Igor Goncharov

Igor Goncharov holds a position of Professor of Accounting at Lancaster University Management School. After obtaining his PhD from the University of Bremen, he worked as an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and as a Professor of Financial Accounting at the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany.

Igor Goncharov’s research focuses on the effects of financial reporting on business decisions, dividends and taxation. Igor Goncharov’s work has been published in various international journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies, and Journal of Finance. He is the Associate Editor of Accounting and Business Research, and has received numerous awards for excellence in research and teaching.

Research Interests

• Economic and business implications ("real effects") of financial reporting
• Fair value accounting
• Use of accounting information in dividend policy and taxation
• International issues in accounting