Mary Ellen Carter
Professor and Joseph L. Sweeney, Esquire '23, LL.D. '63 (hon.) Chair in Accounting
Biography
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 . In addition, she has been featured in Forbes , the Financial Times , and The New York Times , as well as other business media. She is currently an editor at The Accounting Review and associate editor at 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.
Official evaluation summary
Courses taught
- ACCT3330 Sustainability Reporting and Analysis: Accounting for a Changing World
- UNAS1733 Climate Change and the Corporation: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities
- ACCT3321 Intermediate Accounting for Finance and Consulting
- UNAS1735 POD Leadership Seminar for Climate Change and The Corporation
- EESC1704 Climate Change and the Corporation: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities
- ENVS4961 Senior Honors Thesis I