Welcome to the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics.

The department was created in September 2007 when the Cardiff School of Management under went a reorganisation. The name reflects the three areas of interest within the department:

• Accounting refers to the traditional areas of accountancy such as financial, accounting, management accounting, financial management, audit and taxation but also includes the wider notions of accountability and governance.

• Economics is a social science and the department has wide interests incorporating, both heterodox and mainstream, and covering areas such as the social economy, local governance, regional growth disparities, international monetary economics and entrepreneurship.

• Finance studies the interrelated concepts of time, money and risk, and studies banks and other financial institutions together with the provision of credit which is particularly relevant in the context of the current ‘credit crunch’.

We pride ourselves on combining a very supportive learning & teaching environment for our students with our research interests which include ethics and accounting, taxation, accountability in higher education, the economics of devolution, herd behaviour in markets, green economics and co-operatives.