Andy Bauer, PhD 2011
| Current Affiliation | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Thesis | Internal Control Quality as an Explanatory Factor of Tax Avoidance |
| Thesis Committee | Committee - Klassen (supervisor), Macnaughton, Lim, Esmaeili (mechanical and machatronics enginerring) |
| Current Affiliation | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
| Thesis | The Effects of Situated Client Identity and Professional Identity Salience on Auditor Judgements |
| Thesis Committee | Committee - Boritz and Webb (co-supervisors), Gunz, Kelly, Spencer (Psychology) |
| Current Affiliation | University of Lethbridge |
| Thesis | Accounting Conservatism andthe Consequences of Covenant Violations |
| Thesis Committee | Committee - Bandyopahdhyay and Jha (co-supervisors), Wirjanto, Chen, Sen (Economics) |
| Current Affiliation | University of Western Ontario |
| Thesis | The Use of Fair Values to Assess Management's Stewardship: An Empirical Examination of UK Real Estate Firms |
| Thesis Committee | Committee - Wiedman (supervisor), O'Brien, Brown, Skuterud (Economics) |
| Current Affiliation | Brock University |
| Thesis | An Examination of the Impact of Disclosure Regulations on the Market Reation to TSX Open Market Repurchase Program Announcements |
| Thesis Committee | Douglas (supervisor), O'Brien, Jha, Skuterud (Economics) |
| Current Affiliation | Deloitte |
| Thesis | Multi-Jurisdictional Tax Incentives and the Location of Innovative Activities |
| Thesis Committee | Klassen (supervisor), Macnaughton, Wiedman, Koo (Management Sciences) |
| Awards | American Taxation Association/PricewaterhouseCoopers Outstanding Tax Dissertation Award |
Leslie Berger, PhD 2009
| Current Affiliation | Brock University |
| Thesis | How Incentives and Task Complexity Affect Long-Term Performance |
| Thesis Committee | Webb (supervisor), Douglas, Vance, Koehler (Psychology) |
Tom Schneider, PhD 2008 |
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| Current Affiliation | University of Alberta |
| Thesis | Is there a relation between the cost of debt and environmental performance? An empirical investigation of the U.S. Pulp and Paper industry, 1994-2005. |
| Thesis Committee | Wiedman (supervisor), Kennedy, Vetzal, Wirjanto, Pritzker (Chemical Engineering) |
Yao Tian, PhD 2008 |
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| Current Affiliation | University of Alberta |
| Thesis | The Impact of Earnings Management and Expectations Mnaagement on the Usefulness of Earnings and Analyst Forecasts in Firm Valuation |
| Thesis Committee | O'Brien(supervisor),Wiedman,Jha, Wirjanto(Economics) |
Devan Mescall, PhD 2007 |
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| Current Affiliation | University of Saskatchewan |
| Thesis | How do tax and accounting policies affect cross-border mergers and acquisitions? |
| Thesis Committee | Klassen(supervisor) O'Brien, Boyle, Wirjanto (Economics) |
| Awards | Dissertation Award from American Accounting Association, International Section |
| Guoping Liu, PhD 2006 | |
| Current Affiliation | Ryerson University |
| Thesis | Enhancing the Quality of the Audit Enquiry Process |
| Thesis Committee | Salterio and Webb (co-supervisors), Boritz, Gunz, Koehler (Psychology) |
| Greg Berberich, PhD 2005 | |
| Current Affiliation | University of Waterloo |
| Thesis | The effects of audit methodology and audit experience on the development of auditors' knowledge of the client's business |
| Thesis Committee | Webb (supervisor), Lemon, Kotchetova, Koehler (Psychology) |
| Flora Niu, PhD 2004 | |
| Current Affiliation | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Thesis | Earnings quality, off-balance sheet risk, and accounting for transferring of financial assets: a capital market investigation |
| Thesis Committee | Richardson (supervisor), Boyle, Kennedy, Wirjanto (econ.) |
| Sandy Hilton, PhD 2003 | |
| Current Affiliation | UBC Okanagan |
| Thesis | The role of securities market regulations in the interpretation of accounting iInformation |
| Thesis Committee | O'Brien (supervisor), Richardson, Vetzal, Wirjanto (econ.) |
| Thomas Matthews, PhD 2002 | |
| Thesis | Does home country taxation of foreign earnings affect cross-jurisdictional income shifting? |
| Thesis Committee | Klassen (supervisor), Macnaughton, O'Brien, Wirjanto (econ.) |
| Awards | Dissertation Award from American Accounting Association, International Section |
