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Irem Tuna

Professor of Accounting (on leave from London Business School)

BSc (Middle East Technical University) MAS (Illinois) PhD (Michigan) (on leave from LBS)

Professor Irem Tuna is a Professor of Accounting at London Business School and teaches classes on Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Corporate Communication and Investor Relations to masters and doctoral students, and Financial Statements Analysis for Executive Education. Before joining London Business School, she was on the faculty of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.


Professor Tuna’s research interests are in firm valuation, earnings quality, corporate governance, and disclosure. She has published work in a variety of journals in her field, including the Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, and Contemporary Accounting Research. She has served as an editor at The Accounting Review, and is on the editorial boards of the Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Review, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, and European Accounting Review.

She holds a PhD in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Michigan.

  • Corporate governance
  • Firm valuation
  • Earnings management
  • Disclosure
  • Accounting and contracting

2021

Regulation of Compensation and Systemic Risk: Evidence from the UK

Kleymenova A; Tuna I

Journal of Accounting Research 2021 Vol 59:3 p 1123-1175

2019

Matching premiums in the executive labor market

Carter M E; Franco F; Tuna I

Accounting Review 2019 Vol 94:6 p 109-136

2018

A framework for identifying accounting characteristics for asset pricing models, with an evaluation of book-to-price

Penman S H; Reggiani F; Richardson S A; Tuna I

European Financial Management 2018 Vol 24:4 p 488-520

2017

Do common inherited beliefs and values influence CEO pay?

Ellahie A; Tahoun A; Tuna I

Journal of Accounting and Economics 2017 Vol 64:2-3 p 346-367

2016

Mastering the financials

Tuna I

London Business School Review 2016

2014

Asset reliability and security prices: Evidence from credit markets

Arora N; Richardson S A; Tuna I

Review of Accounting Studies 2014 Vol 19:1 p 363-395

Macro to micro: Country exposures, firm fundamentals, and stock returns

Li N; Richardson S A; Tuna I

Journal of Accounting and Economics 2014 Vol 58:1 p 1-20

2013

Management forecast credibility and underreaction to news

Ng J; Tuna I; Verdi R

Review of Accounting Studies 2013 Vol 18:4 p 956-986

2012

Value investing in credit markets

Correia M M; Richardson S A; Tuna I

Review of Accounting Studies 2012 Vol 17:3 p 572-609

2010

Accounting anomalies and fundamental analysis: A review of recent research advances

Tuna I; Richardson S A; Wysocki P

Journal of Accounting and Economics 2010 Vol 50:2-3 p 410-454

2007

Corporate governance, accounting outcomes and organizational performance

Larcker D; Richardson S A; Tuna I

Accounting Review 2007 Vol 82:4 p 963-1008

The book-to-price effect in stock returns: Accounting for leverage

Tuna I; Penman S; Richardson S A

Journal of Accounting Research 2007 Vol 45:2 p 427-467

The role of accounting in the design of CEO equity compensation

Tuna I; Carter M E; Lynch L

Accounting Review 2007 Vol 82 p 327-357

2006

Expectation management and beatable targets: How do analysts react to explicit earnings guidance?

Tuna I; Cotter J; Wysocki P

Contemporary Accounting Research 2006 Vol 23:3 p 593-624

The implications of firm growth and accounting distortions for accruals and profitability

Tuna I; Richardson S; Sloan R; Soliman M

Accounting Review 2006 Vol 81 p 713-743

2005

Accrual reliability, earnings persistence and stock prices

Richardson S A; Sloan R G; Soliman M T; Tuna I

Journal of Accounting and Economics 2005 Vol 39 p 437-485

Accrual reliability, earnings persistence, and stock prices

Tuna I; Richardson S; Sloan R; Soliman M

Journal of Accounting and Economics 2005 September Vol 39:3

2003

Why are earnings kinky? An examination of the earnings management explanation

Dechow P; Richardson S A; Tuna I

Review of Accounting Studies 2003 Vol 8 p 355-384

Why are earnings kinky? An examination of the earnings management explanation

Tuna I; Dechow P; Richardson S

Review of Accounting Studies 2003 Vol 8 p 355-384

2017

A framework for identifying accounting characteristics for asset pricing models, with an evaluation of book-to-price

Penman S H; Reggiani F; Richardson S A; Tuna I

Social Sciences Research Network

Regulation of compensation and systemic risk : evidence from the UK

Kleymenova A; Tuna I

Social Sciences Research Network

2015

Audit partner performance: A network perspective

Tuna I; Horton J; Wood A

Working Paper

2014

Corporate governance and covenants in debt contracts

Xi L; Tuna I; Vasvari F

Working Paper

Corporate governance and efficiency of internal capital markets

Tuna I; Cascino S; Urcan O

Working Paper

2011

Asset measurement uncertainty and credit term structure

Richardson S A; Tuna I

Social Sciences Research Network


Teaching portfolio

Our teaching offering is updated annually. Faculty and programme material are subject to change.