Background

Robert Lipe joined the faculty at the University of South Carolina in the fall of 2013. He previously served as a Research Fellow at the FASB, an Academic Fellow at the SEC and a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, University of Colorado and University of Michigan. Lipe’s teaching responsibilities include master's classes in financial and managerial accounting. Lipe is a past editor of Accounting Horizons and has served the AAA in many capacities.

Research

His research focuses on financial reporting with emphasis on accounting policy issues.  

Research Publications

• "Lease Accounting Research and the G4+1 Proposal," Accounting Horizons, September 2001.
• "Fair Valuing Debt Turns Deteriorating Credit Quality into Positive Signals for Boston Chicken," Accounting Horizons, June 2002.
• "Frequently Asked Questions of a New Editor," Accounting Horizons, March 2004.

Education

• Ph.D., Accounting and Economics, University of Chicago, 1985
• MBA, University of Chicago, 1981
• B.A., Accounting, North Carolina State University, 1979