Darren Bernard
Associate Professor of Accounting
KPMG Term Professor
Education
- PhD University of Washington (2016)
- BS University of Minnesota (2008)
Positions Held
Assistant Professor of Accounting, London Business School, 2016-2020
Certified Public Accountant, 2010
International Tax Consultant, Deloitte, 2009-2010
Selected Publications
- Private Firms and the Economic Role of Accounting: A Review of Empirical Research
- The Joint Effect of Pay Range Disclosure Width and Gender on Job Applications
- Using GPT to Measure Business Complexity
- Public Information, Relative Overconfidence, and Capital Flows
- Descriptive evidence on small business managers’ information choices
- Can executives predict how firm news maps to stock price? A field study at the onset of COVID-19
- Entry and capital structure mimicking in concentrated markets: The role of incumbents’ financial disclosures
- Implied Tradeoffs of Chief Financial Officer Accounting Expertise: Evidence from Firm-Manager Matching
- Information flows among rivals and corporate investment
- Investor Behavior and the Benefits of Direct Stock Ownership
- Size management by European private firms to minimize proprietary costs of disclosure
- Is the risk of product market predation a cost of disclosure?
Honors and Awards
Hybrid MBA Excellence in Teaching Award, 2026
Dean's Excellence Award for Graduate Teaching, 2024
PACCAR Award for Teaching Excellence, 2022
Gamble Family Award for Excellence in Case Development & Curriculum Innovation, 2022
Courses Taught
ACCTG 501 (Managerial Accounting), Winter 2026
BA 502 (Managerial Accounting), Spring 2025
