PETER FRANCIS POPE

Peter F. Pope is Full Professor of Accounting at Bocconi University and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to joining Bocconi, he held positions as full professor at LSE, Cass (now Bayes) Business School in London, Lancaster Management School and Strathclyde Business School; and as visiting professor at international universities including Chinese University Hong Kong, New York University, Monash University and University of California (Berkeley). He holds PhD and MA degrees from Lancaster University and a BCom degree from Liverpool University. In 2024 he received the Anthony G. Hopwood Award for Academic Leadership from the European Accounting Association.

He has published extensively in leading accounting, finance and management journals including The Journal of Finance, The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Accounting Studies, Contemporary Accounting Research and Strategic Management Journal. I am a Senior Editor of Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.

He has served as the Academic Coordinator of the Institute of Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) since 1991 and as a consultant in the investment management industry.

My research focuses on capital markets and international equity valuation, with particular reference to the role of fundamentals in pricing and the analysis of securities risk.