Vedran CAPKUN

Professor

Accounting and Management Control

capkun@hec.fr
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Biography

Vedran Capkun is a Professor at HEC Paris, member of the Department of Accounting and Management Control, the Department of Law and Tax, GREGHEC CNRS-HEC Research Lab, and Hi! Paris Center. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland in 2006, and his HDR (Habilitation à diriger des recherches) from the University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne, France in 2013. 

His centers of interests cover the areas of Accounting, Law and Economics. His research has been published in the International Journal of Operations and Productions Management, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, IEEE Security & Privacy, the Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Accounting, Organizations, and Society, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, European Accounting Review, The Journal of Law and Economics, The Accounting Review, and Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. He is a member of the Association Francophone de Comptabilité (AFC), European Accounting Association (EAA), American Accounting Association (AAA), American Law and Economics Association (ALEA), and Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS).

He teaches in the MBA, EMBA, and Grande Ecole programs of HEC Paris.

Scientific articles

Value Destruction in the New Era of Chapter 11

Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, April 2013, vol. 29, n° 2, pp 461-483, (in coll. with B. ADLER, L. WEISS)

Service Specialization and Operational Performance in Hospitals

International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2012, vol. 32, n° 4, pp 468-495, (in coll. with M. MESSNER, C. Rissbacher)

On the relationship between inventory and financial performance in manufacturing companies

International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2009, vol. 29, n° 7-8, pp 789-806, (in coll. with A. Hammeri, L. Weiss)

Chapters in edited books

Working papers

Scientific articles

The Effects of IFRS Adoption on Observed Earnings Smoothing Properties: The Confounding Effects of Changes in TimelyGain and Loss Recognition

European Accounting Review, 2018, vol. 27, n° 5, pp 797-815, (in coll. with D. W. COLLINS)

The Effect of IAS/IFRS Adoption on Earnings Management (Smoothing): A Closer Look at Competing Explanations

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, July-August 2016, vol. 35, n° 4, pp 352–394, (in coll. with D. W. COLLINS, T. JEANJEAN)

An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Audit and Auditor Characteristics on Audit Performance

Accounting, Organizations and Society, October 2014, vol. 39, n° 7, pp 495-510, (in coll. with W. ALISSA, T. JEANJEAN, N. SUCA)

Is Bitcoin a Decentralized Currency ?

IEEE Security & Privacy, May-June 2014, vol. 12, n° 3, pp 54-60, (in coll. with A. GERVAIS, G. O. KARAME)

Chapters in edited books

Working papers

Education

  • Habilitation a diriger des recherches (HDR), Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne - France
  • Ph.D. in Economics, Université de Lausanne - Switzerland
  • Master of Science in Banking and Finance, Université de Lausanne - Switzerland
  • University Diploma in Finance and Accounting, University of Split, Faculty of Economics - Croatia

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2023- Professor, Accounting and Management Control HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member, Association Francophone de Comptabilite (AFC)
  • Member, European Accounting Association (EAA)
  • Member, American Accounting Association (AAA)
  • Member, American Law Economics Association (ALEA)
  • Member, Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS)
  • Member, American Finance Association (AFA)