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Alon Kalay is an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting Information Systems at the Eli Broad College of Business. He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago in 2011. His previous experience includes a position at Columbia Business School where he taught financial accounting in the MBA program. Prior to earning his MBA from the Wharton School of Business, he obtained a B.A. in Economics and Management from Tel Aviv University. Alon has practiced corporate finance at McKinsey & Company. His research focuses on the implications of information processing costs on corporate disclosure and earnings in capital markets, with papers published in leading journals such as the Accounting Review and Management Science. His teaching includes courses like Analyzing Financial Reporting Decisions in the M.S. Accounting program. Alon has received several accolades for his research and teaching, including the Columbia Business School Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2016 and a Reviewer Award from the Review of Accounting Studies in 2018.
Michigan State University • East Lansing, MI
Teaching financial accounting and researching information processing in corporate settings.
Columbia Business School • New York, NY
Taught financial accounting in the MBA program.
Department of Psychology