Marc Plooster

PhD Candidate | Indiana University

Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Governmental Accounting • Public Financial Reporting • Municipal Capital Markets

My research examines how accounting standards, financial reporting, and institutional design influence municipal capital markets and public-sector decision making. My work combines archival empirical methods with lab-based experiments to study pensions, borrowing costs, financial note disclosures, school finance, and public- and nonprofit-sector accountability.

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Select Awards and Honors

2026 O’Neill PhD Student Teaching Award, Indiana University, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs

2025 Michael Curro Best Student Paper Award, Association for Budgeting and Financial Management

Research Areas

Governmental Accounting
Public Financial Reporting
Municipal Capital Markets
Public Pension Accounting
Public Sector Auditing

Teaching

I enjoy teaching courses that connect accounting theory with public-sector practice, drawing on my professional experience in municipal government and school district finance.

Courses of interest:

Governmental Accounting
Nonprofit Accounting
Public Budgeting and Finance
Financial Accounting
Intermediate and Advanced Accounting