| Marie-Josée Ledoux, PhD 2001 | |
| Current Affiliation | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Thesis | The effect of bonus-sharing and cohesion on team behaviour and performance |
| Thesis Committee | Atkinson and Salterio (co-supervisors), Kennedy, Woody (psych.) |
| Jeffrey Pittman, PhD 2001 | |
| Current Affiliation | Memorial University http://www.busi.mun.ca/jpittman/ |
| Thesis | The influence of firm maturation on firms' tax-induced financing and investment decisions |
| Thesis Committee | Klassen (supervisor), Douglas, Jha, Wirjanto (econ.) |
| Steve Fortin, PhD 2000 | |
| Current Affiliation | McGill University |
| Thesis | Accounting for derivatives and hedge accounting treatment: an empirical study of the rule prescribed by SFAS 133 and some alternatives. |
| Thesis Committee | Bandyopadhyay (supervisor), Boyle, Richardson, Vetzal, Wirjanto (econ.) |
| Dean Smith, PhD 1999 | |
| Current Affiliation | Partner, expatriate tax practice, Cadesky and Associates LLP, Toronto |
| Thesis | Discretionary capitalization of R&D expenditures in Canada and Australia |
| Thesis Committee | Richardson (supervisor), Douglas, Klassen, Bodell (econ.) |
| Kate Bewley, PhD 1999 | |
| Current Affiliation | Ryerson University |
| Thesis | The economic consequenses of financial reporting regulations: the market valuation of environmental liabilities |
| Thesis Committee | Richardson (supervisor), Eckel, Kennedy, Wirjanto (econ.) |
| Shane Dikolli, PhD 1998 | |
| Current Affiliation | Duke University |
| Thesis | The economic demand for and consequences of contracting on the measures of drivers of future performance |
| Thesis Committee | Atkinson (supervisor), Boyle, Douglas, Gerchak (mgmt. science) |
| Susan McCracken, PhD 1998 | |
| Current Affiliation | McMaster University |
| Thesis | Negotiation of audit litigation settlements: an experimental study of the impact of reputational concerns and the level of merit of the suit |
| Thesis Committee | Boritz (supervisor), Lemon, Scott, Kao, Koehler (psych.) |
| Raymond Morissette, PhD 1997 | |
| Current Affiliation | HEC (Université de Montréal) |
| Thesis | Toward a theory of information choices in organizations: an integrative approach. |
| Thesis Committee | Atkinson (supervisor), Boritz, Waterhouse, Webster (mgmt. science) |
| Theresa Libby, PhD 1996 | |
| Current Affiliation | University of Waterloo |
| Thesis | The incentive effects of fairness: a study of the effect of perceived fairness on budgetary slack and performance. |
| Thesis Committee | Waterhouse (supervisor), Kennedy, Scott, Webster (mgmt. science) |
| John Jermias, PhD 1996 | |
| Current Affiliation | Simon Fraser University |
| Thesis | The effects of commitment, costing systems and feedback on people's judgement and resistance to change: the case of activity-based costing. |
| Thesis Committee | Armitage (supervisor), Kennedy, Waterhouse, Kunda (psych.) |
| Paul André, PhD 1996 | |
| Current Affiliation | ESSEC Business School, Paris |
| Thesis | Special items, earnings announcements and divergence of analysts' beliefs. |
| Thesis Committee | Richardson (supervisor), Bandyopadhyay, Kennedy, Wirjanto (econ.) |
| Amin Mawani, PhD 1995 | |
| Current Affiliation | York University |
| Thesis | Cancellation of executive stock options: tax and accounting income considerations. |
| Thesis Committee | Macnaughton (supervisor), Atkinson, Richardson, Wirjanto (econ.) |
| Glenn Feltham, PhD 1995 | |
| Current Affiliation | Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) |
| Thesis | The optimal payment of corporate income tax installments. |
| Thesis Committee | Macnaughton (supervisor), Boyle, Laiken, Myers (econ.) |
| Robert Mathieu, PhD 1995 | |
| Current Affiliation | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Thesis | The information content of bank loans and lines of credit. |
| Thesis Committee | Scott (supervisor), Boyle, Kao, Redekop (econ.) |
| Suzanne Paquette, PhD 1994 | |
| Current Affiliation | Université Laval |
| Thesis | Serving two masters: the role for tax practitioners. |
| Thesis Committee | Scott (supervisor), Kao, Laiken, Busch (econ.) |
| Ping Zhang, PhD 1994 | |
| Current Affiliation | University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Three essays on auditor independence and auditor liability. |
| Thesis Committee | Scott (supervisor), Boritz, Boyle, Busch (econ.) |
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