Faculty Directory

Mary Ellen Carter

Professor and Joseph L. Sweeney Chair

Department

Accounting

Profile

Professor Mary Ellen Carter studies the effects of financial reporting and regulation on incentives and executive compensation. Recent research includes gender pay gaps, labor market pressures on compensation and the influence of compensation consultants on CEO pay. She has published in Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, and Journal of Financial Economics.听In addition, she has been featured in听Forbes, the听Financial Times, and The听New York Times, as well听as other business media. She is currently an editor at听The Accounting Review听and associate editor at听Management Science.

Before joining the Carroll School, she was a faculty member at the Wharton School and the Columbia Business School. She teaches intermediate accounting to undergraduates.