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Daniel B. Thornton

Smith School of Business at Queen's University

Professor of Financial Accounting

143 Union Street, #358

Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6

Canada

http://smith.queensu.ca

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Board Monitoring, Audit Committee Effectiveness, and Financial Reporting Quality: Review and Synthesis of Empirical Evidence

Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, Vol. 1, No. 2, July-December 2009
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2010
Luo He, Réal Labelle, Charles Piot and Daniel B. Thornton
Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business, HEC Montréal - Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Governance, Univ. Grenoble Alpes and Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Audit Committees, Board of Directors, Earnings Management, Financial Reporting Quality, Fraud, Value Relevance of Earnings.

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The Impact of Corporate Governance on IFRS Adoption Choices

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2011
Arnt Verriest, Ann Gaeremynck and Daniel B. Thornton
KU Leuven, KU Leuven and Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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International Financial Reporting Standards, Corporate Governance, Disclosure, Compliance

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The Link between Earnings Conservatism and the Price to Book Ratio

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The Link between Earnings Conservatism and the Price to Book Ratio

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Jun 2004
Jinhan Pae, Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Korea University Business School (KUBS), Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Accounting conservatism, earnings, accruals, returns, price-to-book

The Link Between Earnings Conservatism and the Price to Book Ratio

Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 22, No. 3, Fall 2005
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 May 2005
Jinhan Pae, Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Korea University Business School (KUBS), Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Accounting conservatism, earnings, accruals, returns, price-to-book

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Earnings Quality Under Rules- vs. Principles-Based Accounting Standards: A Test of the Skinner Hypothesis

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Jun 2004
Erin Webster and Daniel B. Thornton
Queen's University - Smith School of Business and Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Accounting standards; earnings quality; accrual quality, principles-based GAAP, rules-based GAAP

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Impact of Market Risk Disclosures on Stock Price Sensitivity to Oil and Gas Prices

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 1999
Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Meta-Analysis and the Accounting Literature: The Case of Audit Committee Independence and Financial Reporting Quality

European Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Oct 2007
Bradley Pomeroy and Daniel B. Thornton
University of Waterloo and Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Accounting research, meta-analysis, publication bias, audit committee independence, financial reporting quality

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Do Analyst Earnings Forecasts Allow for Accounting Conservatism?

14th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting (FEA)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Jan 2004
Jinhan Pae and Daniel B. Thornton
Korea University Business School (KUBS) and Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Do Sec Disclosures Reduce Investors' Disagreements About Firms' Exposures to Market Risk?: A Trading Volume Analysis

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Oct 2000
Thomas J. Linsmeier, Daniel B. Thornton, Mohan Venkatachalam and Michael Welker
Financial Accounting Standards Board, Smith School of Business at Queen's University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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The Association Between Accounting Conservatism and Analysts’ Forecast Inefficiency

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jan 2010
Jinhan Pae and Daniel B. Thornton
Korea University Business School (KUBS) and Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Accounting conservatism, analyst earnings forecasts, inefficiency in analyst earnings forecasts

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The Effect of Oil and Gas Producers' Frr No. 48 Disclosures on Investors' Risk Assessments

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Jun 2002
Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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disclosure regulation, market risk disclosures, derivatives, oil and gas industry, commodity beta

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The Reduction of Firms' Ownership Induced Agency Costs Following Financial Reporting Reform in the European Union

CAAA 2006 Annual Conference Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jan 2006
Jinhan Pae, Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Korea University Business School (KUBS), Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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International Accounting Standards, European Union, Agency Costs

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Pricing in Auction Markets for Collectibles: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Oct 2014
Matthew Boland and Daniel B. Thornton
Saint Mary's University and Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Different Conceptual Accounting Frameworks for Public and Private Enterprises: An Analysis of Canada's IFRS Transition and Suggestions for International Empirical Work

Accounting Perspectives, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Mar 2015
Daniel B. Thornton
Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Accounting standards; private companies

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Litigation Cost, Market-to-Book, and Asymmetric Timeliness of Earnings

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Litigation Cost, Market-to-Book, and Asymmetric Timeliness of Earnings

International Journal of Finance and Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Apr 2013
Zhefeng Frank Liu, Daniel B. Thornton and Fayez A. Elayan
Brock University, Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Brock University-Goodman School of Business
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Market-to-book, Book-to-market, Litigation, Asymmetric timeliness, Basu model, Conditional conservatism, Unconditional conservatism, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

Litigation Cost, Market-to-Book, and Asymmetric Timeliness of Earnings

International Journal of Finance and Accounting Studies Vol. 1 No. 1; April 2013
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 01 Oct 2013
Zhefeng Frank Liu, Daniel B. Thornton and Fayez A. Elayan
Brock University, Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Brock University-Goodman School of Business
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Market-to-book, Book-to-market, Litigation, Asymmetric timeliness, Basu model, Conditional conservatism, Unconditional conservatism, Private Securities Litigation Reform Act

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Canadian Financial Reporting Institutions

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Canadian Financial Reporting Institutions

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 18 Sep 2017
Daniel B. Thornton
Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Financial Reporting, Institutions, Canada

Canadian Financial Reporting Institutions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Feb 2018
Daniel B. Thornton
Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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Financial Reporting, Institutions, Capital Markets, Accounting

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Fair Value Accounting

CIRANO - Scientific Publications 2009s-47
Posted: 18 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2010
Michel Magnan and Daniel B. Thornton
Concordia University - Department of Accountancy and Smith School of Business at Queen's University

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Fair value accounting, procyclicality, liquidity crisis, fair market value, market efficiency, bubble

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The Effect of Mandated Market Risk Disclosures on Trading Volume Sensitivity to Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, and Commodity Price Movements

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming, April, 2002
Posted: 26 Nov 2001
Thomas J. Linsmeier, Daniel B. Thornton, Mohan Venkatachalam and Michael Welker
Financial Accounting Standards Board, Smith School of Business at Queen's University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Queen's University - Smith School of Business

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Disclosure regulation; Market risk disclosures; Derivatives; Trading volume; Investors' uncertainty; Diversity of opinion

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Corporate Disclosure of Environmental Liability Information: Theory and Evidence

CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, Vol 14, No 3, Fall 1997
Posted: 19 Feb 1997
Yue Li, Daniel B. Thornton and Gordon D. Richardson
University of Toronto - Joseph Rotman School of Management, Smith School of Business at Queen's University and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management

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