Mary Ellen Carter Associate Professor Carroll School of Management Boston College E-Mail: maryellen.carter@bc.edu Phone: (617) 552-2144

Mary Ellen Carter has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Babson College, an MBA from Boston College, and a Ph.D. from the Sloan School of Management at MIT.  Before joining the faculty at Boston College, she was an assistant professor at the Columbia Business School of Columbia University and at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.  She is a CPA and, prior to her academic career, she worked for Coopers & Lybrand in Boston as a senior associate on the audit staff. Professor Carter studies the effects of financial reporting and regulation on incentives and executive compensation.  Her recent research includes investigations of the effect of stock-option repricing on employee turnover, the role of accounting and tax rules in shaping executive compensation, and the influence of consultants on CEO pay.  Her research has been published in leading academic journals and has been featured in Forbes and other business media.

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TEACHING:

MA 301 Fall 2008

MA 701 Fall 2008