Thomas Rauter
Associate Professor of Accounting
Consumers Say They Care about ESG, but Don’t Spend Like They Do
After learning about a company’s ESG activities, shoppers made only small and temporary adjustments to their buying habits.
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Biography
Thomas Rauter is an Associate Professor of Accounting at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He conducts research on issues of corporate transparency and regulation, with a particular focus on emerging/international markets and ESG. His research has been published in various top academic journals, such as the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, and the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. At Booth, Rauter teaches Advanced Financial Analysis and Valuation for Global Firms as well as Financial Accounting.
Rauter joined Chicago Booth as an Assistant Professor of Accounting in 2018. He holds a PhD from WU Vienna (Austria), an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (UK), and a BSc in Business Economics from the University of Mannheim (Germany). Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked in the asset and insurance solutions groups at Morgan Stanley and in the investment banking division at Citi.
Outside of academia, Thomas enjoys tennis, skiing, playing with his two daughters, and cooking with his wife.
2024 - 2025 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 30131 | Advanced Financial Analysis and Valuation for Global Firms | 2025 (Spring) |
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Skilled Workers Prefer Environmentally Conscious Companies
In Brazil, ESG policies boosted wages but also expanded income gaps.
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How a US Anti-Corruption Law Boosted Economic Growth in Rural Africa
Increased enforcement of a decades-old statute had far-flung positive consequences.
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