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Schuster, Walter

Professor Emeritus
Department of Accounting

Walter Schuster has a PhD in Accounting from the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). In 2004 he was appointed Professor of Accounting and Corporate Finance at SSE and for the period 2006 - 2022 he was holder of the PwC Chair in Accounting and Auditing. Since 2023 he is Professor emeritus at SSE.

For the period 2003-2007 he was a member of the Swedish Financial Accounting Standards Board  (Redovisningsrådet) and for the period 2007-2022 a member of the Expert panel of the Swedish Financial Reporting Board (Rådet för finansiell rapportering). He was a member of the Examination Board of the Swedish Inspectorate of Auditors for the period 2009-2022.

His latest book, written together with Lars Östman, called “Vad har hänt med årsredovisningarna? (SSE Institute for Research, 2021), is a study of the changes in the annual reports of Swedish listed firms between 1979 and 2019.