Henry Friedman

Professor of Accounting, UCLA Anderson School of Management

Henry Friedman is a professor of accounting. His research relates broadly to how information is produced and used in firms and capital markets. Using theoretical models and archival data, he studies issues involving corporate governance, regulation, disclosure, lobbying, investor preferences for corporate social responsibility, audit quality and non-audit services, executive compensation, entrepreneurship and common ownership. His research has been published widely in accounting, finance and management journals. He currently serves as an editor at the Review of Accounting Studies and the Journal of Financial Reporting, and on the editorial board of the Accounting Review. He previously served as an associate editor at Management Science.

At UCLA Anderson, Friedman teaches core financial accounting, runs an online pre-term course to help entering students prepare for their first-year accounting class, and co-teaches an elective on sustainability and ESG. Friedman previously taught at Wharton (core managerial accounting) and MIT (core financial accounting).