Prof Eli Amir
Eli Amir is a Professor of Accounting at London Business School since August 2003 and was Chairman of the Accounting Subject Area from August 2004 until December 2007. Before he joined London Business School, he was an Associate Professor of Accounting at Tel Aviv University’s Recanati Graduate School of Management and at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. From May 2000 to April 2003, Amir was also the Chairman of the Israel Accounting Standards Board.
Amir received his B.A. degree in Accounting and Economics from Tel Aviv University (1986) and his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley (1991). He is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel since 1987. Amir teaches courses in financial accounting, corporate financial reporting, financial statement analysis and empirical research in accounting. These courses are taught to undergraduate, masters and Ph.D. students in UK, US and Israel.
Amir’s research concentrates on equity valuation, the role of auditors in debt markets, pension asset allocation, value-relevance of financial and nonfinancial information in capital markets, reliability of accounting numbers and on the economics of accounting choice. He has published many articles in leading academic journals such as the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Economics and the Journal of Accounting Research, and has won prestigious awards for his research.
As Chairman of the Israel Accounting Standards Board, the regulatory body in charge of setting financial accounting standards in Israel, Amir led a reform in financial reporting in Israel eliminating inflation accounting and introducing International Accounting Standards on Impairment of Assets, Segment Reporting, Interim Financial Reporting, and Discontinued Operations. These new accounting procedures enhance the globalization of accounting standards in Israel.