Peter Clarkson

Professor Peter CLARKSON

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Positions Held

Professor of Accounting
Accounting & Accountability Cluster Leader

Academic Qualifications

Field of Current Research

Publications

Published Refereed Journal Articles

• Clarkson, P.M., Y. Li, G. Richardson, and F. Vasvari, 2008. "Revisiting the relation between environmental performance and environmental disclosure: An empirical analysis", Accounting, Organisations, and Society, May/July, 303-327.
• Clarkson, P.M., A. Craswell, and P. Mackenzie, 2008. "The Effect of Board Independence on Target Shareholder Wealth", Australian Accounting Review, June, 135-148.
• Overell, M., L. Chapple, and P. Clarkson, 2008, "Environmental reporting - Complying with regulation or meeting international best practice? A study of the Australian mining industry", Australian Business Law Review, April, 137-154.
• Chapple, L., B. Christensen, and P.M. Clarkson, 2007, "Termination fees in a 'bright line' jurisdiction", Accounting and Finance, December, 643-665.
• Clarkson, P.M., A.L. Van Bueren, and J. Walker, 2006. "CEO Remuneration Disclosure Quality: Corporate Responses to an Evolving Disclosure Environment", Accounting and Finance, December, 771-796.
• Yatim, P., P. Kent, and P.M. Clarkson, 2006. "Governance structures, ethnicity, and audit fees of Malaysian listed firms", Managerial Auditing Journal, 21 (7) 757-782.
• Clarkson, P.M., D. Joyce, and I. Tutticci, 2006. "Market Reaction to Takeover Rumour in Internet Discussion Sites", Accounting and Finance, March, 31-52.
• Clarkson, P.M., D. Joyce, and I. Tutticci, 2005. "Market Reaction to Takeover Rumour in Internet Discussion Sites", forthcoming, Accounting and Finance.
• Chapple, L., P.M. Clarkson, and C. Peters, 2005. "The Impact of the CLERP Act on IPO Prospectus Earnings Forecasts", Accounting and Finance, March, 67-94.
• Clarkson, P.M., Y. Li, and G.D. Richardson, 2004. "The Market Valuation of Environmental Capital Expenditures by Pulp and Paper Companies", The Accounting Review, April, 329-353.
• Clarkson, P.M., C. Ferguson, and J. Hall, 2003. "Auditor Conservatism and Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence from the Year 2000 Systems Issue", Accounting and Finance, Volume 3, 21-40.
• Clarkson, P.M., V. Ragunathan, and J. Nowland, 2002. "The Factors that Influence Equity Returns", International Review of Finance, Volume 3 (1).
• Clarkson, P.M., C. Emby, and V. Watt, 2002. "Debiasing the Outcome Effect: The Role of Instructions in an Audit Litigation Setting", Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, September, Volume 21 (2), 7-20.
• Clarkson, P.M., 2000. "Auditor Quality and the Accuracy of Management Earnings Forecasts", Contemporary Accounting Research, Winter, 595-622.
• Clarkson, P.M., J.L. Kao, and G.D. Richardson, 1999. "Evidence that Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) is a Part of a Firm's Overall Disclosure Package", Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring, 111-134.
• Clarkson, P.M. and A. Satterly, 1997. "Australian Evidence on the Pricing of Estimation Risk", Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, July, 281-299.
• Anderson, D., P.M. Clarkson, and S. Moran, 1997. "The Association Between Information, Liquidity, and Two Stock Market Anomalies, The Size Effect and Seasonalities in Equity Returns", Accounting Research Journal, Volume 10(1), 6-19.
• Clarkson, P.M., J. Guedes, and R. Thompson, 1996. "On the Diversification, Observability, and Measurement of Estimation Risk", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, March, 69-84.
• Clarkson, P.M., J.L. Kao, and G.D. Richardson, 1994. "The Voluntary Inclusion of Forecasts in the MD&A Section of Annual Reports", Contemporary Accounting Research, Fall, 423-450. (French language version, 451-488).
• Clarkson, P.M., 1994. "The Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings, Ex Ante Uncertainty, and Proxy Selection", Accounting and Finance, November, 67-78.
• Clarkson, P.M. and J. Merkely, 1994. "Ex Ante Uncertainty and the Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings: Further Canadian Evidence", Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, March 54-67.
• Clarkson, P.M. and D. Simunic, 1994. "The Association Between Audit Quality, Retained Ownership, and Firm Specific Risk in U.S. vs. Canadian IPO Markets", Journal of Accounting and Economics, January, 207-228.
• Clarkson, P.M., A. Dontoh, G.D. Richardson, and S. Sefcik, 1992. "The Voluntary Inclusion of Earnings Forecasts in IPO Prospectuses", Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring, 601-626.
• Clarkson, P.M., A. Dontoh, G.D. Richardson, and S. Sefcik, 1991. "Retained Ownership and the Valuation of Initial Public Offerings: Canadian Evidence", Contemporary Accounting Research, Fall, 115-131.
• Clarkson, P.M. and R. Thompson, 1990. "Empirical Estimates of Beta When Investors Face Estimation Risk", The Journal of Finance, June, 431-453.

Research Interests

• Corporate and Investment Valuation
• Accounting Policy Choice

Academic Cluster

Accounting and Accountability