Aiyesha Dey

Aiyesha Dey conducts research in the areas of corporate governance, financial reporting and disclosures, and earnings management. While at Chicago Booth she has presented her working papers in several institutions, including the University of Michigan, and the University of Pennsylvania. She has published in refereed journals including Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research and The Accounting Review.

Dey is a member of the American Accounting Association and an ad hoc reviewer for the Accounting Review, the Journal of Accounting Research, and the Journal of Accounting and Economics, among others. She has been part of the Chicago Booth faculty since 2005.

She earned her bachelor's degree with honors in mathematics from Calcutta University in 1996, for which she received the National Scholar Award from the government of India. She graduated from International Management Institute in New Delhi, India, in 1999 with an MBA in accounting and finance. She continued her graduate studies at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, and graduated in 2005 with a PhD in accounting.

Dey is also an accomplished ballroom dancer and boxer and has taken part in several competitions in both areas. Recently, she won the 2008 Chicago Golden Gloves boxing tournament.

Selected Publications

With Daniel A. Cohen, Thomas Z. Lys and Shyam V. Sunder, "Earnings Announcement Premia and the Limits to Arbitrage," Journal of Accounting and Economics (2007).

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"Corporate Governance and Agency Conflicts," Journal of Accounting Research (2008).

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With Daniel A. Cohen and Thomas Z. Lys, "Real and Accrual-based Earnings Management in the Pre- and Post-Sarbanes Oxley Periods," The Accounting Review (2008).

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With Daniel A. Cohen and Thomas Z. Lys, "The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002: Implications for Compensation Contracts and Managerial Risk Taking" (working paper).

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