Professor Elizabeth Blankespoor’s research broadly focuses on financial reporting and corporate disclosure. Within this area, her recent work examines the determinants of corporate disclosure and the role of information processing costs, the impact of changes in information technology on the flow of financial information, and the use of fair values in financial reporting.

Elizabeth Blankespoor joined the Stanford Graduate School of Business as an Assistant Professor of Accounting in July 2012. Her research focuses on the determinants of financial reporting and corporate disclosure choice, as well as the implications of these choices for capital market participants, regulators, and the flow of financial information. Her recent work examines the role of information processing costs in firm disclosure choice, the impact of changes in information technology on financial information flow, and the use of fair values in financial reporting.

Professor Blankespoor received her PhD in Accounting from the University of Michigan. Prior to her graduate studies at the University of Michigan, she was a Senior Auditor with Ernst and Young in Salt Lake City, Utah. She also earned a BA in Accounting and Information Systems from Dordt College and a Master's degree in Accounting from the University of Utah.