Theresa Libby
Professor
Accounting and Finance
University of Waterloo
Canada
Biography
Theresa Libby, CPA, CA, is a Professor of Accounting in the School of Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. She received her PhD in 1996 from the University of Waterloo. Her research interests include the manager's use of accounting information for decision-making, the effects of budgeting processes on performance, accounting ethics and innovation in management accounting systems. She has published articles in leading accounting journals including The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, Business Ethics Quarterly and the Journal of Management Accounting Research. Dr. Libby sits on the editorial boards of Management Accounting Research and the Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change and is currently an Editor at Contemporary Accounting Research.
Research Interest
The manager's use of accounting information for decision-making, the effects of budgeting processes on performance, accounting ethics and innovation in management accounting systems
Publications
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Libby T, Salterio SE, Webb A. The balanced scorecard: The effects of assurance and process accountability on managerial judgment. The Accounting Review. 2004 Oct;79(4):1075-94.
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Libby T, Lindsay RM. Beyond budgeting or budgeting reconsidered? A survey of North-American budgeting practice. Management accounting research. 2010 Mar 31;21(1):56-75.
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Berger L, Klassen KJ, Libby T, Webb A. Complacency and giving up across repeated tournaments: Evidence from the field. Journal of Management Accounting Research. 2013 Feb;25(1):143-67.
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Guo L, Libby T, Liu XK. The effects of vertical pay dispersion: Experimental evidence in a budget setting. Contemporary Accounting Research. 2017 Mar 1;34(1):555-76.
