Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law
Welcome to the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law at NHH, an ambitious and thriving environment for research and learning.
Our faculty has three main research and teaching areas: Financial Accounting and Auditing, Management Accounting and Control, and Economics, Ethics and Law.
The department has strong ties to the practice field, both in teaching and research, and attracts a high number of students.
Research centres and groups
Research highlights
| Authors | Title | Publication |
|---|---|---|
|
Blake Holman, Benjamin Paul Commerford & Finn Kinserdal |
Using Unconscious Thought to Improve Evaluations of Complex Accounting Estimates.
|
|
|
Epistemic control: A case study on managing relevance in a data-driven organization. |
Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 102, 102808. | |
|
Xiaoxing Li, Josepth F. Brazel, Anna Gold, & Justin Leiby. |
Inheriting versus Developing Data Analytic Tests and Auditors’ Professional Skepticism. |
|
|
Yosra AleAhmad, & I. Lupu. |
Management Controls and The Reproduction of Gender Inequality; A Review and Research Agenda. |
|
|
Varouj Aivazian, Tzu-Ting Chiu, Miguel Minutti-Meza, & Dushyantkumar Vyas. |
Political Uncertainty and the Timing of Mass Layoffs. |
Production and Operations Management, 1-21, 2025 |
|
Ulf Mohrmann, & Riepe, J. |
Deferred tax asset revaluations, costly information processing, and bank deposits: Evidence from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. |
Management Science 71 (1):318-346, 2025 |
|
Benjamin Paul Commerford, Aasmund Eilifsen, Richard Hatfield, C., Holmstrom, K. M., & Finn Kinserdal |
Control issues: How providing input affects auditors' reliance on artificial intelligence. |
Contemporary Accounting Research 41 (4):2134-2162, Forthcoming, 2024 |
|
Ivanova, M.N., Tylaite, M., & Zhu, L. |
The Impact of Client Bankruptcies on Auditors’ Judgment and Future Audit Engagements. |
|
|
Goldman, N., Lampenius, N., Radhakrishnan, S., Arthur Stenzel, & de Almeida, J. E. F. |
IRS scrutiny and corporate innovation. |
Contemporary Accounting Research, 41(1), 391-423, 2024 |
Research News
Recognising this spring’s top publications
This week, NHH researchers will receive publication bonuses for scientific articles published in selected journals on NHH’s and the Financial Times’ publication lists.
Threw master’s students in at the deep end – and was celebrated at Grieghallen
Joel Berge let his master’s students work with real data, AI and a real-life problem from Akvariet. They rewarded him with an award for excellence in teaching.
Experiment: We think wine tastes worse when told it’s from light bottles
Wine is perceived as less enjoyable when we’re told the bottle is climate-friendly, new research shows. Information can trick our sense of taste.
Gatekeepers and professional enablers of money laundering
On Tuesday 14 April Anne Marthe Bjønness will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.