Publications Database

Welcome to the new Schulich Peer-Reviewed Publication Database!

The database is currently in beta-testing and will be updated with more features as time goes on. In the meantime, stakeholders are free to explore our faculty’s numerous works. The left-hand panel affords the ability to search by the following:

  • Faculty Member’s Name;
  • Area of Expertise;
  • Whether the Publication is Open-Access (free for public download);
  • Journal Name; and
  • Date Range.

At present, the database covers publications from 2012 to 2020, but will extend further back in the future. In addition to listing publications, the database includes two types of impact metrics: Altmetrics and Plum. The database will be updated annually with most recent publications from our faculty.

If you have any questions or input, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 

Search Results

Dong, M., Dutordoir, M. and Veld, C. (2019). "How Can We Improve Inferences from Surveys? A New Look at the Convertible Debt Questions from the Graham and Harvey Survey Data", Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money , 61, 213-222.

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Abstract We revisit the survey questions on convertible bond issue motives from the influential study of Graham and Harvey (2001). Our question-conditional analysis connecting survey answers with firm characteristics reveals that the conclusions on two of the four convertible debt theories from the original study need to be revised. More particularly, the delayed equity rationale and the sequential financing rationale on convertible bond issuance do not receive support from the question-conditional tests. Our results indicate that adding a question-conditional analysis is essential in obtaining correct inferences from survey data.

Dong, M., Dutordoir, M. and Veld, C. (2018). "Why Do Firms Issue Convertible Bonds?", Critical Finance Review, 7(1), 111-164.

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Abstract We use in-depth interviews with top corporate executives to examine why companies issue convertible bonds. We find that firms issue convertibles when they perceive these securities to be a cheaper form of financing than straight bonds and equity. A large-sample analysis of security offerings confirms this insight by highlighting feature-adjusted yield spreads as a significant determinant of the choice between convertibles and straight bonds, and equity misvaluation as a significant determinant of the choice between convertibles and equity. Our interviews also allow us to verify individual convertible bond theories. We obtain evidence for the theory that convertible bonds are more suitable than straight debt when management and investors disagree about the riskiness of the firm. However, risk shifting, sequential financing, and backdoor equity theories receive little or no support. Finally, our interviews provide strong evidence for the impact of investor demand and financial intermediaries on convertible bond issuance decisions, two factors under-explored by previous studies.

Chow, C., Massey, D., Thorne, L. and Wu, A. (2013). "A Qualitative Examination of Auditors’ Differing Ethical Characterizations Across the Phases of the Audit", Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting, 17, 97-138.

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Abstract Over the last decade, many published papers lament auditors’ shift from professionalism to commercialism and call for increasing auditors’ commitment to the public interest (see, e.g., Bailey, 2008; Fogarty & Rigsby, 2010; Lampe & Garcia, 2013; Wyatt, 2004; Zeff, 2003a, 2003b). At the same time, suggesting effective methodologies for improving auditors’ commitment to the public interest is particularly challenging because issues arising in the audit context are complex, and often involve tradeoffs between multiple stakeholders (e.g., Gaa, 1992; Massey & Thorne, 2006). An understanding of auditors ethical characterizations across separate phases of the audit process is needed so that methodologies can be devised to improve auditors’ commitment to the public interest. Thus, in this paper we interviewed 24 auditors and asked them to describe critical ethical incidents that they have encountered throughout the various phases of the audit process. Our results not only document the tension underlying the shift between professionalism and commercialism in auditing suggested by others, but also show that ethical conflicts are found in each phase of the audit and there are cross-phase differences in the auditors’ ethical characterizations. Limitations of the findings are also discussed as are suggestions for future research.