Edward Sul

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Edward Sul

Assistant Professor of Accountancy


Contact:

Email: Edward Sul
Office Phone: (202) 994-1434
2201 G St. NW, Suite 607 Washington, D.C. 20052

Edward Sul is an assistant professor of accountancy at the George Washington University School of Business, having joined in 2017. He earned a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to that, he received both his Master of Accounting and Bachelor of Business Administration degrees at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor’s Ross School of Business.

Edward’s research focuses on disclosure, analysts, information processing and corporate governance. Furthermore, much of his research and interests lie in the international setting. His research has been published in leading accounting journals including Journal of Accounting and Economics and The Accounting Review. At the George Washington University, Edward teaches Introductory Managerial Accounting in the undergraduate program, Advanced Strategic Cost Management for the Master of Accountancy program, and Doctoral Seminar in Accounting for the Ph.D. program.


  • Ph.D., Accounting, University of North Carolina, 2017
  • M.Acc., Accounting, University of Michigan, 2012
  • B.B.A., Business Administration, University of Michigan, 2011
  • International Accounting
  • Information Processing
  • Regulations
  • Corporate Governance
  • Disclosure
  • Accruals
  • Analysts and Information Intermediaries
  • Does Accounting Information Identify Bubbles for Fama? Evidence from Accruals, with Salman Arif, conditionally accepted at the Journal of Accounting and Economics, presented at the 2023 Journal of Accounting and Economics Conference
  • Takeover Threats, Job Security Concerns, and Earnings Management, solo-authored, forthcoming at The Accounting Review (2024)
  • MiFID II Unbundling and Sell Side Analyst Research, with Mark Lang and Jedson Pinto, Journal of Accounting and Economics (2024)
  • Linking Industry Concentration to Proprietary Costs and Disclosure: Challenges and Opportunities, with Mark Lang, Journal of Accounting and Economics (2014)
  • ACCY 2002 | Introductory Managerial Accounting
  • ACCY 6202 | Advanced Strategic Cost Management
  • ACCY 8001 | Doctoral Seminar