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Prof. Albert Mensah

Assistant Professor - Accounting and Management Control

Albert teaches the Financial Accounting course on the MBA program and has been included on Poets&Quants' list of "Top 10 MBA Professors to Watch in 2022," as well as Poets&Quants' list of "2023 Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors." 

As regards his research activities, Albert conducts archival financial empirical research, investigating: (i) how firms' mandatory reporting and/or disclosure policies affect the decision-making behavior of capital market participants; (ii) how anti-corruption laws that seek to limit the influence of money in politics affect the behavior of firms and politicians; (iii) how capital market participants (e.g., investors [including asset managers], creditors, analysts, suppliers) are making use of alternative sources of financial data (e.g., big data) in their decision-making; (iv) how machine learning tools can help flag firms that are likely suspects of earnings manipulation; and (v) how discrimination in the mortgage lending market can be alleviated. 

Away from research, he is a tennis fanatic.

Last Articles

This is a Hold-up: When Banks Profit from Borrowers' Troubles

Research by Mensah, Paugam and Stolowy of HEC Paris reveals how banks exploit corporate scandals triggered by short sellers, charging unjustified rate hikes when firms are most vulnerable. 

Albert Mensah, Luc Paugam, Hervé Stolowy

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