The study examines the relationship between ethical values (idealism, relativism) and personality traits (Machiavellianism, locus of control) on decision-making of individuals and their perception on earnings management practices. Based on a survey of advanced auditing students in Canada, the...

We study the convergence of price indices for Canadian provinces and cities for the period 1978-2001 for (a) ten provinces and nine commodity/price groups; and (b) fifteen cities a cross Canada and four commodity/price groups using panel unit root tests. The empirical results reject the unit...

This paper tests for unconditional and conditional income convergence among provinces in Canada during the period 1981-2001. We apply the first-differenced GMM estimation technique to the dynamic Solow growth model and compare the results with the other panel data approaches such as fixed and...

This study investigates whether mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Canada resulted in capital market benefits from enhanced financial reporting quality. We examine the effects of implementing IFRS for financial statements of the largest Canadian firms...