Qualifications PhD Accounting, University of the Sunshine Coast MCom, University of Southern Queensland LLB (Hons), Queensland University of Technology BBus, University of Southern Queensland Background James has undergraduate degrees in accounting and law, and a doctorate in accounting. He was has extensive industry experience in banking and accounting, and is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA). James joined academia in 1996, and completed his doctoral research in 2000. His thesis focused on the relevance of financial accounting information to reorganisation decisions made by financially distressed companies. Research James has research interests in the areas of corporate insolvency and recovery, corporate governance, and earnings management. He has published his research in accounting and law journals including Accounting and Finance, Pacific Accounting Review, Company and Securities Law Journal, and the Insolvency Law Journal. Teaching James currently teaches Financial Accounting, Accounting Theory and Research Methods at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Articles
Innate and discretionary accruals quality and corporate governance (with Pamela Kent and Jenny Stewart), Accounting and finance (2009)
This paper extends previous research on the association between corporate governance mechanisms and accruals quality....
Voluntary administration: Patterns of corporate decline (with David Morrison), Company and securities law journal (2009)
Australian companies in financial distress prefer to select the option of voluntary administration (VA) offered...
The decision to enter voluntary administration: Timely strategy or last resort?, Business papers (2007)
One of the options available to directors of financially distressed companies is to place their...
The effect of changing firm characteristics on capacity to restructure (with David Gadenne), Business papers (2007)
This paper examines whether changes in financial characteristics over the time prior to a firm...
Assessing solvency for financially distressed companies (with Ray McNamara), Business papers (2005)
This article reviews past and recent authorities that have addressed the definition and application of...
Conference Papers
Corporate governance and the quality of green house gas emission disclosures (with Janice Hollindale and Pamela Kent), 23rd Asian-Pacific conference on international accounting issues (2011)
The introduction of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Cth) legislation is evidence...
Are corporate governance recommendations relevant for small companies? (with Jacqueline Christensen, Pamela Kent, and Jenny Stewart), 1st Annual Journal of International Accounting Research (IJAR) conference (2011)
This study examines the extent to which small listed companies in Australia comply with the...
Innate and discretionary accrual quality and corporate governance (with Pamela Kent and Jenny Stewart), Business papers (2008)
The empirical analysis presented in this paper provides further insight into the important issue of...
Restructuring in voluntary administration - Evidence from Australian listed public companies (with David Gadenne), Business papers (2005)
Introduction of the statutory voluntary administration (VA) process in mid 1993 represented a significant change...