We provide a long-term assessment of finance research in the Asia-Pacific region. Similar to the earlier findings in Chan et al. (2001) and Chan et al. (2005), the Asia-Pacific academic institutions, as a group, perform very well during 1990-2008. The two quality-adjusted weighted article...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the quality of doctoral programs in terms of their faculty auditing research output as well as their effectiveness in training future auditing faculty. Design/methodology/approach –This paper presents a retrospective analysis of auditing...

Prior literature on accounting journal rankings has provided different journal lists depending on the type of examination (citations- vs. survey-based) and the choice of journals covered. A recent study by Bonner, Hesford, Van der Stede, and Young (2006) [Bonner, S., Hesford, A., Van der Stede,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between the Index of Economic Freedom , equity market performance and its volatility. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines whether the level of economic freedom is significant for a country's stock market...