John M. Barrios is an associate professor at Yale School of Management (SOM). He is also a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Political Economy and the Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship groups. 

Barrios' research interests focus on the intersection of labor economics, entrepreneurship, and financial and managerial accounting. Specifically, his research has examined the areas of new business formation, culture and economic behaviors, human capital, financial reporting, regulation, managerial incentives, and corporate governance. His research has been published in leading accounting, economics and finance journals such as the Journal of Accounting Research, the Journal of Public Economics, American Economic Journal: Micro, Management Science and the Journal of Financial Economics. His research has also been covered by The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, among others.

Barrios frequently presents his research at major international conferences such as the American Economic Association or the NBER Summer Institute. Before joining Yale SOM, he served as an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Fujimori/Mou Faculty Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and as an Assistant Professor at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. 

Barrios earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Miami. During his time in the Ph.D. program, he was awarded the KPMG Scholarship from the KPMG Foundation. Additionally, he holds a Masters in Professional Accounting from the University of Miami and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.

At Yale SOM, Barrios teaches Financial Accounting and Valuation and Private Firm CFO: Accounting and Finance Startegies. Outside of academia, he enjoys reading history, politics, cooking, and wine tasting.

New Working Papers

Financializing the Professions: The Rise of Private Equity in Accounting

Measurement Matters: Financial Reporting and Productivity

Fraud at a Distance? How Remote Work Shapes Financial Misconduct

Hustling From Home? Work From Home Flexibility and Entrepreneurial Entry

The Conflict-of-Interest Discount in the Marketplace of Ideas

From Constraints to Clarity: How Regulation Shapes Investor Information Asymmetry

Spillovers from Regulatory Fragmentation: Evidence from Corporate Tax Burdens