Shivaram Rajgopal
- Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing; Chair of the Accounting Division
- Accounting Division
- Chartered Accountancy, 1987
- Areas of Expertise
- Climate, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting & Auditing, Fundamental Investment Analysis, Managerial Accounting
- Contact
- Office: 1111 Kravis
- E-mail: [email protected]
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- Curriculum Vitae
Shiva Rajgopal is the Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing at Columbia Business School. He has also been a faculty member at the Duke University, Emory University and the University of Washington. Professor Rajgopal’s research interests span financial reporting, earnings quality, fraud, executive compensation and corporate culture. His research is frequently cited in the popular press, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, Financial Times, Business Week, and the Economist. He teaches fundamental analysis of financial statements for investors, managers and entrepreneurs and a PhD seminar on accounting regulation.
Key awards include 2006 and 2016 American Accounting Association (AAA) Notable Contribution to the Literature award, 2006 and 2016 Graham and Dodd Scroll Prize given by the Financial Analysts Journal, and the 2008, 2012 and 2015 Glen McLaughlin Award for Research in Accounting Ethics.
He is the Departmental Editor of the Accounting track of Management Science. He is also an Associate Editor at the Journal of Accounting and Economics and an ex-editor at Contemporary Accounting Research. He was on the editorial board of The Accounting Review from 2003-2011.
Featured Research in Brief
Not Just Soft Skills: Corporate Culture As a Key Company Value Driver
- Education
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BCom, University of Bombay, 1988; Chartered Accountancy 1987, PhD, 1998, University of Iowa
- Joined CBS
- 2015
All Activities
Corporate Profit Is at a Level Well Beyond What We Have Ever Seen, and It's Expected to Keep Growing
Professors Urooj Khan and Shiva Rajgopal receive the American Accounting Association’s 2018 Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award
A New Way to Do Good: Invest in Bad Companies
Advice to the Next US President: Accounting
Business Leadership on the Path to Net Zero: Reasons for Optimism at the 2022 Climate Conference
What’s Next for the SEC’s Proposed Climate Disclosure Regulation?
Davos 2022 and the Climate Crisis: CBS Experts Weigh in on the World Economic Forum’s Priorities, Agenda
Does Divesting From ‘Sin Stocks’ Really Hurt Targeted Companies?
Does Divesting From 'Sin Stocks' Really Hurt Targeted Companies?
Davos 2022 and the Climate Crisis: CBS Experts Weigh in on the World Economic Forum's Priorities, Agenda
Oil and Gas Majors May Be More Responsive to Pressure on Climate Than Widely Believed
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of ESG Investing
Professor Shivaram Rajgopal looks at digital technology giants and their market power
Don't Fake It Until You Make It on Carbon Mitigation: New Study Reveals Hollow Net-Zero Pledges Drive Stock Prices Down
Does The SEC's Names Rule Fix The 'Truth In Advertising' Issue With U.S. Funds?
Greenwashing: Why Is It So Common and How Can We Combat It?
Three CBS Professors Share Their Expertise in Washington, D.C., Congressional Testimonies
How Is the GOP's Bill Asking ERISA Fiduciaries to Avoid New Investments in 'Adversarial' Countries Consistent with the Party's Stated Ideal of Freedom of Choice in Investing?
Not Just Soft Skills: Corporate Culture as a Key Company Value Driver
An Investor-Driven Wiki-Based Solution to the Information Intermediary's Conflict of Interest Problem
Is Your ESG Mutual Fund Better for the Planet and Society? Maybe Not.
How Should Reporting and Governance for Banks Change After SVB?
What Is ESG and Why Does It Matter?
The SEC's New Climate Rule Is a Reasonable Political Compromise in an Election Year
Ratifying The Musk Award Might Lead To Large Earnings Hit For Tesla
Which Banks Are Most Vulnerable to the Commercial Real Estate Doom Loop?
Valuing Intangible Capital in the Age of Trillion-Dollar Tech Giants
Do Corporate ESG Pledges Really Benefit Stakeholders?
How Many More UPS Like Goodwill Write-Downs Hide In Plain Sight?
- Case ID
- 230302
Oil and Gas "Super Majors" and the Transition to Net Zero
What is the strategy that the oil and gas "super majors" are implementing as they transition to net zero?