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Dr Mark Wilson


BEcon(ANU), GradDipAcc(ANU), MComm(ANU), PhD(ANU) CPA
 
Senior Lecturer
School of Accounting and Business Information Systems
 
Office Location
Room 2030, Hanna Neumann Building 21

Mailing Address
School of Accounting and Business Information Systems
Hanna Neumann Building 021
Australian National University
ACT 0200 Australia
 
Telephone  +61 2 612 53659
Fax  +61 2 612 55005
Email  mark.wilson@anu.edu.au

   
  Disciplines
  Research Focus
Transaction Cost Economics, Agency and Contracting Theory, History of Economic Thought, Business History, Earnings Management, Factors Affecting Analyst Forecast Accuracy
  Teaching Focus
Teaching Responsibilities
  • Coordinator/Lecturer, BUSN3001 Accounting Theory ()
General Teaching information
Accounting Theory, Empirical Research in Accounting and Finance
  Administrative Responsibilities / PhD Supervision

Convenor of Master of Commerce and Master of Business.

Member of ABIS Curriculum Advisory Committee.

PhD supervision disciplines: earnings management, analyst forecasts, corporate governance, business history.

Principal PhD Supervision: Ava Wu

I am also a member of several PhD supervision panels

  Professional Activities
CPA Australia ACT Division - Former Deputy President  (2007-2009)

President - Friends of the Noel Butlin Archives Centre

  Current Research Projects

Analyst Forecast Revisions and Changes in Implied Cost of Equity Following CEO Turnover.

Environmental Disclosure Quality and the Implied Cost of Equity Capital (with K. Bachoo & R. Tan).

Analyst Forecast Errors 1997-2008: A Research Note.

Rising Concentration in the NSW Brewing Industry 1890-1925: A Reappraisal.

Dual Distribution, Performance Information and Contracting Costs: A Case Study from the Brewing Industry.

  Publications

Wilson, Mark and Liang Wui Wang, 2009, 'Earnings Management Following CEO Changes: The Effect of Contemporaneous Chairperson and CFO Changes', forthcoming in Accounting and Finance.

Wilson, Mark and Greg Shailer, 2007, 'Accounting Manipulations and Political Costs: Tooth & Co. Ltd 1910-65', Accounting and Business Research, Vol. 37., No. 4., pp. 247-265.

Wilson, Mark and Greg Shailer, 2004, 'The Term Structure of Discount Rates and Capital Budgeting Practice', Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research, Vol. 2, No. 1,, pp. 29-40.

Wilson, Mark, 2003, "Legal Liability for Damage, the Coase Theorem and Opportunity Cost", Canberra Law Review, Vol. 7.

Wilson, M. and G. Shailer, 2003, "A Revised Lesson for Accounting Measurement from Transaction Cost Economics", Australian Accounting Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 66-73.

Shailer, G. and M. Wilson, 2001, "Accounting for Owner's Equity in Closely-held Corporations", Asian Review of Accounting, Special Issue.

  Further Information

Visiting Professor - University of Antwerp, 2009.

Visiting Scholar - University of Bristol, 2009.

Current Research Grants: 2009 College Internal Grants Scheme - $5500, Analyst Forecast Revisions Surrounding CEO Turnover Events

  Consultation Times

During Teaching Weeks: Tuesdays 9.00am-10.30am and 11.00am-12pm. No appointment necessary during these times

Outside Teaching Weeks email for appointment.

  Curriculum Vitae
 Curriculum Vitae 99kb

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