Dr. Gerardo Pérez Cavazos

Associate Professor

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Biography

Professor Gerardo Pérez Cavazos’s research primarily focuses on themes related to information in customer-supplier relationships and corporate misconduct, compliance, and monitoring, including employee whistleblowing. His work has been published in top academic journals such as Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Journal of Financial Economics. He earned his PhD in Accounting and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Before joining Rady School of Management, he served as an Assistant Professor in Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked on various articles related to the impacts of integrity pledges by executives on financial reporting, workplace safety violations, and the effects of local newspaper closures on corporate misconduct. His research interests highlight the significance of corporate governance and the impacts of supply chain information.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

Harvard Business School • Cambridge, MA

Taught courses in Business Administration and conducted research in accounting.

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).