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Overview

Roger Simnett is a researcher affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research spans the broad field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a particular focus on auditing and corporate governance topics.

Their work extensively covers subfields such as:

  • Accounting
  • Strategy and Management
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management Information Systems
  • Sociology and Political Science

Key topics across their publications include:

  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Accounting and Organizational Management
  • Accounting Theory and Financial Reporting
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations

Recent research contributions by Roger Simnett encompass the following papers:

  • Extended external reporting assurance: Current practices and challenges, 2021, Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting
  • Involvement of Component Auditors in Multinational Group Audits: Determinants, Audit Quality, and Audit Fees, 2021, Journal of Accounting Research
  • Using the Same Provider for Financial Statement Audit and Assurance of Extended External Reports: Choices and Consequences, 2022, Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory
  • Is greater connectivity of financial and non-financial information in annual reports valued by market participants?, 2024, The British Accounting Review
  • Evidence-informed Approach to Setting Standards: A Discussion on the Research Strategies of AASB and AUASB, 2020, Australian Accounting Review

Roger Simnett frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Shan Zhou
  • Yitang Yang
  • Elizabeth Carson
  • Ann Vanstraelen
  • Meiting Lu

Their research has been published often in these venues:

  • Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory
  • Accounting and Finance
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Accounting Research
  • Australian Accounting Review

Best Publications

  • Assurance on sustainability reports: an international comparison

    Roger Simnett;Ann Vanstraelen;Wai Fong Chua

  • Audit Partner Tenure and Audit Quality

    Peter John Carey;Roger Simnett

  • CSR and Assurance Services: A Research Agenda

    Jeffrey R. Cohen;Roger Simnett

  • Integrated Reporting: An Opportunity for Australia's Not-for-Profit Sector

    Sarah Adams;Roger Simnett

  • Does Integrated Reporting Matter to the Capital Market

    Shan Zhou;Roger Simnett;Wendy Green

  • Voluntary Demand for Internal and External Auditing by Family Businesses

    Peter John Carey;Roger Simnett;George A Tanewski

  • Impact of Assurance and Assurer's Professional Affiliation on Financial Analysts' Assessment of Credibility of Corporate Social Responsibility Information

    Gary Pflugrath;Peter Roebuck;Roger Simnett

  • Integrated reporting and assurance: where can research add value?

    Roger Simnett;Anna Louise Huggins

  • The provision of other services by auditors: Independence and pricing issues

    Lynn Barkess;Roger Simnett

  • Threats to Auditor Independence: The Impact of Relationship and Economic Bonds

    Ping Ye;Elizabeth Carson;Roger Simnett

  • The Effect of Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation on Audit Quality and Audit Fees: Empirical Evidence from the Korean Audit Market

    Soo Young Kwon;Youngdeok Lim;Roger Simnett

  • Developing an International Assurance Standard on Greenhouse Gas Statements

    Roger Simnett;Michael Nugent;Anna L. Huggins

  • The effect of information selection, information processing and task complexity on predictive accuracy of auditors☆

    Roger Simnett

  • The Competitive Market for Assurance Engagements on Greenhouse Gas Statements: Is There a Role for Assurers from the Accounting Profession?

    Anna Huggins;Wendy J. Green;Roger Simnett

  • Changes in Audit Market Competition and the Big N Premium

    Elizabeth Carson;Roger Simnett;Billy S. Soo;Arnold M. Wright

  • Auditing and Assurance Services in Australia

    Roger Simnett

  • The Different Types of Assurance Services and Levels of Assurance Provided

    Mahreen Hasan;Steven Maijoor;Theodore J. Mock;Peter Roebuck

  • Audit Partner Tenure and Audit Quality

    Roger Simnett;Peter Carey

  • An Investigation of Alternative Report Formats for Communicating Moderate Levels of Assurance

    Mahreen Hasan;Peter J. Roebuck;Roger Simnett

  • International Archival Auditing and Assurance Research: Trends, Methodological Issues, and Opportunities

    Roger Simnett;Elizabeth Carson;Ann Vanstraelen

  • Enhancing the Auditor's Report: To What Extent is There Support for the IAASB's Proposed Changes?

    Roger Simnett;Anna Huggins

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey R. Cohen
Jeffrey R. Cohen Boston College
Ken T. Trotman
Ken T. Trotman University of New South Wales
Arnold M. Wright
Arnold M. Wright Northeastern University
Theodore J. Mock
Theodore J. Mock University of California, Riverside
Wai Fong Chua
Wai Fong Chua University of Sydney
Michael Firth
Michael Firth Lingnan University
Donna L. Street
Donna L. Street University of Dayton
Jean C. Bedard
Jean C. Bedard Bentley University
Siri Terjesen
Siri Terjesen Florida Atlantic University

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