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Jeffrey Lawrence Callen

Jeffrey Lawrence Callen

Inaugural Rotman Chair in Accounting
Professor of Accounting

Degrees:

BA, MBA, PhD

Bio

Jeffrey L. Callen is the Inaugural Rotman Chair in Accounting. His research interests include corporate valuation, accounting information and capital markets, efficiency measurement and the economics of the non-profit firm. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, a former editor of Contemporary Accounting Research and a former co-editor of the International Journal of Auditing. Currently he is an editor of the Multinational Finance Journal and an editor of the Journal of Law, Finance and Accounting. He served for many years on the editorial board of The Accounting Review. He is currently on the editorial boards Contemporary Accounting Research and the China Journal of Accounting Research, and the ARN and FEN networks. He is also the current president of the Multinational Finance Society.

Academic Positions

  • 2000-current

    Joseph L. Rotman Professor of Accounting, Rotman Faculty of Management, University of Toronto

  • 1996-1999

    Research Professor of Accounting, Stern School of Business, New York University

  • 1992-1999

    Professor of Accounting, Stern School of Business, NYU

  • 1994-2000

    Editor-in-chief, Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance

  • 1992-1994

    Professor of Accounting and Charles I. Rosen Chair in Business Administration, School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University

  • 1989-1992

    Chairman, Department of Accounting, School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University

  • 1987-1991

    Associate Professor of Accounting, School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University

  • 1982-1987

    Senior Lecturer in Accounting, School of Business Administration, The Hebrew University

  • 1979-1985

    Associate Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Business, McMaster University

  • 1976-1979

    Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics, Faculty of Business, McMaster University

  • 1973-1976

    Assistant Professor of Finance and Public Policy, Faculty of Administrative Studies, University of Manitoba

Selected Publications - Papers

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

  • Advanced Manufacturing Technologies

    K.R. Balachandran and J.L. Callen

    Blackwell Publishers

    Issue:The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management

    2005

  • Product Cost Determination

    K.R. Balachandran and J.L. Callen

    Blackwell Publishers

    Issue:Encyclopedia of Management

    1998

    Pages: 524-526

Selected Publications - Forthcoming

  • The Coase Theorem and the Empty Core: Inspecting the Entrails After Four Decades

    V.A. Aivazian and J.L. Callen

    International Review of Law and Economics

  • Filing Speed, Information Leakage, and Price Formation

    J.L. Callen, R. Kaniel, and D. Segal

    Review of Accounting Studies

  • Protection of Proprietary Information and Financial Reporting Opacity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

    J.L. Callen, X. Fang, and W. Zhang

    Journal of Corporate Finance

Research and Teaching Interests

All aspects of financial accounting, managerial accounting and corporate finance including valuation, productivity analysis, and corporate capital structure

Honors and Awards

  • 2006

    Haim Falk Award, Canadian Accounting Academic Association

  • 2005, 2006, 2011, 20`12, 2013

    Teaching Excellence, Rotman School of Management

  • 2013

    Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award, Rotman School of Management

Professional Affiliations/Memberships

  • Multinational Finance Society

  • Canadian Accounting Association

  • American Accounting Association