Dan A. Simunic
BS (DePaul), MBA (Chicago), PhD (Chicago), CPA (Illinois), FCGA (BC)
CGA Chair in Accounting
Faculty Member, KPMG Research Bureau in Financial Reporting
Professor, Accounting Division
Contact Information
Office Henry Angus 381
Tel (604) 822-8530
Email dan.simunic@sauder.ubc.ca
Teaching - Winter 2011
Term 2, January 4 to April 5, 2012
Comm 455; Section 203; Monday & Wednesday; 11:30 - 1:00 pm; Room 345
Comm 455; Section 204; Monday & Wednesday; 1:00 - 2:30 pm; Room 345
Research Interests
The economics of auditing, with an emphasis on empirical research in audit production, pricing, audit quality, auditor choice and the impact of legal liability on auditor behaviour.
Editorial Responsibilities
- Co-Editor, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics
- Past Editor, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, and Contemporary Accounting Research
Editorial Board
- Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
- Contemporary Accounting Research
- Accounting and Business Research
- Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory
- Accounting and Finance
- China Journal of Accounting Research
Recent Published Papers
"Voluntary Audit and the Cost of Debt Capital for Privately Held Firms: Korean Evidence"
(with J-B Kim, M.T. Stein, and C. Yi), Contemporary Accounting Research, Summer, 2011
"Cross-listing Audit Fee Premiums: Theory and Evidence"
(with J-H. Choi, J-B. Kim and X. Liu), The Accounting Review, September 2009
"Audit Pricing, Legal Liability Regimes, and Big 4 Premiums: Theory and Cross-Country Evidence"
(with J-H. Choi, J-B. Kim and X. Liu), Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring 2008
"Precision in Auditing Standards: Effects on Auditor and Director Liability and the Supply and Demand for Audit Services"
(with M. Willekens), Accounting and Business Research, 2007
"An Analysis of Cross-Sectional Differences in Big and Non-Big Public Accounting Firms' Audit Programs"
(with H. Blokdijk, F. Drieenhuizen and M. Stein), Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, May 2006
"Profit Sharing in an Auditing Oligopoly"
(with Xiaohong Liu), The Accounting Review, July 2005.
"Factors Affecting Auditors' Assessments of Planning Materiality,"
(with H. Blokdijk, F. Drieenhuizen and M. Stein), Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, September, 2003.
"Production Efficiency and the Pricing of Audit Services,"
(with N. Dopuch, M. Gupta and M. Stein), Contemporary Accounting Research, Spring, 2003.