Faculty Directory
Mary Ellen Carter
Professor
Joseph L. Sweeney Chair
Mary Ellen Carter
Contact
Fulton Hall 538
Telephone: 617-552-2144
Email: maryellen.carter.1@bc.edu
Education
- B.S., Babson College
- M.B.A., Boston College
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Financial accounting; executive compensation; and corporate governance
Expertise
- Financial and Managerial Accounting
Department
Selected Publications
- Carter, M.E., M. Martin, and L. Lynch. “Board committee overlap and the use of earnings in CEO compensation contracts”, Management Science, 68 (8), August 2022.
- Carter, M.E., J. Choi, and K. Sedatole. “The Effect of Supplier Industry Competition on Pay-for-Performance Incentive Intensity”, Journal of Accounting and Economics 71 (2-3), April-May 2021.
- Cadman, B., M.E. Carter, and X. Peng. “The Participation Constraint and CEO Equity Grants”, The Accounting Review 96 (1), January 2021. 67-89.
- Carter, M.E., Franco, F., and I. Tuna. “Matching Premiums in Executive Labor Markets”, The Accounting Review 94 (6), November, 2019. 109-136.
- Carter, M.E., F. Franco, and M. Gine. “Executive Gender Pay Gaps: The Roles of Female Risk Aversion and Board Representation”, Contemporary Accounting Research 34 (2), 2017: 1232-1264.
- Bushee, B., Carter, M.E., and J. Gerakos. “Institutional Investor Preferences for Corporate Governance Mechanisms”, Journal of Management Accounting Research, 26 (2), 2014: 123-149.
- Cadman, B., and M.E. Carter. “Compensation Peer Groups and the Relation to Executive Compensation”, Journal of Management Accounting Research, 26 (1), 2014: 57-82.
- Cadman, B., Carter, M.E. and S. Hillegeist. “The Incentives of Compensation Consultants on CEO Pay”, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 49 (3), April 2010: 263-280.
- Carter, M.E., Ittner, C. and S. Zechman. “Explicit Relative Performance Evaluation in Performance-Vested Equity Grants”, Review of Accounting Studies 14 (2-3), 2009: 260-306.
- Carter, M.E., Lynch, L. and I. Tuna. “The Role of Accounting in the Design of CEO Equity Compensation”, The Accounting Review 82 (2), 2007: 327-357.
Selected Appointments, Awards, and Grants
- Ernst & Young Faculty Fellow, 2021-2022
- Coughlin Distinguished Teaching Award, 2019
- Best Paper at the Review of Accounting Studies Conference, 2008
- 8th Annual Glenn McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics, 2006
Editorial Positions
- Editor, The Accounting Review (2023-present)
- Editor, Journal of Management Accounting Research (2019-2023)
- Associate Editor, Management Science (2021-present)
- Associate Editor, European Accounting Review (2016-2019)
- Ad-hoc Editor, Contemporary Accounting Research (2020, 2021)
Professional Activities
Before joining the faculty at Boston College, Professor Carter was an Assistant Professor at the Columbia Business School of Columbia University and at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a CPA and, prior to her academic career, worked for Coopers and Lybrand in Boston as a senior audit associate.