Thomas D. Fields
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Area of Expertise:
Accounting, Financial Reporting, Managerial Accounting
Research Interests:
Accounting - Financial Reporting
Selected Publications:
- "Empirical Research on Accounting Choice", Journal of Accounting and Economics, with T. Lys, L. Vincent, 2001
- "An Empirical Evaluation of the Usefulness of Non-GAAP Accounting Measures in the Real Estate Investment Trust Industry", Review of Accounting Studies, with S. Rangan, R. Thiagarajan, 1998
- "Voting Rules for the FASB", Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, with R. King, 1996
Academic/Professional Activities:
- Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Accounting Association
Awards/Honors:
- University Scholar, Northwestern University Graduate School, 1999
- Doctoral Dissertation Award in Business, State Farm Companies Foundation, 1998
- Coopers & Lybrand Fellow, 1996-97 and 1997-98, Coopers & Lybrand
- Reid Teaching Award, 2011, 2009, Washington University
Personal Interests:
Professor Fields enjoys fatherhood, bicycling, and science fiction
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Professor Fields joined the Olin faculty in 2006. Prior to that, he taught at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management (Northwestern University), Harvard Business School, and the Johnson Graduate School of Management (Cornell University). Before returning to graduate school, Tom worked as a C.P.A. for Price Waterhouse in St. Louis, performing audit services for a range of clients including Anheuser Busch, Union Electric (now Ameren Corporation), SSM Health Care, and a number of small manufacturers and non-profit organizations. Professor Fields' research interests involve the role of accounting information in contracting---particularly in the setting of accounting-based covenants in debt contracts.
Thomas D. Fields' Curriculum Vitae
Email: tfields@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-6113
PhD 2004, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management
MS 1997, Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management
BA 1991, Washington University Olin Business School
BBA 1991, Washington University, Olin Business School
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