Sandra Schafhäutle

Sandra Schafhäutle
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting

Contact Information

  • office Address:

    1309 Steinberg Hall - Dietrich Hall
    3620 Locust Walk
    Philadelphia, PA 19104

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Overview

Sandra (Gabriele) Schafhäutle’s research primarily focuses on the use of information in capital markets, corporate disclosure, and transparency and disclosure incentives. She has a special and developing interest in topics that lie at the intersection of accounting and environmental economics.

Professor Schafhäutle teaches Accounting and Financial Reporting. She conducted her doctoral studies at University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Business School. During her Ph.D., she held a one-year non-degree visiting Ph.D. position at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.

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Research

Research Interests: corporate disclosure, alternative data and investor information processing, regulation, the intersection of accounting and environmental economics.

Teaching

Current Courses (Fall 2023)

  • ACCT1010 - Acct & Financial Report

    This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and standards underlying financial accounting systems. Several important concepts will be studied in detail, including: revenue recognition, inventory, long-lived assets, present value, and long term liabilities. The course emphasizes the construction of the basic financial accounting statements - the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement - as well as their interpretation.

    ACCT1010007 ( Syllabus )

    ACCT1010008 ( Syllabus )

All Courses

  • ACCT1010 - Acct & Financial Report

    This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and standards underlying financial accounting systems. Several important concepts will be studied in detail, including: revenue recognition, inventory, long-lived assets, present value, and long term liabilities. The course emphasizes the construction of the basic financial accounting statements - the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement - as well as their interpretation.