Akash Chattopadhyay

Bio

Akash Chattopadhyay is an Assistant Professor of Accounting in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with a cross-appointment to the Accounting area at Rotman. He currently teaches Managerial Accounting in the undergraduate elective curriculum. In his research, Akash studies empirical asset pricing and corporate governance, with a focus on an international context. More specifically, he studies the connections between accounting fundamentals and expected returns and the role of accounting information in standard, as well as alternative, corporate governance mechanisms. Akash's research is forthcoming in leading journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics. Media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times have covered his research.

Akash holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Prior to his MBA, he graduated from Jadavpur University, India with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. Before his doctorate, Akash worked as an equity analyst at Merrill Lynch and IIFL Capital.

Academic Positions

2017 -  Assistant Professor of Accounting; University of Toronto

Selected Publications - Papers

Governance through shame and aspiration: Index creation and corporate behavior Akash Chattopadhyay; Matthew Shaffer and Charles C.Y. Wang Journal of Financial Economics

Research and Teaching Interests

Financial Reporting, Empirical Asset Pricing, Corporate Governance