Overview
Mohan Venkatachalam is the R.J. Reynolds Professor of Business Administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Professor Venkatachalam received his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1996 and is a Chartered Accountant from India. He has worked for several years as an Accountant and Internal Auditor in India and the Middle East.
Prior to joining Duke, Professor Venkatachalam was a faculty member at Stanford University, and has taught several courses including Financial Accounting, Financial Analysis and Executive Compensation. He has published research papers on a wide range of topics in valuation, nonfinancial performance measures, accounting disclosures, derivatives and corporate governance. His most recent work involves the role of verbal and nonverbal managerial communication in financial markets. He is an Editor of the Accounting Review and serves on the Editorial Board of Review of Accounting Studies and Contemporary Accounting Research.
Prior to joining Duke, Professor Venkatachalam was a faculty member at Stanford University, and has taught several courses including Financial Accounting, Financial Analysis and Executive Compensation. He has published research papers on a wide range of topics in valuation, nonfinancial performance measures, accounting disclosures, derivatives and corporate governance. His most recent work involves the role of verbal and nonverbal managerial communication in financial markets. He is an Editor of the Accounting Review and serves on the Editorial Board of Review of Accounting Studies and Contemporary Accounting Research.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
R. J. Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Business Administration in the Fuqua School of Business
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2014 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Professor of Business Administration
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2010 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Recent Publications
Leasing Loses Altitude While Ownership Takes Off: Real Effects of the New Lease Standard
Journal Article Accounting Review · May 1, 2024 This paper evaluates the real effects of the new lease standard, ASC 842, on firms’ investment and operational outcomes. Using a sample of airline companies, we find that, subsequent to the promulgation of ASC 842 (2016–2018), public airlines reduce operat ... Full text CiteThe value of equal access to mandatory disclosure: evidence from the Great Postal Strike of 1970
Journal Article Review of Accounting Studies · January 1, 2024 How important is equal access to mandatory disclosures? We exploit the postal strike of 1970 that caused a delay in the delivery of annual reports via mail. This strike created unequal access because certain investors (e.g., institutions) had both the ince ... Full text CiteDoes differential taxation of short-term relative to long-term capital gains affect long-term investment?
Journal Article Journal of Accounting and Economics · August 1, 2022 Pressure from short-horizon investors can hurt investments in innovative, long-run value-increasing projects. We explore the efficacy of a commonly proposed tax-based policy tool to mitigate this problem: the imposition of differentially greater taxes on s ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of Iowa ·
1996
Ph.D.
University of Madras (India) ·
1986
B.S.