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Dr Karin Shields

Positions held:

Lecturer, Department of Management

Research
Research

Research interests
- Karin’s research interests are in the areas of international accounting, financial reporting quality, gender in accounting, sustainability accounting and corporate governance.
Research Centres and Institutes
- Birkbeck Accounting and Finance Research Centre
Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching

Teaching

Accounting and Finance

Teaching modules
- Help To Grow: Management (BUBU071N0)
- Principles of Investment Management (BUMN072H7)
- Accounting Theory (BUMN132H6)
- Management Accounting (30 credits) (BUMN134S5)
- Commercial Law for Business (MOMN018H5)
Publications
Publications
Article
- Clacher, I. and Garcia Osma, B. and Scarlat, E. and Shields, Karin (2021) Do commonalities facilitate private information channels? Evidence from common gender and insider trading. Journal of Corporate Finance ISSN 0929-1199. (In Press)
- Garcia-Osma, B. and Scarlat, E. and Shields, Karin (2020) Insider trading restrictions and earnings management. Accounting and Business Research ISSN 0001-4788. (In Press)
- Shields, Karin and Clacher, I. and Zhang, Q. (2019) Negative tone in lobbying the International Accounting Standards Board. The International Journal of Accounting 54 (3), ISSN 1094-4060.