Lale Guler
Full-Time Faculty
Clinical Professor
Accounting
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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.