Congratulations to Professors Thomas Bourveau, Matthias Breuer, and Robert Stoumbos for winning the Best Paper Award at the American Accounting Association's 2021 Financial Reporting and Accounting Section Midyear Meeting for their study titled, "Learning to Disclose: Disclosure Dynamics in the 1890s Streetcar Industry." The award is made to the authors of a paper presented at the midyear meeting that is judged to best reflect the tradition of academic scholarship and be of relevance to problems facing the accounting profession and standard-setters.
About the Researcher(s)
Matthias Breuer
Matthias Breuer is an Associate Professor of Business in the Accounting Division of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. In his research, he examines issues of corporate transparency and information verification, with a particular focus on the role of regulation in addressing corporate information issues. His research has been recognized with multiple awards (e.g., the 2019 and 2021 Best Paper Awards of the American Accounting Association’s FARS Midyear Meetings), presented at leading universities and conferences, and published in reputable journals (e.g., the