Matthew Lyle

Matt Lyle is an Associate professor in the Accounting Information and Management department. His research focuses on the impact that accounting information has on the valuation of traded assets such as equities and equity derivative contracts. He and his co-authors have examined how and why accounting variables predict stock returns over time, how the quality of accounting information affects asset returns, and how firm fundamentals can be used to trade stock return volatility and optimize portfolios.

Matt holds a PhD in Management from the University of Toronto and a MSc. and PhD in Mathematical Finance from the University of Calgary. His non-academic experience includes working as a quantitative trading associate on an energy trading floor and as a design engineer.

Research Interests

Accounting-based valuation, information quality, disclosure, accounting-based investing

Education

• Ph.D, 2013, Accounting, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
• Ph.D, 2009, Finance/Mathematical Finance, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
• M.Sc, 2007, Applied Mathematics/Mathematical Finance, University of Calgary
• B.Sc, 2006, Applied Mathematics, University of Calgary
• B.Sc, 2003, Electrical Engineering, University of Alberta

Academic Positions

• Lawrence Revsine Research Fellow, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2014-present
• Assistant Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2013-present
• Donald P. Jacobs Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2013-2014

Awards

• Best Paper Prize, Northern Finance Association
• AAA/Grant Thornton Doctoral Dissertation Award
• Doctoral Award, Canadian Securities Institute Research Foundation
• AAA/Deloitte/J. Michael Cook Doctoral Consortium Fellow
• Peter J. Irvine Scholarship, 2010&2011