Matthew Sooy
Assistant Professor, Managerial Accounting and Control at Ivey Business School
Biography
Ivey Business School
Matthew Sooy is an Assistant Professor at the Ivey Business School. He received his PhD in Business Administration (Accounting concentration) from the University of Kentucky, and earned an MBA (Finance and Decision Science concentrations) from Emory University. Prior to returning to school, Matt worked for KPMG and has also worked for several start-up companies.
Matt’s recent research utilizes behavioral economic methods to investigate how dimensions of financial regulations and their enforcement influence managers’ compliance. Matt also has research investigating how hierarchy and social status influence managers’ financial decision-making.
Expertise
- Business Ethics
- Behavioral Economics
- Financial Regulation
- Managerial accounting
- Organizational Hierarchies
- Social Network Analysis
Teaching
- HBA1: Financial Fundamentals
- HBA2: Management Accounting and Control
Education
- PhD, Accounting, University of Kentucky
- MBA, Finance and Decision Science, Emory University
- BS, Accounting, Georgia State University
Recent Refereed Articles
- Bundy, S.; Mohapatra, P.; Stone, D.; Sooy, M., (Forthcoming), "Meritocracy or Aristocracy? The Role of Pedigree in the Market for Accounting New Faculty Candidates", Issues in Accounting Education
- Brown, J. B.; Fisher, J.; Sooy, M.; Sprinkle, G., 2014, "The Effect of Rankings on Honesty in Budget Reporting", Accounting Organizations and Society, May 39(4): 237 - 246.
Work in Progress
- "The Compliance Consequences of Fault Assignment in Sanctions”, Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Business Ethics
- “Alternative Accounting Measurement Bases and Price Efficiency In Laboratory Asset Markets: Does Marking to Market Matter?”, with Nigel J. Barradale of Barradale Asset Management, and Brian Goodson of University Clemson University, Revise and Resubmit, Behavioral Research in Accounting
- “Does Targeting Firms for Managers’ Transgressions Increase or Decrease Accountability? The Effect of Sanction Target on Managerial Compliance”, with K. Huo of Ivey Business School
- “The Asset Volatility Effects of Uncertain Tone in Credit Markets: Evidence from Credit Default Swaps”, with H. Doshi of University of Houston, S. Ramani and S. Patel of Univ. of Western Ontario
Honours & Awards
- CFI JELF Grant – Interdisciplinary Behavioural Lab Funding (2020)
- SSHRC Insight Grant (Primary Investigator) – “Alternative Accounting Measurement Bases and Price Efficiency In Laboratory Asset Markets: Does Marking to Market Matter?” (2018)
- AAA ABO Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award (2016)
Experience
- KPMG, State & Local Tax
- Telephone.com
- Mindspring / Earthlink
Videos
Richard McCracken in conversation with Matthew Sooy, Lauren Iuliani, W Spencer Ashby: teaching note
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