Neerav Nagar is a Fellow of IIM Calcutta. His teaching and research interests lie in the areas of financial accounting, financial statement analysis, corporate governance and earnings manipulation. His research work has been published in leading journals like Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics.
MBA, Finance, Indira Institute of Management (University of Pune), 2005
DBF, Finance, ICFAI University (Hyderabad) , 2004
B.Com (Honors), Accounting, Jai Narain Vyas University (Jodhpur), 2003
Teaching
Financial Reporting and Analysis (PGP, ePGP and PGPX)
Seminar Course in Empirical Accounting Research (PhD)
Accounting Research (FDP)
Financial Statement Analysis (ePGP, ExEd and FDP)
Corporate Governance (PGP and ePGP)
Accounting Analytics (ePGD-ABA)
Personal and Corporate Ethics (PGP)
Research Area
Financial Reporting Quality and Disclosures, Corporate governance, Executive Compensation
Academic Experience
Associate Professor (Finance & Accounting), IIM Ahmedabad, November 2019-Present
Assistant Professor (Finance & Accounting), IIM Ahmedabad, January 2014-November 2019
Assistant Professor (Finance & Accounting), IIM Trichy, September 2013-January 2014
Professional Experience
Member, European Accounting Association
Journals
"Internal Corporate Governance and Cash Flow Manipulation," with Mehul Raithatha (2022, International Journal of Emerging Markets, ABDC Rating 'B')
“Does financial reporting quality vary across firm life cycle?,” with Emma-Riikka Myllymäki and Gopal Krishnan (2021, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, ABDC Rating 'A*')
"Do Big 4 Auditors Limit Classification Shifting? Evidence from India," with Naman Desai and Joshy Jacob (2021, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation: Special Issue on Accounting in India, ABDC Rating 'B')
"Gross Profit Manipulation through Classification Shifting," with Sakina H. Poonawala (2019, Journal of Business Research, ABDC Rating 'A')
"Stewardship Value of Income Statement Classifications: An Empirical Examination," with Avinash Arya (2018, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, ABDC Rating 'A')
"Classification Shifting: Impact of Firm Life Cycle," with Kaustav Sen (2017, Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, ABDC Rating 'C')
"Do financially distressed firms misclassify core expenses?," with Kaustav Sen (2017, Accounting Research Journal, ABDC Rating 'B')
"Does good corporate governance constrain cash flow manipulation? Evidence from India," with Mehul Raithatha (2016, Managerial Finance, ABDC Rating 'B')
"Earnings management in India: Managers' fixation on operating profits," with Kaustav Sen (2016, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, ABDC Rating 'B')
"How does regulation affect the relation between family control and reported cash flows? Comparative evidence from India and the United States," with Kaustav Sen (2016, Corporate Governance: An International Review, ABDC Rating 'A')
"Are auditors unable to detect classification shifting or merely not willing to report it? Evidence from India," with Naman Desai (2016, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, ABDC Rating 'A')