Steven J. Kachelmeier
American academic
Steven J. Kachelmeier is the Thomas O. Hicks Endowed Chair at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. His research applies methods of experimental economics to issues in auditing, management accounting, and financial reporting.
Education and career
Kachelmeier received his B.B.A. in accounting from the University of New Mexico and Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Florida.
He began teaching at the University of Texas at Austin in 1988. His research and teaching interests include financial accounting, auditing, and experimental economics.
Kachelmeier has held the C.T. Zlatkovich Centennial Professor Chair (2003 – 2009), the Randal B. McDonald Chair (2009 – 2022) and the Thomas O. Hooks chair (2022- present) at the same university.
In 2022 he was named chair of the Accounting Department at the McCombs School of Business.
He was editor of The Accounting Review from 2008-2011.
Selected publications
Kachelmeier, Steven J., R. Alan Webb, and Michael G. Williamson. 2024.
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