Biography

Dr. Akram Khalilov is an Assistant Professor in Financial Accounting at BI Norwegian Business School (Oslo, Norway). He joined BI in September 2020.

He holds a PhD in Business and Finance from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), where he also completed his MSc in Business and Quantitative Methods. During his doctoral studies, he was a visiting scholar at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Dr. Khalilov has also been a Visiting Researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics. He obtained his BA in Economics from the American University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).

His research focuses on financial reporting and corporate behavior, with particular emphasis on earnings quality, corporate disclosures, and the political economy of accounting. His recent work also explores corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firms’ responses to external shocks and regulatory environments.

Selected Publications

•  (2025) Bridging the Gap: A Study of Government Suppliers Reporting Practices (with Tobias Witter), Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
• (2025) Demand-driven Corporate Social Responsibility: Symbolic versus Substantive Change after Environmental Disasters (with J.M. Garcia-Lara et al.), Journal of Corporate Finance
• (2025) Informational and Cushioning Properties of Conservative Balance Sheets: A Study of Crises Resilience, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
• (2025) Directors’ Bankruptcy Experience and Financial Reporting Choices (with I. Gazizova and B. Garcia Osma), Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
• (2020) Accounting Conservatism and the Profitability of Corporate Insiders (with B. Garcia Osma), Journal of Business Finance and Accounting