Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2008, Jeffrey Hales was a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin.
His research focuses primarily on investor, analyst, and manager decision making, using techniques from applied game theory, experimental economics, and psychology. Dr. Hales has published in The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Behavioral Finance, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. He currently serves on the editorial board of The Accounting Review, and he teaches financial accounting.
He is also an Editor and regular contributor for the Financial Accounting Standards Research Initiative (FASRI) blog and a regular co-host for FASRI's weekly Round Table Discussions.
During the 2009-10 academic year, Dr. Hales was a Research Fellow at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in Norwalk, CT.
Areas of SpecializationFinancial Accounting and Reporting Experimental Economics Behavioral Finance EducationPhD in Management Cornell University MS in Management Cornell University MAcc in Accountancy Brigham Young University BS in Accounting Brigham Young University | 
