Recent Publications

2023

Selected Publications

Adams, S., Hall, M. and Xiao, X., Styles of verification and the pursuit of organisational repair: The case of social impact, Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2023.101478

Bruce, M., The Burden of Proof in Taxation Disputes: Does Section 170 or Part IVA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) Offend the Rule of Law? Federal Law Review, 2023. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0067205X231203437

Bui, B., Wang, Z. and Tekathen, M., Carbon toolmaking: responding to multiple interacting logics in carbon management, Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-07-2021-5353

Cahan, S.F., Chen, C. and Chen, L., In Financial Statements We Trust: Institutional Investors’ Stockholdings after Restatements, The Accounting Review 2023; https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2019-0654

Chen, J.W., Khoo, E.S. and Peng, Z., Climate change disclosure and the information environment in the initial public offering market. Accounting & Finance, 63(Suppl. 1), 907– 952. 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13085

Chen, C., Li, L.L., Lu, L.Y. and Wang, R., Flu Fallout: Information Production Constraints and Corporate Disclosure. Journal of Accounting Research, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-679X.12486

Chong, V.K., Mia, L., Sands, J., Wang, Z.A., The effect of nonfinancial performance measures, absorptive capacity, and organizational learning on innovation performance. Journal of Management Control, Vol. 34, 201–233, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00187-023-00355-0

Daniliuc, S., Guo, H. and Wee, M., The usefulness of financial advisors to government-influenced Chinese acquirers, Global Finance Journal, Volume 55, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2022.100803

Fargher, N., Zhang, L. Investor protection, aggregate changes in profit margins and forecasts of growth in GDP: international evidence. Review of Accounting Studies (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-023-09785-6

Gu, Z., Lu, L.Y. and Yu, Y., CEO equity incentive duration and expected crash risk, The British Accounting Review, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2023.101265.

Ho, K.-Y., Wang, K. T., & Wang, W. W., A novel approach to portfolio selection using news volume and sentiment. International Review of Finance, 1–15, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/irfi.12427

Hoang, L. T., Wee, M. and Yang, J. (W.), Strategic trading by insiders in the presence of institutional investors Journal of Financial Markets, 2023 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138641812200091X?via%3Dihub

Li, L., Lu. Y.L., Wang, Y. and Yu, Y., Workforce diversity and financial statement readability, Accounting and Finance, vol. 63(S1), pages 1599-1631, April. 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13056

Li, Y., Clements, M., Padgett, C., & Zhang, X.-Y.  Does the age of compensation committee members matter for CEO compensation? Corporate Governance: An International Review, 1–25, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12560

Liu, S., Wang, K.T. and Walpola, S., Female board representation and the adoption of corporate social responsibility criteria in executive compensation contracts: International evidence, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Volume 82, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101685

Liu, S., Wang, K.T. and Wu, Y., Corporate Governance Reforms and Analyst Forecasts: International Evidence. Abacus, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/abac.12305

Mahama, H. & Wang, Z., Impact of the interactive and diagnostic uses of performance measurement systems on procedural fairness perception, cooperation and performance in supply alliances. Accounting & Finance, 00, 1– 40. 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13046

Ping, Y. H., Wu, H., & Zhang, X., The geography of corporate tax avoidance. EJournal of Tax Research, 20(2), 102-167, 2023 https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/geography-corporate-tax-avoidance/docview/2812108145/se-2

Purba, A. and Tran, A., Detecting profit shifting in Indonesia using the Hines and Rice approach, eJournal of Tax Research, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 27-54, 2023.http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/eJlTaxR/2023/9.html

Qian, C., Weng, D.H., Lu, L.Y., & Jiang, X., Government Corruption and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Instrumental Perspective. Journal of Management, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063231195590

Shang, R., Wang, Z. (A.), and Zu, Y. (2023). Manager narcissism, target difficulty, and employee dysfunctional behavior. Contemporary Accounting Research, 1– 28, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12864

Tran, A., & Xu, W., A study of profit shifting using the Hines and rice approach. Australian Tax Forum, 38(1), 1–49, 2023 https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.105302199797530

