Karthik Ramanna

University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

Professor

Radcliffe Observatory Quarter

Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6GG

United Kingdom

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1.

Why do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 09-102
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Aug 2009
Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Ohio State University
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IFRS, international accounting, harmonization

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The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization

Accounting, Economics and Law 3, No. 2 (April 2013), Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 11-132
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 02 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 08 May 2013
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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accounting standards, globalization, IASB, IFRS, politics

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Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4740-09, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 09-137, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business Working Paper No. 09-22
Number of pages: 126 Posted: 03 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2010
S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna and Douglas J. Skinner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Evidence on the Use of Unverifiable Estimates in Required Goodwill Impairment

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2012, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 09-106
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 May 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jun 2012
Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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agency theory, goodwill impairment, fair-value accounting, FASB, SFAS 142

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Network Effects in Countries’ Adoption of IFRS

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Network Effects in Countries’ Adoption of IFRS

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 10-092
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2013
Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Ohio State University
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Network Effects in Countries’ Adoption of IFRS

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 06 Feb 2014
Karthik Ramanna and Ewa Sletten
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Ohio State University

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diffusion, IASB, IFRS, international trade, network effects

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How to Fix ESG Reporting

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 22-005, CeCAR Working Paper Series No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2021
Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna
Harvard Business School and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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Evidence on the Effects of Unverifiable Fair-Value Accounting

Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 08-014
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 08 Sep 2007
Karthik Ramanna and Ross L. Watts
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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goodwill impairment, fair-value accounting, SFAS 142

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Auditor Lobbying on Accounting Standards

Journal of Law, Finance & Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2018
Abigail M. Allen, Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury
Brigham Young University - Marriott School, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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Auditors, FASB, GAAP, Lobbying, Litigation

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Towards an Understanding of the Role of Standard Setters in Standard Setting

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 10-105
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 29 May 2010 Last Revised: 25 May 2012
Abigail M. Allen and Karthik Ramanna
Brigham Young University - Marriott School and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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accounting, FASB, politics, relevance, reliability, standard setting

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A Framework for Research on Corporate Accountability Reporting

Accounting Horizons 26, No. 2 (June 2013), Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 12-021
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 08 May 2013
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-Value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting

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The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-Value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting

MIT Sloan School of Management Research Paper
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 13 Mar 2006
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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Accounting, fair values, politics, standard setting

The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-Value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Posted: 01 Dec 2007
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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accounting standard setting, fair values, politics, SFAS 142

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Managers and Market Capitalism

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 13-075, Harvard Business School Strategy Unit Working Paper No. 13-075, Harvard Business School General Management Unit Working Paper No. 13-075
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2013
Rebecca M. Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
Harvard Business School and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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Accounting for Carbon Offsets – Establishing the Foundation for Carbon-Trading Markets

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Accounting for Carbon Offsets – Establishing the Foundation for Carbon-Trading Markets

Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative Precourt Institute for Energy, February 2023, BSG Working Paper No. BSG-WP-2023/051 , Harvard Business School Research Paper No. 23-050
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Feb 2023
Robert S. Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna and Marc Roston
Harvard Business School, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Stanford University - Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance
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Accounting for Carbon Offsets – Establishing the Foundation for Carbon-Trading Markets

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 23-050
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Mar 2023
Robert S. Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna and Marc Roston
Harvard Business School, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Stanford University - Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance
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Carbon Offsetting; Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Corporate Accountability

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Is the SEC Captured? Evidence from Comment-Letter Reviews

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 17-087, Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2018
Jonas Heese, Mozaffar Khan, Mozaffar Khan and Karthik Ramanna
Harvard University - Business School (HBS), University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of ManagementCauseway Capital Management, LLC and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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comment letters, political connections, regulatory capture, SEC enforcement

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Elections and Discretionary Accruals: Evidence from 2004

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 09-103
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2010
Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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accounting information, accruals management, campaign contributions, discretionary accruals, earnings management, election outcomes, political currency, political economy, political process

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Return on Political Investment in the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 15-050
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 14 Dec 2014
Hui Chen, Katherine Gunny and Karthik Ramanna
University of Zurich, University of Colorado at Denver and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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lobbying, multinationals, repatriations, returns, taxes

