Department of Accounting

Preparing experts in the area of planning and supervision of financial and accounting affairs for private and public institutions is the main aim of the Department of Accounting. The country's critical need for financial, accounting and auditing experts, the importance of precise control of income and expenditures and also designing and executing advanced accounting models are some of the reasons for which this field of study was established at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad.

The Master's programs for accounting and auditing were established in 2004. The main aim of these programs is to train experts for teaching the Accounting Science in educational and research institutions.

The Ph.D. program has been established in 2013 to prepare highly motivated experts needed by institutions of higher education and research organizations.More

Head of the Department of Accounting
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Reza Hesarzadeh
Associate Professor
Department of Accounting
Hesarzadeh@um.ac.ir
 +985138805325

Concentration areas offered by the Department of Accounting
 Areas Bachelor's Master's  Ph.D
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Academic staff

Mohammad Reza Abbaszadeh
Associate Professor
Mohammad Ali Bagherpour Velashani
Associate Professor
Reza Hesarzadeh
Associate Professor
Behzad Kardan
Assistant Professor
Mahmoud Lari Dashtbayaz
Associate Professor
Mahdi Moradi
Professor
Farzaneh Nassir Zadeh
Associate Professor
Mohammad Javad Saei
Assistant Professor
Mahdi Salehi
Associate Professor
Mohammad Hossein Vadiei Nowghabi
Associate Professor

