Lale Guler

Lale Guler

Full-Time Faculty

Clinical Professor

Accounting

Email

lguler@smu.edu

Office

DBMQ 2178

Website

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Education

PhD, Texas A&M University

Biography

Dr. Lale Guler is a Clinical Professor at the Cox School of Business at 麻豆社. She previously taught at the University of Texas at Austin, Imperial College London, the University of Texas at Dallas, and Baruch College (CUNY). Her expertise includes sustainability reporting, corporate governance, and sustainable finance, and her research has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals. She is a recipient of the Deloitte Best Paper Award, the American Accounting Association Outstanding Reviewer Award, and the Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence. Her current research focuses on sustainable finance, executive decision-making, and SEC enforcement of ESG-related misconduct. Dr. Guler earned her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. She enjoys dancing and international travel.

Teaching

Sustainable Finance

Analysis of Sustainability Information

Sustainability Reporting

Intermediate Accounting II

Financial Accounting II

Strategic Cost Analysis

Research

Corporate governance

corporate financial reporting

business sustainability reporting

decision-making in top management teams

Publications

Eleazar-Welbourne, M. & Guler, L. (2026). Recognizing gender role congruity in newly appointed CEOs' strategic risk-taking. Forthcoming in Journal of General Management.

Guler, L. (2018). Has SFAS 142 improved the usefulness of goodwill impairment loss and goodwill balances for investors? Review of Managerial Science, 12(3), 559–592.

Brown, A., Davis-Friday, P., Guler, L., & Marquardt, C. (2015). Merger and acquisition decisions and U.S. firms’ voluntary adoption of clawback provisions in executive compensation contracts. Journal of Business, Finance, and Accounting, 42, 237-271.

Darrough, M., Guler, L., & Wang, P. (2014). Goodwill impairment losses and CEO compensation. Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Finance, 29(4), 435-463.