# overview
My  research focuses on auditing, corporate governance and quality of accounting earnings.

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Earnings Comparability; Individualistic Culture; Uncommon Names; Audit Partner Individualism

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3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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Big 4 Auditor; Auditor Reputation Loss; Limits Of Reputation Loss; Auditor Switch; Auditor Market Share

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3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

# keywords[]
3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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University of Missouri - (Columbia, Missouri, United States)

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Renmin University of China - (Beijing, Beijing, China)

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University of Missouri - (Columbia, Missouri, United States)

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Does Individualism Reduce Financial Reporting Comparability? Evidence from Audit Partner Individualism in the U.S.

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The Earnings Quality Information Content of Dividend Policies and Audit Pricing

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Does Mandatory Adoption of IFRS improve Accounting Quality? Preliminary Evidence

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Audit Disruption: The Case of Outside Job Opportunities for External Auditors and Audit Quality

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Do Global Audit Firm Networks Apply Consistent Audit Methodologies Across Jurisdictions? Evidence from Financial Reporting Comparability

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Do Global Audit Firm Networks Apply Consistent Audit Methodologies across Jurisdictions? Evidence from Financial Reporting Comparability

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Does Mandatory Adoption of IFRS Improve Accounting Quality? Preliminary Evidence

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An empirical analysis of the effects of the Dodd-Frank Act on determinants of credit ratings

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The Consequences of Auditor Scandals: Evidence from Negative Big 4 Business Press Coverage

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Do PCAOB Inspections of Foreign Auditors Affect Global Financial Reporting Comparability?

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Does the Threat of Private Litigation Increase the Usefulness of Reported Earnings? International Evidence

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The Impact of Religion on the Going Concern Reporting Decisions of Local Audit Practice Offices

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Impact of the SEC's Public Fee Disclosure Requirement on Subsequent Period Fees and Implications for Market Efficiency

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Tax Avoidance: Does Tax-Specific Industry Expertise Make a Difference?

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Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Affect Audit Hours and the Effectiveness to Constrain Earnings Management? Evidence from Italy

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Founding Family Ownership and Earnings Quality

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Does a Lack of Choice Lead to Lower Quality?: Evidence from Auditor Competition and Client Restatements

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The Demand for Internal Auditors Following Accounting and Operational Failures

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Does a Lack of Choice Lead to Lower Quality? Evidence from Auditor Competition and Client Restatements

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The Audit Quality Effects of Small Audit Firm Mergers in the United States

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The Impact of PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5 on Audit Fees and Audit Quality

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Staggered boards, corporate opacity and firm value

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Weakened outside shareholder rights in dual-class firms and timely loss reporting

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Does Mandatory Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards Improve Accounting Quality? Preliminary Evidence

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Do PCAOB Inspections of Foreign Auditors Improve Global Financial Reporting Comparability?

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The Joint Effect of Investor Protection and Big 4 Audits on Earnings Quality Around the World

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The Audit Quality Effects of Small Audit Firm Mergers in the United States

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The Impact of Religion on the Going Concern Reporting Decisions of Local Audit Offices

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The Impact of Religion on the Going Concern Reporting Decisions of Local Audit Offices

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Do PCAOB Inspections of Foreign Auditors Affect Global Financial Reporting Comparability?*

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Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Affect Audit Hours and the Effectiveness to Constrain Earnings Management? Evidence from Italy

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The Pricing of National and CitySpecific Reputations for Industry Expertise in the U.S. Audit Market

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Breeding for disease resistance in soybean: a global perspective.

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Internal Control Opinion Shopping and Audit Market Competition

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Does the Business Press Influence Equity Investors Perception of Big 4 Audit Quality?

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The Joint Effect of Investor Protection and Big 4 Audits on Earnings Quality around the World*

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National and OfficeSpecific Measures of Auditor Industry Expertise and Effects on Audit Quality

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The Earnings Quality Information Content of Dividend Policies and Audit Pricing

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Correction to: Breeding for disease resistance in soybean: a global perspective.

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Impact of the SEC's Public Fee Disclosure Requirement on Subsequent Period Fees and Implications for Market Efficiency

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Texas A&M University; Head Of Accounting; 4353 TAMU

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Christensen, Brant E (2015-06). Mandatory Partner Rotation and Audit Quality: Evidence from U.S. Audit Firm Archival Data. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Newton, Nathan J. (2013-06). Earnings Management Pressure on Audit Clients: Auditor Response to Analyst Forecast Signals. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Smith, Kecia Williams (2016-06). Tell Me More:  A Content Analysis of Expanded Auditor Reporting in the United Kingdom. Doctoral Dissertation.