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Jeffrey Hales, PhD
Special guest
Jeffrey Hales teaches at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Charles T. Zlatkovich Centennial Professor of Accounting. He is a graduate of the accounting program at Brigham Young University and received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.
His research interests center on accounting standard setting and regulation, individual decision making, and behavioral finance, using techniques from applied game theory, experimental economics, and psychology. His research has appeared in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Review of Accounting Studies, and the Journal of Financial Economics, among other journals. He currently serves as an editor for Accounting Horizons and Contemporary Accounting Research. He also currently serves on the editorial boards of The Accounting Review and Accounting Organizations and Society. At Georgia Tech, he teaches financial accounting and Ph.D. seminars on behavioral accounting and finance, policy-oriented research in accounting, and the psychology of judgment and decision making.
During the 2009-10 academic year, Dr. Hales was a Research Fellow at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in Norwalk, CT. In addition, he currently serves as a member of the FASB’s Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC) and previously chaired the Standards Council for the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).
Jeffrey Hales, PhD has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Sustainability means new skills for a new generation of professionals with Jeff Hales
September 13th, 2023 | 51 mins 9 secs
cfo, esg, finance, sustainability
The drive for sustainability has upended the accounting profession, causing a seismic shift in the knowledge and training needed by the next generation of professionals.
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Episode 28: Measuring The True Value of ESG Reporting: Crowe Quarterly Insight
November 8th, 2019 | 36 mins 19 secs
accounting, business, cfo, esg, financial reporting
A discussion regarding the value of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) reporting and it practical consideration for financial executives.