Division of Accounting, Nanyang Business School

CLIVE LENNOX

Division of Accounting, Nanyang Business School Nanyang Technological University Email: [email protected]; Tel: (65) 67904637

EDUCATION

Ph. D University of Oxford, 1998, Economics. M. Phil. University of Oxford, 1995, Economics. B. Sc. University of Warwick, 1991, Economics.

CAREER 2009 - Full Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 2006 - 2009 Associate Professor, HKUST, Hong Kong. 2001 - 2005 Assistant Professor, HKUST, Hong Kong. 1998 - 2001 Reader, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. 1992 - 1993 Staff auditor at KPMG, United Kingdom.

RESEARCH RANKING

According to the BYU research rankings, Clive Lennox is the second most productive researcher in the world in archival research over the past six years: http://www.byuaccounting.net/rankings/univrank/rankings.php

PUBLICATIONS

Selection models in accounting research (with Jere Francis and Zitian Wang), The Accounting Review, 2012, forthcoming.

Voluntary audits versus mandatory audits (with Jeff Pittman), The Accounting Review, 2011, forthcoming.

The effect of SOX on small auditor exits and audit quality (with Mark DeFond), Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2011, Vol. 52, 21-40.

Do acquirers disclose good news or withhold bad news when they finance their acquisitions using equity? (with Rui Ge), Review of Accounting Studies, 2011, Vol. 16, 183-217.

1 Big Five audits and accounting fraud (with Jeff Pittman), Contemporary Accounting Research, 2010, Vol. 27, 209-247.

Auditing the auditors: Evidence on the PCAOB’s inspections of audit firms (with Jeff Pittman), Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2010, Vol. 49, 84–103.

Perceived competition, profitability and the withholding of information about sales and the cost of sales (with Elisabeth Dedman), Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2009, Vol. 48, 210-230.

Audit effort and earnings management (with Costas Caramanis), Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2008, Vol. 45, 116–138.

The hiring of accounting and finance officers from audit firms: How did the market react? (with Marshall Geiger and David North), Review of Accounting Studies, 2008, Vol. 13, 55–86.

Audit firm appointments, audit alumni, and audit committee independence (with Chul Park), Contemporary Accounting Research, 2007, Vol. 24, No. 1: 235-258.

The informativeness of earnings and management’s issuance of earnings forecasts, (with Chul Park), Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 3: 439-458.

The credibility of self-regulation: Evidence from the accounting profession’s peer review program (with Gilles Hilary), Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 1-3: 211-229.

Audit quality and executive officers’ affiliations with CPA firms, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2005, Vol. 39, No. 2: 201-231.

Managerial ownership and audit firm size, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2005, Vol. 22, No. 1: 205-227.

The large audit firm fee premium: A case of selectivity bias? (with Jen Ireland), Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 2002, Vol. 17, No. 1: 73-91.

Self-serving disclosures by chairpersons of failing UK companies, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2001, Vol. 8, No. 2: 63-81.

Do companies successfully engage in opinion-shopping? The UK experience, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2000, Vol. 29, No. 1: 321-337.

2 Identifying failing companies: A re-evaluation of the Logit, Probit and MDA approaches, Journal of Economics and Business, 1999, Vol. 51, No.4: 347-364.

The accuracy and incremental information content of audit Reports in predicting bankruptcy, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, 1999, Vol. 26, Nos. 5 & 6: 757-778.

Are large auditors more accurate than small auditors?, Accounting and Business Research, 1999, Vol. 29, No. 3: 217-228.

The relationship between auditor accuracy and auditor size: An evaluation of reputation and deep pockets arguments, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, 1999, Vol. 26, Nos. 7 & 8: 779-806. Re-printed in “Governance and Auditing” (2005) eds. Peter Moizer, Kevin Keasey, and Mike Wright.

Non-audit fees, disclosure and audit quality, European Accounting Review, 1999, Vol. 8, No. 2: 239-252.

