Department of Accounting

Ram T.S. Ramakrishnan

       601 S. Morgan St. (M/C 006)
       Chicago, IL 60607
       Phone: 312-996-3270
       Fax     : 312-996-4520
       rramakri@uic.edu

 

Degrees

PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, June 1982.
MS in Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
BS in Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India August 1976.
Joined UIC in 1994.

Teaching and Research Interests

Valuation and Earnings Analysis.
Management Accounting: - Compensation and Incentives;
Internet & eCommerce.

Honors / Awards

CBA Distinguished Teacher Award 1997.
CBA Distinguished Service Award 2000.

Positions Held

Head, Department of Accounting, UIC 1999- present.
Ernst & Young Professor of accounting, UIC 1994- present.
Associate Professor of Accounting, Columbia University 1986-1993.
Associate and Assistant Professor of Accounting, MIT 1981-1986.

Representative publications

  • "Valuation of Permanent, Transitory and Price-irrelevant Components of Reported Earnings", Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, Volume 13, No. 3 Summer 1998 (with Jacob Thomas).
  • "The Effects of Mandated versus Voluntary Auditing Policy on the Quality of Auditing", Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance, Volume 11, No. 3, Summer 1996.
  • "Joint Cost Allocations with Multiple Lots", Management Science. Volume 42, No. 2, February 1996, pages 247-258 (with B. V. Balachandran).
  • "What matters from the past? Price, Book Value or Earnings: Sufficient Statistics in Accounting", Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, May 1993 (with Jacob Thomas).
  • "A Theory of Large Audit Partnerships: Audit Firm Size and Fees," Journal of Accounting Research, Spring 1987 pages 140-171, (with B. V. Balachandran).
  • "The Valuation of Assets Under Moral Hazard," Journal of Finance, March 1984 (with A.Thakor).
  • "Joint Cost Allocation: A Unified Approach," Volume 56, The Accounting Review, pages 85-96, (with B. V. Balachandran).