Petro Lisowsky

Petro Lisowsky is a Professor of Accounting at Boston University's Questrom School of Business and an external research affiliate with the Norwegian Center for Taxation at the Norwegian School of Economics. He previously served as Associate Professor at Boston University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and twice as Visiting Associate Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Business (Accounting) from Boston University Questrom School of Business (2008)
• Master of Accounting from the University of Michigan (2002)
• Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan (2001)

Lisowsky's research centers on U.S. and international corporate tax policy, tax reporting and disclosure mechanisms, taxation implications of organizational structures, and financial reporting practices among private companies. His work examines how tax regulations influence corporate investment, payout policies, and compliance behaviors, with particular focus on empirical analysis of tax contingencies, digitalization effects, and cross-border tax strategies. He has published extensively in top-tier accounting journals including Journal of Accounting Research and The Accounting Review.

Recent publications (2020-2024) reveal consistent emphasis on tax contingencies, digital transformation impacts on tax savings, and competitive externalities from tax reforms. His methodology typically combines large-scale financial data analysis with policy evaluation to assess real-world tax system effects.

Lisowsky has taught tax and financial accounting across undergraduate, graduate, executive, and doctoral programs. He served as academic consultant to the Internal Revenue Service (2005-2021), worked with the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Tax Analysis and Deloitte Tax LLP, and was President of the American Taxation Association (2022-2023).

He maintains active research collaboration as an external affiliate with the Norwegian Center for Taxation at the Norwegian School of Economics, focusing on international tax policy comparisons and cross-jurisdictional compliance issues.