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Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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Tenured full professors | Financial Accounting

Lucie Courteau

Lucie.Courteau@unibz.it

+39 0471 013130

BZ E5.04
Faculty of Economics and Management
Universitätsplatz 1 - piazza Università, 1
39100
Bozen-Bolzano
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Curriculum Vitae

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Short bio

Lucie Courteau is Full Professor in Accounting. After undergraduate studies at Université Laval in Canada, she obtained a PhD in Commerce at the University of British Columbia (Canada) in 1992, under the supervision of Prof Gerald Feltham. She has taught at Université Laval and the University of Ottawa before joining the Free University of Bolzano in 2003. Her research interests center on the role of financial reporting in the economy and include financial reporting quality, firm valuation, IPOs and M&As. She has published articles in Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, among others.

Courses

Advanced Accounting

25402 · SECS-P/07 · LM-77 Accounting and Finance · EN

Intermediate Financial Accounting

27024 · SECS-P/07 · L-18 Economics and Management · EN

Introduction to Accounting

27253 · SECS-P/07 · L-18 Economics and Management · EN

Main Research Areas

Financial reporting, firm valuation

Publications

Bédard, J. and L. Courteau. “Benefits and Costs of Auditor’s Assurance: Evidence from the Review of Quarterly Financial Statements.” Contemporary Accounting Research 32 (Spring 2015), p. 308-335. DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12091.
Courteau, L., R. Di Pietra, P. Giudici et A. Melis. “The role and effect of controlling shareholders in corporate governance” Journal of Management and Governance 21 (2017), p. 561-572. DOI 10.1007/s10997-016-9365-1.
Bédard, J., D. Coulombe and L. Courteau, “An Empirical Analysis of the Issue, Accuracy and Credibility of Management Earnings Forecasts in IPO Prospectuses”, Accounting Perspectives 15 (2016), p. 235-267. DOI:10.1111/1911-3838.12130
Courteau, L., J. Kao and Y. Tian, “The Impact of Earnings Management on the Performance of Earnings-Based Valuation Models.” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 42 (January/February 2015), p. 101-137. DOI: 10.1111/jbfa.12101.