

Selected Publications

Alex Dontoh, Joshua Ronen, Bharat Sarath (2013)
Financial Statements Insurance
ABACUS, Vol. 49, No. 3, 2013

Umit G. Gurun , Alina Lerman & Joshua Ronen (2012)
Anticipatory and implementation effects of FIN 46 on the behavior of different market participants
Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 19:1, 30-55

J. Ronen (2010)
Corporate Audits and How to Fix Them
Journal of Economic Perspectives. Vol 24 (2) Spring pp. 189-210

J. Ronen (2008)
To Fair Value or Not to Fair Value: A Broader Perspective
Abacus, Vol 44, No. 2, 2008, 181-208

Alex Dontoh, Joshua Ronen, Bharat Sarath (2003)
On the Rationality of the Post-Announcement Drift
Review of Accounting Studies, 8, 69–104

Joshua Ronen,Varda (Lewinstein) Yaari (2002)
Incentives for voluntary disclosure
Journal of Financial Markets 5 (2002) 349–390

Joshua Ronen (1992)
Transfer Pricing Reconsidered
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 47, Issue 1, February 1992, Pages 125–136

Joshua Ronen, George H. Sorter (1972)
Relevant Accounting
The Journal of Business Vol. 45, No. 2 (Apr., 1972), pp. 258-282

Joshua Ronen (1972)
Social Costs and Benefits and the Transfer Pricing Problem
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 3, Issue 1, February 1974, Pages 71–82

Joshua Ronen, George McKinney, III (1970)
Transfer Pricing for Divisional Autonomy
Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Spring, 1970), pp. 99-112