Faculty Directory
Mary Ellen Carter
Professor and 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
“Board committee overlap and the use of earnings in CEO compensation contracts.” (With M. Martin, and L. Lynch.) Management Science, 68 (8). August, 2022.
“The Effect of Supplier Industry Competition on Pay-for-Performance Incentive Intensity.” (With J. Choi, and K. Sedatole.) Journal of Accounting and Economics, 71 (2-3). April-May 2021.
“The Participation Constraint and CEO Equity Grants” (With Cadman, B. and X. Peng.) The Accounting Review, 96 (1), 67-89. January 2021.
“Matching Premiums in Executive Labor Markets.” (With Franco, F., and I. Tuna.) The Accounting Review, 94 (6), 109-136. November, 2019
“Executive Gender Pay Gaps: The Roles of Female Risk Aversion and Board Representation” (With F. Franco, and M. Gine.) Contemporary Accounting Research, 34 (2), 1232-1264. November, 2016.
“Institutional Investor Preferences for Corporate Governance Mechanisms” (With Bushee, B. and J. Gerakos.) Journal of Management Accounting Research, 26 (2), 123-149. 2014.
“Compensation Peer Groups and the Relation to Executive Compensation” (With Cadman, B.) Journal of Management Accounting Research, 26 (1), 57-82. April, 2014.
“The Incentives of Compensation Consultants on CEO Pay” (With Cadman, B. and S. Hillegeist.) Journal of Accounting and Economics, 49 (3), 263-280. April, 2010.
“Explicit Relative Performance Evaluation in Performance-Vested Equity Grants” (With Ittner, C. and S. Zechman.) Review of Accounting Studies, 14 (2-3), 260-306. February, 2009.
- “The Role of Accounting in the Design of CEO Equity Compensation” (With Lynch, L. and I. Tuna.) The Accounting Review, 82 (2), 327-357. March, 2007.
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.