Geoffrey (Geoff) Meeks (born 1949) is a British accounting scholar and Professor of

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at the

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, known for his work "Accounting standards and the economics of standards."

Biography

Meeks obtained his BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge in 1971Curriculum Vitae: Geoff Meeks : University of Cambridge, Judge Business School
at jbs.cam.ac.uk. Accessed 12-03-2015. and a Ph.D. in Accounting and Economics from the University of Edinburgh in 1975 Meeks started his career as accountant trainee in

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in 1971. From 1972 to 1975 he was Research Associate at the University of Edinburgh, Department of Accounting and Business Method. In 1975 he moved to the University of Cambridge, where he started as Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and became Research Officer at the Department of Applied Economics. At Cambridge he was Assistant Director of Research and Director of Graduate Studies of the Economics Faculty from 1975 to 1990. In 1990 he was appointed University Lecturer in Accounting, and became Senior Lecturer, and since 2003 Professor of Financial Accounting. Meeks was Acting

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of the University's

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from 2010 to 2011. He has held visiting positions at Harvard Business School,

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, and

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. He is a member of the Academic Panel of the

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Work

Meeks accounting research is at the intersection of economics and accounting. He has been among the first to: * construct large electronic databases of company financial statements, and deploy them to answer questions from industrial and financial economics * marry macroeconomic models with models of company accounts * exploit economic cost-benefit analysis to assess the efficient level of accounting regulation. Recurrent themes have included dysfunctional takeover and inefficient insolvency. Early work reported the disappointing financial results of the average takeover; then sought explanations of these results in systems of directors' pay, and in directors' misinforming shareholders. On insolvency, he has analysed the role of exogenous macroeconomic shocks and of accounting valuation conventions in distorting the process of company failure. Meeks has been heavily involved in the adoption by Cambridge of taught Masters courses; and has been founding director or co-founder of the Cambridge MPhil in Economics, MPhil in Finance, and Master of Finance programmes.Simon Taylor.
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Selected publications

* Simpson, D., Meeks, G., Klumpes, P., & Andrews, P. (2000). ''Some cost-benefit issues in financial regulation.'' London: Financial Services Authority. Articles, a selection: * Botsari, Antonia, and Geoff Meeks. "Do acquirers manage earnings prior to a share for share bid?." ''Journal of Business Finance & Accounting'' 35.5‐6 (2008): 633-670. * Meeks, Geoff, and GM Peter Swann. "Accounting standards and the economics of standards." ''Accounting and Business Research'' 39.3 (2009): 191-210.

References

External links

Cambridge Judge Business School : Geoff Meeks
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meeks, Geoff 1949 births Living people British accountants British economists Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Cambridge Academics of the University of Edinburgh