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Unreliable Accounts: How Regulators Fabricate Conceptual Narratives to Diffuse Criticism

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 14 Aug 2018
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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Capital Markets, Fair-Value Accounting, FASB, Regulatory Capture

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Political Standards: Accounting for Legitimacy

University of Chicago Press, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 14 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2015
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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Capture and Competition

Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR-16-13
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Nov 2016
Sudarshan Jayaraman, Sudarshan Jayaraman, S.P. Kothari and Karthik Ramanna
Simon Business School, University of RochesterUniversity of Rochester - Simon Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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Regulatory Capture, Product Market Competition, Inversions

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Should America Still Believe in Free Markets?

The American Interest, July 2020 (Essays). https://www.the-american-interest.com/2020/07/06/should-america-still-believe-in-free-markets/.
Posted: 22 Sep 2020
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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Friedman at 50: Is It Still the Social Responsibility of Business to Increase Profits?

California Management Review, (May 2020) Volume: 62 issue: 3: 28-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/0008125620914994.
Posted: 21 Sep 2020
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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business and society, business schools, corporate social responsibility, governance, lobbying

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When the Crowd Fights Corruption

Harvard Business Review, Vol. 91, No. 1/2, 2013, Harvard Business School Research Paper
Posted: 10 May 2013
Paul M. Healy and Karthik Ramanna
Harvard Business School and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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corruption, emerging economies, Crime and Corruption, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Globalization, Russia, Georgia (nation, Asia), India

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Why 'Fair Value' is the Rule: How a Controversial Accounting Approach Gained Support

Harvard Business Review, Vol. 91, No. 3, 2013, Harvard Business School Research Paper
Posted: 10 May 2013
Karthik Ramanna
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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Fair Value, FASB, finance, politics, Accounting, Fair Value Accounting, Financial History, Financial Reporting, Accounting Industry, Financial Services Industry, United States

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Caijing Magazine (B)

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 112-049
Posted: 09 May 2012
Karthik Ramanna and G. A. Donovan
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Asia Pacific Research Center

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Caijing Magazine (A)

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 112-028
Posted: 07 May 2012
Karthik Ramanna and G. A. Donovan
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Asia Pacific Research Center

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Managers and Market Capitalism, Module Note

Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Case No. 112-043
Posted: 25 Mar 2012
Rebecca M. Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government

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China or the World? A Financial Reporting Strategy for Hong Kong's Capital Markets

Harvard Business School BGIE Unit Case No. 112-035
Posted: 01 Mar 2012
Karthik Ramanna, Gwen Yu and G. A. Donovan
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, University of Michigan and Asia Pacific Research Center

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Deferred Tax Assets in Basel III: Lessons from Japan

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 111-076
Posted: 28 Feb 2012
David F. Hawkins, Karthik Ramanna, Nobuo Sato and Mayuka Yamazaki
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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The IASB at a Crossroads: The Future of International Financial Reporting Standards

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 111-084
Posted: 18 Feb 2012
Karthik Ramanna, Karol Misztal and Daniela Beyersdorfer
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, Harvard University - Business School (HBS) and Harvard Business School, Europe Research Center

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Leadership in Corporate Reporting Policy at Tata Steel

Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Case No. 111-028
Posted: 10 Feb 2012
Karthik Ramanna and Rachna Tahilyani
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Harvard Business School, India Research Center

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Urban Water Partners (B)

HBS Case No. 111-029, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit
Posted: 01 Dec 2010
Karthik Ramanna, George Serafeim and Aldo Sesia
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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Urban Water Partners (A)

HBS Case No. 111-016, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit
Posted: 01 Dec 2010
Karthik Ramanna, George Serafeim and Aldo Sesia
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, Harvard Business School and Harvard Business School

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IFRS in China

HBS Case No. 110-037, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit
Posted: 19 May 2010
Karthik Ramanna, G. A. Donovan and Nancy Dai
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government, Asia Pacific Research Center and Harvard Business School, Asia Pacific Research Center

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Choosing a GAAP for Canada

HBS Case No. 110-023, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit
Posted: 14 Nov 2009
Karthik Ramanna and Beiting Cheng
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Harvard University - Harvard Business School

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