Maria Rykaczewski

Biography
Maria (Wieczynska) Rykaczewski is an assistant professor at the School of Accountancy at W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. She joined ASU in 2013. Professor Rykaczewski researches international financial reporting issues. Her projects examine the effect of regulation, enforcement, and other country-level and exchange-specific features on the quality of financial reporting and auditing. In her work, she also looks at the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with a focus on the costs and the effectiveness of implementing global reporting standards at the national level. Her research has been published in The Accounting Review and in Contemporary Accounting Research. A recent project by prof. Rykaczewski was highlighted in the Oxford Business Law Blog. In 2020, she received the Arizona CPA Foundation for Education and Innovation in Teaching Award for her teaching at ASU. Prior to joining ASU, professor Wieczynska completed her PhD at Emory University.
CV
Education
- Ph.D. Emory University 2013
- B..A. Mercer University 2008
Research Interests
- Disclosure of Financial Information in Global Capital Markets
- International Accounting
- Economic Consequences of Accounting Regulation
Publications
- “The Big Consequences of IFRS: How and When Does the Adoption of IFRS Benefit Global Accounting Firms?” (Dissertation, supervised by Grace Pownall, Emory University (The Accounting Review)
- “Deviations from the Mandatory Adoption of IFRS in the European Union: Incentives, Standards, and Compliance” with Grace Pownall, Emory University (Contemporary Accounting Research)
- “Exchange Demutualization, Firm Liquidity and Timely Loss Recognition” with Shawn Huang, Arizona State University, Min KIm, Central Connecticut State University, and Maria Vulcheva, Florida International University
- “How Badly Do Firms Want to Avoid IFRS? IFRS Adoption and Firms’ Delisting Decisions” with Elizabeth Gutierrez, Florida International University, and Maria Vulcheva, Florida International University
Courses
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ACC 502 | Financial Accounting |
ACC 588 | Professional Accounting Resrch |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ACC 588 | Professional Accounting Resrch |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ACC 502 | Finan Performance Reporting |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ACC 588 | Professional Accounting Resrch |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ACC 588 | Professional Accounting Resrch |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
ACC 588 | Professional Accounting Resrch |
Work History
Arizona State University: 2013-present.