Tran, A. & Xu, W., A study of cross-border profit shifting channels: Evidence from Australia. Accounting & Finance, 00, 1–33, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.13166

Tsang, A., Wang, K.T. and Zhu, N.Z, Foreign media slant, foreign investors, and informativeness of earnings, Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming 2023, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4613490

Wang, D., Li, L.L.,  Lu, L.Y. and  Wilson, M., The Opioid Crisis, Employee Health Capital, and Corporate Information Production, European Accounting Review, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2023.2272622

2022

Selected Publications

Babalola, M.T., Bal, M., Cho, C.H., Garcia-Lorenzo, L., Guedhami, O., Liang, H., Shailer, G. and van Gils, S., Bringing Excitement to Empirical Business Ethics Research: Thoughts on the Future of Business Ethics. Journal of Business Ethics 180, 903–916 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05242-7

Barrett, P. AO,   Managing risk for better performance—not taking a risk can actually be a risk, Public Money & Management, 42(6), 408-413, 2022. https://10.1080/09540962.2019.1654321

Bayne, L., Ng, J. and Wee, M., Supply chain disclosure: stakeholder preferences versus current practice in Australia. Accounting & Finance 62 3875-3911, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12907

Bradbury, M., Fargher, N., Potter, B. and Taylor, S., Going Concern Uncertainty: What Do Firms Disclose? Australian Accounting Review, 32, 294-314, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.12379

Chen, X., Liang, X. and Wu, H. Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions and CSR Performance: Evidence from China. Journal of Business Ethics 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-05025-6

Cho, S., Choi, K.W.S., Ho, S.Y. and Wu, D., How Does Corporate Social Responsibility Moderate the Adverse Effects of Product Failure in Social Media? The International Journal of Accounting 57(1), 2022 https://doi.org/10.1142/S1094406022500032

Chong, V.K., Wang, I.Z., Monroe, G.S., Strike, L. and Zhang, F., The effect of non-financial performance measures, organisational politics and political skill on job performance: Evidence from China. Accounting & Finance, 00, 1– 39, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12984

Clinch, G., Tarca, A. and Wee, M., Cross-country diversity and non-IFRS financial performance measures. Accounting & Finance, 00, 1– 30 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12980

Ferdiansah, M.I., Chong, V.K., Wang, I.Z. and Woodliff, D.R., The Effect of Ethical Commitment Reminder and Reciprocity in the Workplace on Misreporting. Journal of Business Ethics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05237-4

Hendershott, T., Wee, M. and Wen, Y., Transparency in fragmented markets: Experimental evidence, Journal of Financial Markets, 59, Part A, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.finmar.2022.100732

Ho GKF, Treepongkaruna S, Wee M, and Padungsaksawasdi C. The effect of short selling on volatility and jumps. Australian Journal of Management, 47(1)34-52, 2022. doi:10.1177/0312896221996416

Ho, S.Y., Phang, S.-Y. and Moroney, R., "The combined effect of perspective-taking and incentives on professional skepticism", Managerial Auditing Journal, 37(1), 129-150, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1108/MAJ-02-2021-3019

Khoo, E. S., Lim, Y., Lu, L. Y. and Monroe, G. S., Corporate social responsibility performance and the reputational incentives of independent directors. Journal of Business Finance Accounting, 49, 841– 881, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12569

Kuang, Y.F., Li, L., Lu, L.Y., and Qin, B., Death is a law: Death of former colleagues and management forecasts. Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2022.101350.

Li, L., Lu, L.Y. and Wang, D., External labour market competitions and stock price crash risk: evidence from exposures to competitor CEOs’ award-winning events. Accounting and Finance, 2022  . https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12828

Li L, Liu L, Wu H. Workforce education and corporate innovation. Australian Journal of Management47(4), 599–629, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962221077453

Li, S., Quan, Y., Tian, G.G., Wang, K.T. and Wu, S.H., Academy fellow independent directors and innovation. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 39, 103–148, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-020-09749-3

Liao, C.-H., Tsang, A., Wang, K.T. and Zhu, N.Z., Corporate Governance Reforms and Cross-Listings: International Evidence. Contemporary Accounting Research, 39, 537-576, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12729

