Joshua Ronen

Joshua Ronen
OccupationsEditor, author, academic, accountant and researcher
AwardsFord Foundation ICAME Fellowship
Abacus Award
Academic background
EducationHebrew University of Jerusalem (BA, MS)
Stanford University (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineBusiness administration
InstitutionsNew York University
Doctoral studentsEric Chu

Joshua Ronen is an American accountant and academic. He is a professor of accounting at the New York University Stern School of Business, former editor of the Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance and co-editor of the Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting. He has served or is serving on the boards of numerous journals, including the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organization and Society, Management Science, and Journal of Business Research.

Ronen's research focuses on the areas of accounting, finance, economics, capital markets, corporate finance, and auditing. He has published over 150 research articles. Some of his books are Corporate Financial Information for Government Decision Making, Relevant Financial Statements, Smoothing Income Numbers: Objectives, Means, and Implications, Accounting and Financial Globalization and Earnings Management: Emerging Insights in Theory, Practice, and Research.

In 1958, 1964 and 1965, Ronen received scholarly awards from the Hebrew University for high performance.