Gauri Bhat

Assistant Professor of Accounting

Research interests:

Financial Reporting, Disclosure, Corporate Governance, International Accounting, Fair Value Accounting.

Selected Publications:

"Fair Values, Disclosures and Corporate Governance in the Commercial Banking Industry," dissertation , 2008

Academic/professional activities:

Member: American Accounting Association, Canadian Academic Accounting Association, CFA Institute, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India
Ad-hoc Referee: Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting

Awards/honors:

University of Toronto Fellowship, 2002-2007
William Osborn Twaits Fellowship University of Toronto, 2002-2005
University of Toronto Tuition Scholarship, 200-2007
National Merit List (Top 50) Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 1996
College Merit Scholarship, 1993-1994, 1991-1992
National Merit List (Top 50) Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, 1992
Golden Jubilee Scholarship Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, 1991-1994
State Merit List (Top 10) Higher Secondary School Certificate, 1991

Personal interests:

Accounting teaching and research.

Gauri Bhat's research focuses on topics in fair value accounting, financial reporting, disclosure, corporate governance, financial analysts, and auditing. Her current work examines whether disclosures and corporate governance in commercial banks in the United States aid the investors in understanding fair value estimates.

Gauri Bhat's curriculum vitae (pdf *)
Email: Bhat@olin.wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-4528

Ph.D. Accounting 2008, University of Toronto
CFA Charterholder 2003, CFA Institute, USA
Chartered Accountant 1997, ICAI
Cost and Works Accountant 1996, ICWAI
Bachelor of Commerce 1994, University of Bombay, India