Luo, G., Wang, K.T. and Wu, Y., Does the market reward meeting or beating analyst earnings forecasts? Empirical evidence from China, China Accounting and Finance Review, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAFR-06-2022-0069

Ryou, J.W., Tsang, A. and Wang, K.T., Product Market Competition and Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures, Contemporary Accounting Research, 39, 1215-1259, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12748

Sharma, D.S., Singh, M.K. and Patel, A., Do Alma Mater Ties Between the Auditor and Audit Committee Affect Audit Quality? Contemporary Accounting Research, 39, 371-403, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12730

Thoradeniya, P., Lee, J., Tan, R. and Ferreira, A., From intention to action on sustainability reporting: The role of individual, organisational and institutional factors during war and post-war periods, The British Accounting Review, 54(1), 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2021.101021

Tsang, A., Wang, K.T., Wu, Y. and Lee, J., Nonfinancial Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Firm Value: International Evidence on the Role of Financial Analysts, European Accounting Review, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2022.2094435

Walpola S. Y., A Critical Examination of the Tax-motivated Use of Discretionary Trusts: Evidence, Identifying Tax Avoidance, and the Efficacy of Legislative Tools,  Australian Tax Review, 51, 153-173, 2022.https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/agispt.20221103077272

Wang, K.T. and Sun, A., Institutional ownership stability and corporate social performance, Finance Research Letters, 47, Part A, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102861

Wang, K.T. and Shailer, G., Multiple performance criteria for government-controlled firms, International Review of Economics & Finance, 79, 75-96, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2022.01.012

Wang, W., Zhang, L., Wilson, M. and Kala, T., SEC Compensation-related Comment Letters and Excess CEO Compensation, European Accounting Review, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2022.2046120

Wilson, M. D., Wang, K. T., Wu, Y. and Lau, A., Institutional Investors and Earnings Management Associated with Controlling Shareholders' Promises: Evidence from the Split Share Structure Reform in China, Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 18(3), 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcae.2022.100330

Wu, M. and Wilson, M., How well do analysts really understand asymmetric cost behaviour? Accounting & Finance, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12911

Xiao, X. and Shailer, G., Stakeholders’ perceptions of factors affecting the credibility of sustainability reports, The British Accounting Review, 54(1) 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2021.101002

Zhang, L. and Fargher, N., Aggregate accounting earnings, special items and growth in gross domestic product: evidence from Australia. Accounting & Finance, 62, 2467-2496, 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12871

Zhu, N.Z., Wang, K.T. and Wilson, M., The Effect of Conditional Management Earnings Forecast Mandates on Voluntary Disclosure and Analyst Forecast Properties. Abacus, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/abac.12253

Zhang, P. F., & Shailer, G. The impact of audit committee expertise on external auditors' disclosures of key audit matters. International Journal of Auditing, 26(2), 151– 170, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijau.12256

Zhang, X., Cao, L., Li, W., Zhao, Q. and Li, L., Does litigation risk increase audit effort?, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/16081625.2022.2026232

Zeng, W., Lillis, A.M., Grafton, J. and Dekker, H.C., The Influence of Institutional Differences on Control Mechanisms in Alliances. The Accounting Review, 97(3): 415–441, 2022. https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2018-0216

2021

Selected Publications

Adrian, C., Choi, K.W., Garg, M. and Truong, C. Winning the Australasian Reporting Awards: An analysis of accounting and economic outcomes. Australian Journal of Management, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962211038637

Agrawal, P., Wang, I.Z. and Woodliff, D. External auditors' reliance on management's experts: The effects of an early-stage conversation and past auditor–client relationship. International Journal of Auditing, 25, 166– 187, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijau.12215

Azizan, S. and Shailer, G. Does Corporate Citizenship Influence Auditors’ Perceptions of the Credibility of Management in Relation to Financial Reports? European Accounting Review, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2021.1950022

Azizkhani, M., Hossain, S., Jiang, A. and Yap, W.  Mandatory partner rotation, audit timeliness and audit pricing, Managerial Auditing Journal, 36(1), 105-131, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1108/MAJ-12-2019-2506