PRIZES

1. Winner of a Best Paper Award at the European Accounting Association, 31st Annual Congress, Erasmus University (Netherlands); April 23–25, 2008; “Auditing the auditors: Evidence on the PCAOB’s inspections of audit firms” (with Jeff Pittman).

2. Winner of the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence 2007.

3. Winner of the Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence 2002.

SERVICES TO THE PROFESSION

Editor at the International Journal of Auditing (2007-present)

Associate Editor at:  Contemporary Accounting Research (2010-)  Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (2008-)  Chinese Journal of Accounting Research (2011-)  Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (2008-2011)  British Accounting Review (2006-2008)

Editorial board member at:

3  Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (2006-)  European Accounting Review (2002-2007)

Ad-hoc reviewer at:  Journal of Accounting and Economics  Journal of Accounting Research  The Accounting Review  Review of Accounting Studies  Contemporary Accounting Research

Member of the American Accounting Association’s Outstanding Auditing Dissertation Award Committee (2009).

Member of the American Accounting Association’s Outstanding Auditing Educator’s Award Committee (2010).

RESEARCH GRANTS

1. Awarding body: The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (HKUST6413/09H). Title: “How do investors respond to fraudulent earnings news?” (with Kai Wai Hui). Award: HK$379,680 (July 2009).

2. Awarding body: Economic and Social Research Council (RES-000-22-3119). Title: “Product market competition, profitability and voluntary disclosure: Evidence from UK private firms” (with Elisabeth Dedman). Award: GBP£59,993 (September 2008).

3. Awarding body: The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (RPC06/07.BM05). Title: “Who cares about accounting frauds: Individual or institutional investors” (with Ping-Sheng Koh). Award: HK$117,600 (June 2007).

4. Awarding body: The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (HKUST6447/06H). Title: “The informativeness of earnings and management’s issuance of earnings forecasts” (with Chul Park). Award: HK$447,754 (September 2006).

5. Awarding body: The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (HKUST6204/04H). Title: “Accounting alumni, audit firm appointments, and audit committee characteristics”. Award: HK$371,175 (August 2004).

4 6. Awarding body: The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (DAG02/03.BM75). Title: “The dynamics of audit fee adjustments in the presence of nominal fee rigidities”. Award: HK$69,190 (January 2004).

7. Awarding body: The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (DAG02/03.BM75). Title: “Pre-announcements of bad news: The role of corporate governance and management ownership” (with Chul Park). Award: HK$85,032 (June 2003).

8. Awarding body: The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (DAG02/03.BM06). Title: “Managerial ownership and the demand for audit quality”. Award: HK$38,000 (January 2003).

9. Awarding body: The University Grants Committee of Hong Kong (DAG01/02.BM01). Title: “Opinion shopping in the United States and the role of audit committees”. Award: HK$44,998 (November 2001).

10. Awarding body: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS01/02.BM01). Title: “Audit committee participation in the selection of audit firms”. Award: HK$105,000 (September 2001).

DOCTORAL STUDENT SUPERVISION

1. Bing Li (NTU), expected to graduate in 2012. Committee chair.

2. Zitian Wang (NTU), expected to graduate in 2013. Committee chair.

3. Rui Ge (HKUST), graduated in 2009. Committee chair. First placement at Sun- Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China. Rui’s first dissertation paper is forthcoming at the Review of Accounting Studies. His second dissertation paper is under review.

4. Hou Qingchuan (HKUST), graduated in 2007. Co-chair with Peter Chen. First placement at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

5. Jen Ireland (University of Bristol), graduated in 2002. Co-chair with Paul Grout. Jen’s two dissertation papers have both been published at the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, and the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

TEACHING EVALUATIONS

5 2010-2011 NTU Class 1: 90.2% Class 2: 91.8% 2009-2010 NTU Class 1: 89.6% Class 2: 94.0% 2008-2009 HKUST Class 1: 90.0% Class 2: 92.6% Class 3: 83.3% 2007-2008 HKUST Class 1: 93.5% Class 2: 90.7% Class 3: 90.6% 2006-2007 HKUST Class 1: 85.5% Class 2: 82.8% Class 3: 79.9% 2005-2006 HKUST Class 1: 73.3% Class 2: 77.6% Class 3: 80.9% 2004-2005 HKUST Class 1: 82.1% Class 2: 79.1% Class 3: 74.5% 2003-2004 HKUST Class 1: 77.1% Class 2: 76.0% Class 3: 79.0% 2002-2003 HKUST Class 1: 79.3% Class 2: 79.4% Class 3: 83.9% 2001-2002 HKUST Class 1: 82.5% Class 2: 73.0% Class 3: 76.7%

