Prof Donald Stokes - Researcher Profile

Donald Stokes

Address

Department of Accounting and Finance
Building 11E, Clayton

Biography

Donald Stokes is a Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance. 

Donald has a background in applied and commercial research based in the higher education sector in Australia, the United States and Canada. He has publications in leading accounting journals including The Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, The Journal of Accounting and Economics and Contemporary Accounting Research and serves on the editorial boards of a number of international research journals. He has over two decades of experience as a researcher, educator, manager and independent consultant including university roles as Acting Dean, Associate Dean Research, Head of School and Deputy Head of School. Donald has served on the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, the Consultative Group to the Australian Accounting Standards Board and as President of the Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: University of NSW
Year awarded: 1990
MASTER OF COMMERCE
Institution: University of Newcastle
Year awarded: 1981
BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (HONOURS)
Institution: University of Newcastle
Year awarded: 1978

Publications

Book Chapters

Hamilton, J.M., Stokes, D.J., 2005, The role of markets: An economic approach to auditing, in Ethics and Auditing, eds Tom Campbell and Keith Houghton, ANU E Press, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 63-82.

Journal Articles

Clinch, G., Stokes, D.J., Zhu, T., 2012, Audit quality and information asymmetry between traders, Accounting and Finance [P], vol 52, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond VIC Australia, pp. 743-765.

Hamilton, J., Li, Y., Stokes, D.J., 2008, Is the audit services market competitive following Arthur Andersen's collapse?, Accounting and Finance [P], vol 48, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 233-258.

Ferguson, A.C., Francis, J.R., Stokes, D.J., 2006, What matters in audit pricing: Industry specialization or overall market leadership?, Accounting and Finance [P], vol 46, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 97-106.

Matolcsy, Z., Stokes, D.J., Wright, A., 2004, Do independent directors add value?, Australian Accounting Review [P], vol 14, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 33-40.

Stewart, R., Studley, J., Stokes, D.J., Vassallo, P., Wells, P., 2004, Understanding the options in strategic decisions and investments, J A S S A [P], vol Winter, issue 2, Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia), Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 2-5.

Lee, P., Stokes, D.J., Taylor, S., Walter, T., 2003, The association between audit quality, accounting disclosures and firm-specific risk: Evidence from initial public offerings, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy [P], vol 22, issue 5, Elsevier Inc, USA, pp. 377-400.

Ferguson, A., Francis, J.R., Stokes, D.J., 2003, The effects of firm-wide and office-level industry expertise on audit pricing, Accounting Review [P], vol 78, issue 2, American Accounting Association, USA, pp. 429-448.

Culvenor, J., Stokes, D.J., Taylor, S., 2002, A review of the proposals for reform of independence of Australian company auditors, Australian Accounting Review [P], vol 12, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 12-23.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Improvements in corporate governance and management following disclosure of restatements and material internal control weaknesses and their impact on financial reporting quality.
Supervisors:
Stokes, D (Main).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The effect of monitoring mechanisms on abnormality in the audit opinion outcome.
Supervisors:
Stokes, D (Main), Woodhouse, K (Associate).
Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
The impact of the PCAOB's international oversight program on audit quality.
Supervisors:
Stokes, D (Main), Chalmers, K (Associate).