Barrett AO, P. “New development: Whither the strategic direction of public audit in an era of the ‘new normal’?” Public Money & Management 42, 124 – 128, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1965756

Chen, X., Jiang, X., Lu, L.Y. and Yu, Y.  Local political corruption and Firm's non-GAAP reporting, Journal of Corporate Finance, 70, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102071

Chong, V.K., Loy, C.Y., Wang, I.Z. and Woodliff, D.R. The effect of negotiators’ role, leadership tone, and social value orientation on expected transfer prices: additional evidence, Journal of Management Control: Zeitschrift für Planung und Unternehmenssteuerung, 32(3), 299-332, 2021. https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:jmgtco:v:32:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s00187-021-00321-8

Gao, Z., Li, L. & Lu, L.Y. Social Capital and Managers’ Use of Corporate Resources. Journal of Business Ethics 168, 593–613, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04223-7

Huang, R., Li, L., Lu, L.Y. and Wu. H.  The Impact of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act on Firms’ R&D Disclosure, European Accounting Review, 30(5), 1067-1104, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2020.1806896

Jiang, X. and Lu, L. How do US investors perceive the risk of local political corruption? Evidence from acquisition announcement. Accounting and Finance, 61, 885-912 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12596

Jin, X. and Wu, H. Economic policy uncertainty and cost stickiness, Management Accounting Research, 52, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mar.2021.100750

Kober, R., Lee, J. and Ng, J., Australian not-for-profit sector views on the conceptual framework, accounting standards and accounting information. Accounting and Finance, 61, 1105-1138, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/acfi.12605

Li, L. and Zhang, H. The devil is in the detail? Investors’ mispricing of proxy voting outcomes on M&A deals," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, 48(3-4), 692-717, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12486

Li, W., Phang, S-W., Choi, K.W. and Ho, S.Y. The strategic role of CIOs in IT controls: IT control weaknesses and CIO turnover, Information & Management, 58(6), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2021.103429

Maher, F., Van Zyl, W., & Wee, M. The State of Executive Remuneration Disclosure in Australia. Company and Securities Law Journal38(7), 491-512, 2021. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/agispt.20211028055941

Qiu, J., Wu, H. and Zhang, L. In name only: Information spillovers among Chinese firms with similar stock names during earnings announcements, Journal of Corporate Finance, 69, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102015

Tsang, A., Wang, K. T., Liu, S. and Yu, L.  Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility Criteria into Executive Compensation and Firm Innovation: International Evidence (August 2021). Journal of Corporate Finance, 70, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102070

Tsang, A., Wang, K., Zhu, Z. and Yu, L. The Economic Consequences of Hosting the Olympic Games: International Evidence from Cross-Listings. Journal of International Accounting Research, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2308/JIAR-2021-033

Walpola, S. After the Australia Acts: the High Court’s attitude to changing the common law (1987–2016), Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 21(1), 31-72, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/14729342.2021.1927425

Wang, K.T., Wu, Y. and Sun, A., Acquisitions and the cost of debt: Evidence from China, International Review of Financial Analysis, 78, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1080/14729342.2021.1927425

Wang, K.T., Liu, S. and Wu, Y. Corporate social activities and stock price crash risk in the banking industry: International evidence, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 74, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2021.101416

Wang, K.T., Kartika, F., Wang, W.W. and Luo, G. Corporate social responsibility, investor protection, and the cost of equity: Evidence from East Asia, Emerging Markets Review, 47, 2021.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2021.100801

Wang, K. T., Wu, Y. and Ho, K‐Y. Internal Control Reporting and Cost of Bond Financing: Evidence From China (September 1, 2019). International Review of Economics & Finance, 76, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2019.11.016

Zhang, P.F. and Shailer, G. Changes in audit effort and changes in auditors’ disclosures of risks of material misstatement, The British Accounting Review, 53(3), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2020.100970

Zhang, X., Guo, X., Ho, S.Y., Lai, K-H. and Vogel, D.  Effects of emotional attachment on mobile health-monitoring service usage: An affect transfer perspective, Information & Management, 58(2), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2020.103312