Research

Recent journal articles

Sharifi Khaksari, N., Hesarzadeh, R., Lari Dashtbayaz, M. (2025). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Professional Scepticism. Australian Accounting Review, 35 (1), 49-68.
Salehi, M. (2025). The relationship between financial statement comparability and accounting conditional and unconditional conservatism. Asian Journal of Accounting Research, 0 (0), 1-20.
Salehi, M. (2025). The effect of using information technology on corporate resilience in the face of tension-causing factors within companies. Competitiveness Review, 0 (0), 1-20.
Salehi, M. (2025). The Effect of Financial Statement Readability on Audit Report Readability. International Journal of Finance and Managerial Accounting, 10 (3), 215-231.
Salehi, M. (2025). Role of mineral resource rents, renewable energy, and energy efficiency toward carbon neutrality in China. Energy Nexus, 17 (2), 1-12.
Pourrabbi, M., Salehi, M., & Moradi, M. (2025). Evaluating blockchain’s impact on financial reporting: opportunities and threats in fintech’s input, processing, and output phases. Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change, 0 (0), 10-36.
Salehi, M. (2025). Influences of Financial Development and Energy Price on Renewable Energy: An Italian Case. Energy Engineering, 122 (1), 1-22.
Salehi, M. (2025). The impact of metaverse on company sustainability. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 0 (0), 1-18.
Salehi, M. (2025). The Impact of COVID-19 on the Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): The Mediating Role of Intellectual Capital, Organizational Atmosphere, and Innovation Culture. Sustainability, 17 (1), 1-18.
Hour, Z., Nassirzadeh, F., & Tavakolishandiz, M. (2025). Navigating the web of corporate dealings: related-party transactions, earnings management, and audit committee oversight. Business Economics, 60 (2), 99-115.
Tileal, M., Nassirzadeh, F. (2025). Impact of state ownership on labour cost stickiness across strategic and non-strategic industries in developing economies. Journal of Economic Studies, 52 (7), 1371-1386.
Ahmadi, A., Nassirzadeh, F. (2025). Developing a Grey Wolf Optimization-Based Gray Box Model for Cash Flow Forecasting: A Study on Tehran Stock Exchange Companies. International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, 24 (5), 1435-1458.
Hesarzadeh, R. (2025). Unintended environmental sustainability ramifications of US sanctions. International Political Science Review, (), -.
Pouryousof, A., Nassirzadeh, F. (2025). Unravelling the complex link between managers’ disclosure of abnormal tone and opportunistic behaviour. European Research on Management and Business Economics, 31 (2), 100277-9.
Keyvani, F., Nassirzadeh, F. (2025). A Hybrid Forecasting Model for Stock Price Prediction: The Case of Iranian Listed Companies. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 18 (5), 281-303.
Lari Dashtbayaz, M., Rezazadeh, Z., & Safdel, T. (2025). Abnormal Audit Profits or Costs and Factors Affecting Audit Fees. Journal of Business,Communication and Technology, 24 (51), 21-39.
Oradi, J., & Hesarzadeh, R. (2025). Do female audit partners matter for audit quality? Evidence from Iran. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 59 (2), 100706-100716.
Nassirzadeh, F., Pourakbari, K. (2025). Customer concentration and corporate social responsibility: The impact of government and foreign customers on CSR reporting. Sustainable Futures, 9 (9), 100681-100699.
Bakhshani, S., & Bagherpour Velashani, M. (2025). Knowledge sharing and audit quality: influential factors and effects. Journal of Facilities Management, (), -.
Albader, K., Abbaszadeh, M., & Hesarzadeh, R. (2025). The role of organizational managers in using forensic accounting services to detect and prevent fraud: A case study in Iran and Iraq. Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government, 23 (2), 243-272.
Emarati, S., Nassirzadeh, F. (2025). Political connections and earnings management in emerging markets – new evidence. Review of Behavioral Finance, 17 (5), 785-806.
Soleiymani Toroghi, H., Nassirzadeh, F. (2025). Boardroom psychology and stock price crash risk: the mitigating role of corporate governance. Journal of Economic Studies, (), -.
Salehi, M., Grzegorz Zimon, Fahimifard, S., & Dominik Zimon (2025). The impact of clean and low-carbon energy consumption on financial performance: Evidence from non-financial companies listed on the Tehran stock exchange. Energy Nexus, 0 (0), 1-22.
Adibian, M., Saeid Homayoun, Arminkia, A., & Salehi, M. (2025). A Comparative Analysis of National Energy Performance and Its Impact on ESG Disclosures in U.S. and European Companies. Business Strategy and Development, 8 (3), 1-23.
Jasim Idan Barrak, Hussen Amran Naji Al-refiay, Abdulrasool Abdulabbas Sahib Alselman, & Salehi, M. (2025). LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAPACITY IN THE AFTERMATH: ISIS AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN AUDITOR NARCISSISM AND OPINION SHOPPING IN IRAQI LISTED COMPANIES. Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government, 23 (10), 322-340.
Rahimi, F., Salehi, M., & Bagherpour Velashani, M. (2025). The effect of social and Islamic capital on audit expectation gap. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, 0 (0), 1-25.
Ensaf, A., Lari Dashtbayaz, M., & Salehi, M. (2025). The impact of the previous audit adjustments on audit fees, audit quality and audit report delay. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 0 (0), 1-24.
Lari Dashtbayaz, M., & Salehi, M. (2025). The relationship between the number of branches of audit firms and audit market competition. Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change, (), -.
Darvishi, M., Lari Dashtbayaz, M., Mahmoudi, R. (2025). The auditor–client relationship and abnormal tone: a simultaneous equations approach. Asian Review of Accounting, (), -.
Al-khalidi, H., Lari Dashtbayaz, M., & Salehi, M. (2025). THE MODERATING ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND FINANCIAL REPORTING QUALITY IN IRAN, IRAQ AND OMAN. Lex Localis-Journal of Local Self-Government, 23 (10), 919-950.
Lari Dashtbayaz, M. (2025). Identification and Classification of Money Laundering Red Flags in the Internal Audit Process: A Role- and Conflict-Based Approach. Business, Marketing, and Finance Open, 2 (3), 1-12.
Beazhanizadeh, M., Bagherpour Velashani, M., & Hesarzadeh, R. (2025). Investigating the Relationship between Social Crises and Quality of Managers Financial Decision-Making: The Mediating Role of Financial Crisis. Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, (), -.
Abbaszadeh, M. (2025). The Impact of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Stock Liquidity with a Focus on the Role of Financial Disclosure. Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 9 (4), 101-125.
Mahmoudi, R., Darvishi, M., Nassirzadeh, F. (2025). The Role of Abnormal Tone in Board Reports in Shaping CSR Performance. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 18 (10), 582-609.
Mehri, S., Nassirzadeh, F. (2025). Exploring board dynamics: implications for stock price stability in developing markets. Management Research Review, 48 (9), 1353-1373.

Recent theses and dissertations

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Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Accounting

Phone: +985138806312-5325

Fax: +985138807195