Experts & Expertise

• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Accounting
• Equity market
• Finance

• PhD in Applied Economics (Accounting and Finance), Ghent University (2005). [PhD committee: S. Manigart (Ghent University, supervisor), M. Deloof (Antwerp University, co-supervisor), W. Buijink (Tilburg University, member), I. De Beelde (Ghent University, member), P. Joos (Baruch College - CUNY, member), N. Strong (Manchester University, member)] 
• MSc in Finance & Accounting (Elective), Manchester University (2002)
• Master in Applied Economics, Ghent University (1999)
• Bachelor in Applied Economics, Ghent University (1997)

Current and previous positions

• Oct. 2005 - present: Assistant Professor of Accounting, Tilburg University
• Jan. 2002 - Sept. 2005: Research Fellow of FWO (Fonds voor WetenschappelijkOnderzoek) Grant (G.0012.12), Ghent University
• Jan. 2002 - Apr. 2002: Marie Curie Fellow, Manchester University, UK
• Sept. 2001 - Dec. 2001: Research fellow at Vlerick Leuven - Ghent management School
• Sept. 1999 - Aug. 2001: Teaching assistant, Ghent University, Department of Corporate Finance

Grants, Honors & Fellowships

• Best Bachelor Course Award, Tilburg University, 2007, 'Academic Skills in Accounting' (course coordinator)
• Research Fellow of FWO Grant (G.0012.12)
• Marie Curie Fellow, European Research Scholarship at Manchester University
• 'Merton H. Miller' Doctoral Seminar Fellow, EFMA, Basel - Switserland, 2004.
• Doctoral Seminar Fellow, FMA, Dublin - Ireland, 2003.

Paper presentations on International Conferences & Meetings (Submitted Work)

American Accounting Association, 2009 (New York), Corporate Finance Day, 2009 (Antwerp),  European Accounting Association Annual Conference, 2009 (Tampere), Lessius Conference, 2009 (Antwerp), CARE Conference, 2008 (London), ARRN Conference, 2007 (Leuven), London Business School Accounting Symposium, 2007 (London), ESRC/CAIR Conference, 2007 (Manchester), European Accounting Association Annual Conference, 2007 (Lisbon), American Accounting Association, 2005 (San Francisco), European Accounting Association, 2005 (Götheborg), Belgian Financial Research Forum, 2005 (Antwerp), European Financial Management Association, 2004 (Basel), Financial Management Association, 2004 (Zurich), European Accounting Association, 2004 (Prague), Accounting Research Workshop, 2003 (Amsterdam), European Financial Management Association, 2003 (Helsinki), Financial Management Association, 2003 (Dublin), Doctoral Workshop in Accounting, 2003 (Leuven), EIASM Conference on Financial Reporting and Reg. Practices in Europe, 2003 (Ile Rousse), European Accounting Association, 2003 (Seville), Corporate Finance Conference, 2002, (Antwerp), European Accounting Association, 2002 (Copenhagen), RENT Conference, 2000 (Prague), European Small Business Seminar, 2000 (Ghent).

Paper presentations (On invitation)

• University of Mannheim, "Multinational Income Shifting, Corporate Governance and Firm Value", November 4 2009 
• Maastricht University, "Mandatory IFRS reporting and stock price informativeness", February 18 2009  
• Center for Accounting Research (CARE) Conference, Chicago GSB London Faculty, May 29-31 2008
• Erasmus University Rotterdam, "Business groups, taxes and accruals management", (joint work with M. Deloof), November 28 2006.
• IGMO, Gent (Belgium), "Financiele stakeholders en kwaliteit van externe verslaggeving (in Dutch)", December 20 2005.
• Graydon Seminar (Antwerp), "Accounting Cosmetics: creativiteit of criminaliteit?" April 26 2005.
• Tilburg University, "Business groups, taxes and accruals management", (joint work with M. Deloof), March 24, 2005.
• Finance & Accounting Conference (Brussels), CxOnet, "Recent trends in SME financing", June 17, 2004.
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, "Private Equity and Earnings Quality", (joint work with M. Deloof and S. Manigart), April 16 2004.
• Financial Business Days (Brussels), "Defining Earnings Quality", Financial Management Forum for Executives, December 13 2003.
• Antwerp University, "Earnings Management in a Tax-biased and Creditor-Oriented Institutional Setting", September 22 2002.
• University of Manchester, "Earnings Management in a Tax-biased and Creditor-Oriented Institutional Setting", Faculty Seminar, March 19 2002.

C.A.C. (Christof) Beuselinck teaches the following subjects:

• Accounting: Academic Skills (324023) Further information
• Intermediate Management Accounting (324223) Further information
• Accounting 2: Management Accounting for IB (324225) Further information
• Business Administration (400001) Further information
• Accounting 2 for IBA (30J206) Further information

2007 - present : INTACCT Fellow

2006 - present : Member of Review Board, Wolters Plantyn educational publications in Accounting and Corporate Finance

2005 - present : Ad hoc referee for  Review of Accounting Studies, European Accounting Review,Small Business Economics, Business Research, Oxford University Press, McGraw Hill

1999 - 2005 : Member of various University Commissions (educational, ITS and library)

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