These mean ratings are for a third-year undergraduate course in Auditing and are based on the question “How do you rate this professor overall?”

PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Journal of Accounting and Economics Annual Conference; Wharton School (United States); October, 2011; “The consequences of protecting audit partners’ personal assets from the threat of liability” (with Bing Li).

Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Meeting (2010), Christchurch (New Zealand); July 2010; “Mandatory audits versus voluntary audits” (with Jeff Pittman).

Australian National Center for Audit and Assurance Research (ANCAAR) Symposium, The Australian National University (Australia); December, 2009.

Accounting and Finance Symposium, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand); November, 2009; “Mandatory Audits versus Voluntary Audits” (with Jeff Pittman).

Journal of Accounting and Economics Annual Conference; University of Rochester (United States); October, 2008; “Auditing the auditors: Evidence on the PCAOB’s inspections of audit firms” (with Jeff Pittman).

Summer Symposium on Accounting Research, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; June 2008; “Transient Institutions and Accounting Fraud” (with Ping-Sheng Koh).

6 European Accounting Association Annual Meeting (2008), Erasmus University (Netherlands); April, 2008; “Auditing the auditors: Evidence on the PCAOB’s inspections of audit firms” (with Jeff Pittman). Winner of a Best Paper Award.

Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Meeting (2007), Gold Coast (Australia); July 2007; “Pick a Model, Any Model: Assessing the Robustness of the Self-Selection Model” (with Jere Francis).

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (2006), Washington DC (United States); August 2006; “The informativeness of earnings and management’s issuance of earnings forecasts” (with Chul Park).

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting (2006), Washington DC (United States); August 2006; “The Hiring of Accounting and Finance Officers from Audit Firms: How did the Market React?” (with Marshall Geiger and David North).

Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Meeting (2006), Wellington (New Zealand); July 2006; “Audit Fee Rigidities in the Presence of Market Frictions: Evidence and Explanations” (with Andrew Ferguson and Steve Taylor).

European Accounting Association Annual Meeting (2006), Dublin (Ireland); March, 2006; “Audit Fee Rigidities in the Presence of Market Frictions: Evidence and Explanations” (with Andrew Ferguson and Steve Taylor).

American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco (United States); August 2005; “The credibility of self-regulation: Evidence from the accounting profession’s peer review program” (with Gilles Hilary).

International Symposium on Audit Research, Maastricht (Netherlands); July 2004; “The credibility of self-regulation: Evidence from the accounting profession’s peer review program” (with Gilles Hilary).

Summer Symposium on Accounting Research, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; June 2004; “The credibility of self-regulation: Evidence from the accounting profession’s peer review program” (with Gilles Hilary).

European Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Prague (Czech Republic); May 2004; “Audit Firm Appointments, Audit Firm Alumni, and Audit Committee Independence” (with Chul Park).

7 American Accounting Association Mid-year Audit Meeting, Tampa Bay Florida (United States); January, 2004; “Audit Firm Appointments, Audit Firm Alumni, and Audit Committee Independence” (with Chul Park).

International Symposium on Audit Research, Pasadena (United States); June, 2003; “Management Ownership and Audit Firm Size.”

American Accounting Association Mid-year Auditing Meeting, California (United States); January 2003; “Audit quality and executive officers’ affiliations with CPA firms.”

Summer Symposium on Accounting and Economics, London School of Economics (UK); July 1998; “Do companies successfully engage in opinion-shopping?”

International Symposium on Audit Research, Sydney (Australia); June 1998; “Do companies successfully engage in opinion-shopping?”