Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics

CO-EDITORS
AG N E S C.S. CH E N G
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
PE T E R CL A R K S O N
The University of Queensland
FE R D I N A N D A. GU L
Deakin University
ZO L T A N MA T O L C S Y
The University of Technology, Sydney
DA N A. SI M U N I C
The University of British Columbia
BI N SR I N I D H I
University of Texas

CONSULTING EDITORS
KA T H E R I N E SC H I P P E R
Duke University
JU D Y T S U I
Institute for New Economic Thinking
RO S S L. WA T T S
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
EL I BA R T O V , New York University
JA N BO U W E N S , Amsterdam Business School
MI C H A E L E. BR A D B U R Y , Massey University
ST E V E N CA H A N , The University of Auckland
PE T E R CA R E Y , BL Deakin Business School
CH A R L E S J.P. CH E N , China Europe International
Business School, Pudong
GR E G CL I N C H , University of Melbourne
MA R K L. DE FO N D , University of Southern California
AN D R E W FE R G U S O N , University of Technology, Sydney
JE N N I F E R FR A N C I S , Duke University
JE R E R. FR A N C I S , University of Missouri – Columbia
SI M O N FU N G , Deakin University
PA U L A. GR I F F I N , University of California, Davis
KO S E JO H N , New York University
BJ O R N JO R G E N S E N , London School of Economics and
Political Science
JE O N G -BO N KI M , University of Waterloo
S.P. KO T H A R I , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CL I V E LE N N O X , University of Southern California
JE F F R E Y NG , Hong Kong Polytechnic University
CH U L W. PA R K , The University of Hong Kong
GR A C E PO W N A L L , Emory University
SU R E S H RA D H A K R I S H N A N , The University of Texas at Dallas
K.K. RA M A N , The University of Texas at San Antonio
GO R D O N D. RI C H A R D S O N , University of Toronto
GR A N T RI C H A R D S O N , University of Adelaide
HE I B A T O L L A H SA M I , Lehigh University
TE R R E N C E J. SH E V L I N , University of California
LA K S H M A N A N SH I V A K U M A R , London Business School
IR E M TU N A , London Business School
JE R O L D L. ZI M M E R M A N , University of Rochester

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