Barbara Su

Barbara Su is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University. Her research focuses on financial institutions, debt markets, and the quality of financial reporting, with a particular emphasis on litigation-related strategic disclosures and banking practices. She teaches undergraduate courses in intermediate accounting and accounting analytics.

Her research investigates how banking regulations, auditor litigation risks, and CEO legal expertise influence corporate borrowing, financial reporting transparency, and strategic disclosures. Key themes include cross-selling practices in banking, efficiency ratio disclosures, and the impact of subsidiary accounting quality on capital allocation.

Recent publications analyze topics such as banking deregulation’s effect on corporate risk-taking and the relationship between auditor litigation risk and clients’ access to bank debt. Her work has been featured in journals like Contemporary Accounting Research and Review of Accounting Studies.

Barbara Su has no listed scientific awards or grants, but her contributions to accounting research are recognized through her prolific publication record. She advises no students in the provided data but actively engages in academic discourse on financial reporting and corporate governance.