Thomas Steffen

Thomas Steffen is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Yale University's School of Management. His research focuses on CEOs, financial regulation, and financial reporting, with an emphasis on CEO integrity, managers' disclosures, and information intermediaries within capital markets. His current projects explore CEO leadership attributes, narrative economics, non-GAAP earnings, and identifying CEO characteristics through shareholder communications. Prior to joining Yale, he completed his doctoral studies at Duke University and earned master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Brigham Young University.

Thomas Steffen is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Yale University, specializing in Accounting, Capital Markets, and Disclosure. His research explores the interplay between financial reporting practices and market dynamics, focusing on how disclosure policies influence investor behavior and corporate governance. Steffen's work examines the economic implications of non-GAAP disclosures, the informational role of earnings communications, and the impact of regulatory frameworks on financial transparency. His studies also address the ethical dimensions of corporate behavior, such as the morality of tax avoidance and the influence of manager-analyst interactions. Through empirical analyses, he contributes to understanding the informational asymmetry effects of financial disclosures and their broader economic consequences.