Brent Yi Yi Lao
Associate Professor
Accounting
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Biography
Brent Lao is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Illinois State University.
Current Courses
431Current Issues In Accounting
Teaching Interests & Areas
Financial Accounting
Research Interests & Areas
Financial Reporting, Firm Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibility
PhD Accounting
University of Texas - Austin
Other Accounting
Indiana University at Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Other Accounting and Finance
Indiana University at Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
RSM Faculty of the Year
RSM
2021
Outstanding Reviewer Award
AAA
2017
University of Texas McCombs School of Business Doctoral Fellowship
University of Texas at Austin
2013
Bonham Fund Grant
University of Texas at Austin
2012
University of Texas McCombs School of Business Doctoral Fellowship
University of Texas at Austin
2012
Bonham Fund Grant
University of Texas at Austin
2011
University of Texas McCombs School of Business Doctoral Fellowship
University of Texas at Austin
2011
Bonham Fund Grant
University of Texas at Austin
2010
University of Texas McCombs School of Business Doctoral Fellowship
University of Texas at Austin
2010
Bonham Fund Grant
University of Texas at Austin
2009
Journal Article
Ames, D., Lao, B., Sankara, J., & Wood, J. The Influence of Uncertainty on Financial Reporting Behavior: The Case of P&C Insurers. Peter F. Pope; Andrew Stark (EDs). Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 51.5-6 (2024): 1193-1216.
Lao, B., & McPhee, G. Internal Information Quality and Corporate Social Responsibility Performance: An Analysis of CSR Strengths and CSR Concerns. Accounting and the Public Interest 24.1 (2024): 30-62.
Huang, K., Lao, B., & Godsell, D. Managers’ rank & file employee coordination costs and real activities manipulation. Accounting, Organizations and Society (2023)
Lao, B., Guidry, R., & Johnston, J. Who Makes the Call on Goodwill Impairment Charges: CEOs or CFOs?. Journal of Accounting & Finance (2023)
Lao, B., & Yi, S. Financial misreporting and peer firms' operational efficiency. Accounting and Finance (2021)
Presentations
Internal information quality and CSR performance. Management Accounting Section (MAS) Midyear Meeting. AAA. (2021)
The dynamic effects of accounting disclosure quantity on investors’ interpretation of financial disclosures. AAA Annual Meeting & Conference. AAA. (2021)
Empirical assessment of audit quality in the IPO market. AAA Annual Meeting & Conference. AAA. (2020)
Empirical assessment of auditor quality in the IPO market. Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) Conference. CAAA. (2020)
The impact of catastrophes on accounting quality in the P&C industry. Brigham Young University Research (BYU) Conference. Brigham Young University. (2020)
Financial misreporting and peer firms' operational efficiency. AAA Annual Meeting & Conference. AAA. (2019)
Internal information quality and patent-related innovation. JBFA Capital Markets Conference. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. (2019)
Financial reporting and peer firms' operational efficiency. AAA Midwest Meeting & Conference. AAA. (2018)
Wrongful discharge laws and real earnings management. AAA Annual Meeting & Conference. AAA. (2018)
Grants & Contracts
Katie School Research Grant. Katie School of Insurance and Risk Management. Illinois State University.