Thomas Rauter
Assistant Professor of Accounting and IBM Corporation Faculty Scholar
How a US Anti-Corruption Law Boosted Economic Growth in Rural Africa
Increased enforcement of a decades-old statute had far-flung positive consequences.
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Biography
Thomas Rauter’s research focuses on financial reporting and regulation, with a special interest in topics at the intersection of accounting and economic development in low-income countries. His papers have been accepted by the Journal of Accounting Research and The Accounting Review.
Rauter joined Chicago Booth as an Assistant Professor of Accounting in 2018. He holds a PhD from WU Vienna (Austria), an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (United Kingdom), and a BSc in Business Economics from the University of Mannheim (Germany). Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked in the asset and insurance solutions groups at Morgan Stanley and in the investment banking division at Citi.
Rauter teaches Financial Accounting in Booth’s MBA program. He wants his students to take away a solid understanding of various reporting objectives and accounting alternatives that allows them to be effective financial statement users who think critically about the costs and benefits of real world accounting choices.
Outside of academia, Thomas enjoys tennis, skiing, playing hide-and-seek with his daughter, and cooking with his wife.
2023 - 2024 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 30131 | Advanced Financial Analysis and Valuation for Global Firms | 2024 (Spring) |
| 30000 | Financial Accounting | 2024 (Summer) |
| 30930 | Research Seminar in Accounting | 2023 (Autumn) |
| 30931 | Research Seminar in Accounting | 2024 (Winter) |
| 30932 | Research Seminar in Accounting | 2024 (Spring) |
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How to Fight Corruption—and Why We Should
Petty corruption was long thought to grease the wheels of business. But economists are learning how much it can hold back some companies and local economies.
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