Ray J. Ball

Ray Ball is an accounting researcher and Sidney Davidson Professor at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He was a 2009 inductee into the Accounting Hall of Fame, in recognition of his contributions to the field.
He is an editor of the Journal of Accounting Research, one of the top journals in accounting research.
He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a bachelor's degree in accounting. In 1968 and 1972 he received MBA and Ph.D. degrees from University of Chicago.