A faculty member at the Kellogg School of Management since 1986, Ronald Dye was named the Leonard Spacek Professor of Accounting Information and Management in 1993. Previously, he held appointments in accounting and economics at the University of Chicago and in accounting at Yale University.

Professor Dye's teaching and research interests include managerial accounting, management compensation, financial disclosure, information economics, and the economics of standards. He is the author of more than 40 papers which have appeared in leading academic journals of accounting and economics, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Rand Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Business, and the Journal of Political Economy. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Review of Accounting Studies.

Professor Dye regularly gives seminars at leading international business schools. Most recently, he has been studying and lecturing on how firms' can improve their strategic decision-making through their accounting choices.

Managerial accounting, management compensation, financial disclosure, information economics, economics of standards, auditors

• PhD, 1981, Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
• MS, 1978, Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
• BS, 1976, Mathematics, State University of New York, Cortland

• Chairman of Department of Accounting and Information Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 12/2/2011
• Leonard Spacek Professor of Accounting, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Visiting Professor of Accounting, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 5/15/2006
• Visiting Goizueta Professor of Financial Reporting, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, 12/31/2000
• Visiting Professor of Accounting, School of Management, Yale University, 12/31/1997
• Chairman of Department of Accounting and Information Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/1999
• Eric L. Kohler Professor of Accounting, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/1993
• Visitng Professor of Accounting, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 8/31/1990
• Professor of Accounting, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/1989
• Associate Professor of Accounting, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 8/31/1988
• Associate Professor of Accounting, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 8/31/1986
• Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 8/31/1985
• Assistant Professor of Business Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, 8/31/1983

• Yuji Ijiri Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University
• Named John Diclhaut Scholar at the University of Minnesota
• Best paper in Accounting Horizons in 2015, American Accounting Association, 2016
• Distinguished Visiting Scholar, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Winter quarter 2016
• Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, November 2014
• Chairs, Kellogg School of Management, 2001-2002
• Alexander Henderson Award, Alexander Henderson Institution, 80-80

• Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting, Finance, and Law, 2015-2019
• Associate Editor, Foundations and Trends in Accounting, 2005-2015
• Editorial Board, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2004-2016
• Editorial Board, Review of Accounting Studies, 1996-2018
• Associate Editor, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1988-2017
• Editorial Board, Journal of Accounting Research, 1984-2018
• Editorial Board Member, Japanese Accounting Review
• Associate Editor, Foundations and Trends in Accounting

Managerial accounting, management compensation, financial disclosure, information economics, economics of standards, auditors

Research in Accounting Theory I (ACCT-550-1)
This course provides an introduction to contemporary research in financial accounting theory and is designed for PhD students in Accounting, Economics, and related disciplines. The course analyzes models of voluntary and mandatory disclosures, the design of accounting standards, income measurement, earnings management, and auditing.

Accounting for Management Planning and Control (ACCTX-431-5)


Accounting for Management Planning and Control (ACCTX-431-0)
Accounting for Management Planning and Control details the use of financial information in management. Topics include profitability and performance measurement and activity-based management and decision support.

Financial Accounting (ACCT-430-0)
This course acquaints students with the process used to construct and understand the financial reports of organizations. The objective is to understand the decisions that must be made in the financial reporting process and to develop the ability to evaluate and use accounting data. Emphasis is placed on understanding the breadth of accounting measurement practices and on being able to make the adjustments necessary for careful analysis. The course highlights the linkages between accounting information and management planning, and decision making and control. Course sections that end in "H" will be taught in a format that combines the convenience and flexibility of online learning with the social and instructional benefits of face-to-face classroom experiences. Online sessions are conducted synchronously with classmates and faculty.