Kenneth B. Schwartz, PhD
Associate Professor - Accounting Department
Ken Schwartz received his PhD. from Syracuse University. Previously, he taught at Boston University. He is a member of the American Accounting Association. His research interests are in financial reporting and disclosure, SEC regulations and enforcement, and the audit function. He has published several articles on bankruptcy, business restructuring, executive compensation, audit opinions, and auditor changes. He has also served as an outside accounting expert in several litigation cases.
Ken’s teaching interests are in financial accounting, accounting theory and regulation, and financial statement analysis.
Some of Ken's publications include:
"Going Going Gone: Anatomy of a Corporate Liquidation," Journal of Accounting Education 19-2 (Summer 2001):129-43.
"Executive Compensation and Corporate Liquidation Policy,"co-authored with Hamid Mehran and George Nogler, Journal of Financial Economics 50-3 (December 1998): 319-49.
"Evidence of Regulatory Noncompliance with SEC Disclosure Rules on Auditor Changes,' co-authored with Billy Soo, The Accounting Review 71-4 (October 1996): 555-72.
"Auditor Switches by Failing Firms," co-authored with Krishnaopal Menon, The Accounting Review (April 1985): 248-61.
Carroll School of Management
Fulton Hall 534
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
schwartk@bc.edu
phone: 617-552-3942
