Mark L. DeFond

24.6k citations
85 papers · 18.6k indexed · 12 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

  • Accounting top 0.01%
    • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
    • Corporate Finance and Governance
    • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
    • Risk Management in Financial Firms
    • Financial Reporting and Valuation Research
    • Corporate Governance and Financial Management

Papers in

    • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance 78
    • Corporate Finance and Governance 53
    • Risk Management in Financial Firms 5
    • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies 31
    • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations 10

Mark L. DeFond

80 papers receiving 17.1k citations

Hit Papers

Do Client Characteristics Really Drive the Big N Audit Quality Effect? New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching 2016 · 295 citations
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Mark L. DeFond
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  • Accounting 17.7k
  • Strategy and Management 8.0k
  • Finance 4.5k
  • Management Information Systems 1.7k
  • Economics and Econometrics 1.6k
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All Works

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The Role of Firm Status in Appointments of Accounting Financial Experts to Audit Committees
201210
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Client Conservatism and Auditor-Client Contracting
2012203
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The Effect of SOX on Small Auditor Exits and Audit Quality
201134
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Does the Market Value Financial Expertise on Audit Committees of Boards of Directors?
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Auditor Changes and Discretionary Accruals
199885
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The Effect of Audit Quality on Earnings Management
1997224
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Do Managers Smooth Income in Anticipation of Future Earnings
19965
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An empirical test of the association between client firm agency costs and audit firm characteristics
19870

About Mark L. DeFond

Mark L. DeFond is a scholar working on Accounting, Finance, Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Conservation, having authored 85 papers that have together received 18.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (78 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (53 papers), Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (31 papers), Financial Reporting and Valuation Research (24 papers), Credit Risk and Financial Regulations (10 papers), Risk Management in Financial Firms (5 papers), Accounting and Organizational Management (4 papers) and Taxation and Compliance Studies (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Accounting (17.7k citations), Strategy and Management (8.0k citations), Finance (4.5k citations), Management Information Systems (1.7k citations) and Economics and Econometrics (1.6k citations). Mark L. DeFond has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Belgium. Frequent co-authors include James Jiambalvo, K.R. Subramanyam, Jieying Zhang, Chul W. Park, Mingyi Hung, Jere R. Francis, Xuesong Hu, K. Raghunandan, Rebecca N. Hann and T.J. Wong. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research and Journal of International Accounting Research.

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