Donald J. Stokes

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Donald J. Stokes is a scholar working on Accounting, Strategy and Management and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald J. Stokes has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Accounting, 21 papers in Strategy and Management and 6 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Donald J. Stokes's work include Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (32 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (28 papers) and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (17 papers). Donald J. Stokes is often cited by papers focused on Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (32 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (28 papers) and Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (17 papers). Donald J. Stokes collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Belgium. Donald J. Stokes's co-authors include Jere R. Francis, Andrew Ferguson, Don Anderson, Allen Craswell, Stephen L. Taylor, Zoltan Matolcsy, Jane Hamilton, Philip Lee, Terry S. Walter and Caitlin M. S. Ruddock and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research and The Accounting Review.

In The Last Decade

Donald J. Stokes

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Effects of Firm-Wide and Office-Level Industry Expert... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Effects of Firm-Wide and Office-Level Industry Expertise on Audit Pricing
    2003 567 citations Andrew Ferguson, Jere R. Francis et al. The Accounting Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Donald J. Stokes Australia 18 2.4k 943 466 274 212 41 2.5k
J. Kenneth Reynolds United States 9 2.1k 0.9× 829 0.9× 382 0.8× 287 1.0× 147 0.7× 14 2.2k
Katherine Gunny United States 14 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 398 0.9× 170 0.6× 179 0.8× 35 2.0k
Michael T. Stein United States 12 1.6k 0.7× 567 0.6× 337 0.7× 233 0.9× 187 0.9× 24 1.7k
Joon Sun Yang United States 11 2.0k 0.8× 949 1.0× 358 0.8× 206 0.8× 117 0.6× 20 2.1k
Aloke Ghosh United States 15 2.0k 0.8× 896 1.0× 537 1.2× 145 0.5× 253 1.2× 20 2.2k
Jeffrey T. Doyle United States 14 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 973 2.1× 257 0.9× 237 1.1× 17 2.6k
Krishnagopal Menon United States 13 1.7k 0.7× 575 0.6× 364 0.8× 192 0.7× 142 0.7× 21 1.8k
In‐Mu Haw United States 19 1.7k 0.7× 675 0.7× 629 1.3× 106 0.4× 218 1.0× 47 1.8k
John J. Wild United States 17 2.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 849 1.8× 113 0.4× 146 0.7× 42 2.5k
Rodrigo Verdi United States 8 2.9k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 1.0k 2.2× 252 0.9× 333 1.6× 11 3.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stokes, Donald J.. (2013). GENERATING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IDEAS. Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems. 12(2). 144–154. 6 indexed citations
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Stokes, Donald J., et al.. (2013). Strategic pricing by Big 4 audit firms in private client segments. Accounting and Finance. 53(4). 961–994. 10 indexed citations
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Clinch, Greg, Donald J. Stokes, & Tingting Zhu. (2011). Audit quality and information asymmetry between traders. Accounting and Finance. 52(3). 743–765. 58 indexed citations
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Vergauwe, Skrålan, Ann Gaeremynck, & Donald J. Stokes. (2011). The Impact of Disclosure and Auditing on the Reliability of Fair Value Estimates in the Real Estate Industry. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Cotter, Julie, Donald J. Stokes, & Anne Wyatt. (2010). An Analysis of Factors Influencing Asset Writedowns. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Vergauwe, Skrålan, Ann Gaeremynck, & Donald J. Stokes. (2010). The impact of disclosure and audit effort on the reliability of fair value estimates in the real estate industry. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, Donald J. Stokes, Stephen L. Taylor, & Leon Wong. (2009). Audit Quality, Accounting Attributes and the Cost of Equity Capital. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations
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Stokes, Donald J., et al.. (2009). Audit quality, earnings quality and the cost of equity capital. UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney). 5 indexed citations
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Stewart, Richard B., et al.. (2004). Understanding the options in strategic decisions and investments. 2–5. 1 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Andrew, Jere R. Francis, & Donald J. Stokes. (2003). The Effects of Firm-Wide and Office-Level Industry Expertise on Audit Pricing. SSRN Electronic Journal. 50 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Andrew, Jere R. Francis, & Donald J. Stokes. (2003). The Effects of Firm-Wide and Office-Level Industry Expertise on Audit Pricing. The Accounting Review. 78(2). 429–448. 567 indexed citations breakdown →
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Craswell, Allen, et al.. (2002). Auditor Independence and Fee Dependence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 30 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Andrew & Donald J. Stokes. (2002). Brand Name Audit Pricing, Industry Specialization, and Leadership Premiums post‐Big 8 and Big 6 Mergers*. Contemporary Accounting Research. 19(1). 77–110. 225 indexed citations
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Matolcsy, Zoltan, Donald J. Stokes, & Peter Wells. (2002). Valuing intangible assets provides new challenges. UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney). 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Philip, Donald J. Stokes, Stephen L. Taylor, & Terry S. Walter. (2000). The Association Between Audit Quality, Accounting Disclosures and Firm-Specific Risk: Evidence from the Australian IPO Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 11 indexed citations
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Francis, Jere R., Donald J. Stokes, & Don Anderson. (1999). City Markets as a Unit of Analysis in Audit Research and the Re-examination of Big 6 Market Shares. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations
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Stokes, Donald J., et al.. (1995). AUDITOR PREFERENCES FOR LIABILITY LIMITATION. Accounting and Finance. 35(2). 135–153. 7 indexed citations
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Anderson, Don, Jere R. Francis, & Donald J. Stokes. (1993). Auditing, directorships and the demand for monitoring. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. 12(4). 353–375. 185 indexed citations
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Percy, Majella & Donald J. Stokes. (1992). FURTHER EVIDENCE ON EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EARNINGS AND CASH FLOWS. Accounting and Finance. 32(1). 27–49. 4 indexed citations
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Anderson, Donald L., Donald J. Stokes, & Ian Zimmer. (1989). Corporate takeovers and auditor switching. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 19 indexed citations

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