Research showcase
Showcasing the impactful research conducted by Monash Business School's Department of Accounting.
Watch that tone! How company disclosures on cyber incidents influence investor decisions
We investigate how the tone of company disclosures about cyber security breaches can impact investor behaviour.
How investing in environmental innovation helps the bottom line
Investing in new pollution prevention technologies not only helps the environment but improves a firm’s financial performance.
Workplace productivity: It’s all in the eyes
How measuring changes in pupil size during work can reveal moment-to-moment effort intensity.
Why accounting firms must focus on what matters for women accountants
This study reveals how supportive managers and psychological safety practices can boost wellbeing for women working in accounting.
How whistleblowing incentives stop insider trading
This study reveals how whistleblower protections and rewards deter insider trading.
Building trust with material and immaterial corporate social responsibility: Benefits and consequences
We examine how material versus immaterial CSR differently affects trust-building benefits and consequences, and the conditions under which benefits hold.
Climate risk and the price of audit services
Companies in areas exposed to drought conditions are charged significantly higher audit fees.
Corruption, ethics and disclosures
Examining corruption-related disclosures of companies operating in Peru involved in the “Club de la Construcción”, a major corruption case involving
Financial statement comparability and accounting fraud
Examining poor financial statement comparability and its association with a greater likelihood of accounting fraud.
Language similarity and mergers and acquisitions transactions
Acquirers achieve higher post-merger and acquisition (M&A) operating performance when they acquire targets that share the same native languages.
Political corruption and accounting choices
Firms headquartered in corrupt districts report lower earnings, relative to firms headquartered elsewhere.
Strategic deviance and cash holdings
Companies that follow unconventional strategies tend to hold more cash, largely due to managerial discretion rather than genuine precautionary needs.
Accountability of water utilities on water price submissions
Investigating how the introduction of a customer-focused accountability framework changed existing accountability dynamics in the Victorian water utilities sector.