Ray J. Ball


Ray Ball is an accounting researcher and the Sidney Davidson Professor at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He was a 2009 inductee into the Accounting Hall of Fame in recognition of his contributions to the field.
He served as editor of the Journal of Accounting Research, one of the top journals in accounting research, from 2000–2015, and was founding editor of the Australian Journal of Management.
He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a bachelor of commerce degree in accounting. He received MBA and Ph.D. degrees from University of Chicago in 1968 and 1972, respectively.