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Kiridaran Kanagaretnam

Kiridaran Kanagaretnam

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
38
Citations
7145
World Ranking
2533
National Ranking
66

Kiridaran Kanagaretnam publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kiridaran Kanagaretnam sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 139 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kiridaran Kanagaretnam D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kiridaran Kanagaretnam sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kiridaran Kanagaretnam is affiliated with York University in Canada and has an extensive publication record spanning multiple aspects of business, management, and finance. Their research primarily concentrates on areas such as accounting, economics, and finance with a focus on topics including corporate finance and governance, auditing, banking stability, and Islamic finance.

Their recent academic output includes several papers published between 2020 and 2023. Notable works include: Audit quality and COVID-19 restrictions (2022) in the Managerial Auditing Journal; Does Disaster Risk Relate to Banks' Loan Loss Provisions? (2022) published in the European Accounting Review; Does Citizens' Financial Literacy Relate to Bank Financial Reporting Transparency? (2021) also in the European Accounting Review; Climate Change Social Norms and Corporate Cash Holdings (2023) featured in the Journal of Business Ethics; and Societal trust and banks' funding structure (2020) in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.

Kanagaretnam's work often appears in established academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Accounting Review
  • Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
  • Journal of Business Ethics
  • Journal of International Accounting Research

Their coauthorship network involves collaboration with several recurring researchers, including Gerald J. Lobo, Justin Yiqiang Jin, Xiaoran Jia, Jimmy Lee, and Chee Yeow Lim. These frequent collaborations suggest an active engagement in interdisciplinary projects within their fields of study.

Kanagaretnam's main fields of inquiry are Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these domains, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Accounting
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Finance
  • Strategy and Management
  • Marketing

They focus on a range of core research themes encompassing:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Insurance and Financial Risk Management

Best Publications

  • Effects of national culture on earnings quality of banks

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Chee Yeow Lim;Gerald J Lobo

  • Usefulness of comprehensive income reporting in Canada

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Robert Mathieu;Mohamed Shehata

  • Influence of National Culture on Accounting Conservatism and Risk-Taking in the Banking Industry

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Chee Yeow Lim;Gerald J. Lobo

  • An Empirical Analysis of Auditor Independence in the Banking Industry

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gopal V. Krishnan;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Managerial Incentives for Income Smoothing Through Bank Loan Loss Provisions

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo;Robert Mathieu

  • Does good corporate governance reduce information asymmetry around quarterly earnings announcements

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo;Dennis J. Whalen

  • Joint Tests of Signaling and Income Smoothing through Bank Loan Loss Provisions

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo;Dong-Hoon Yang

  • Auditor Reputation and Earnings Management: International Evidence from the Banking Industry

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Chee Yeow Lim;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Ability of accounting and audit quality variables to predict bank failure during the financial crisis

    Justin Yiqiang Jin;Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Determinants of signaling by banks through loan loss provisions

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo;Dong-Hoon Yang

  • Religiosity and Earnings Management: International Evidence from the Banking Industry

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo;Chong Wang

  • Relation between Auditor Quality and Tax Aggressiveness: Implications of Cross-Country Institutional Differences

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Jimmy Lee;Chee Yeow Lim;Gerald J. Lobo

  • The impact of social value orientation and risk attitudes on trust and reciprocity

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Stuart Mestelman;Khalid Nainar;Khalid Nainar;Mohamed Shehata;Mohamed Shehata

  • Effects of international institutional factors on earnings quality of banks

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Chee Yeow Lim;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Societal Trust and Corporate Tax Avoidance

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Jimmy Lee;Chee Yeow Lim;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Is the market valuation of banks’ loan loss provision conditional on auditor reputation?

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gopal V. Krishnan;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Earnings Management to Reduce Earnings Variability: Evidence from Bank Loan Loss Provisions

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo;Robert Mathieu

  • Effects of National Culture on Earnings Quality of Banks

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Chee Yeow Lim;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Impact of FDICIA internal controls on bank risk taking.

    Justin Yiqiang Jin;Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo;Robert Mathieu

  • Cross-Country Evidence on the Relationship between Societal Trust and Risk-Taking by Banks

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo;Chong Wang;Dennis J. Whalen

  • Trust and Reciprocity with Transparency and Repeated Interactions

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Stuart Mestelman;S.M. Khalid Nainar;S.M. Khalid Nainar;Mohamed Shehata;Mohamed Shehata

  • Discretion in bank loan loss allowance, risk taking and earnings management

    Justin Jin;Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Joint Tests of Signaling and Income Smoothing Through Bank Loan Loss Provisions

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Dong-Hoon Yang;Gerald J. Lobo

  • Relation between Auditor Quality and Corporate Tax Aggressiveness: Implications of Cross-Country Institutional Differences

    Kiridaran Kanagaretnam;Jimmy Lee;Chee Yeow Lim;Gerald J. Lobo

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald J. Lobo
Gerald J. Lobo University of Houston
Gopal V. Krishnan
Gopal V. Krishnan Bentley University
Albert H.C. Tsang
Albert H.C. Tsang Southern University of Science and Technology
Kee-Hong Bae
Kee-Hong Bae York University

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