Centre awards 2017-18 funding to research and thought leadership projects

The most recent round of funding awarded by the centre has supported nine projects and 14 different investigators, including the work of a Lazaridis School of Business and Economics doctoral candidate.

Funded Research Projects

Performance Measures and Organization Control – A Field Study of Practice (Anthony Atkinson and Esther Maier, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Big Data from Financial Statement Notes and the Management Discussion and Analysis: A Focus on Asset Retirement Obligations (Bruce McConomy, Wilfrid Laurier University and Thomas Schneider, Ryerson University)
Market Reaction to Multi-step Voluntary Disclosures in the Biotech Industry (Bruce McConomy and Bixia Xu, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Tax Avoidance in Family Business Groups: Evidence from Canada (Tao Zeng, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Determinants of Honesty in Budgetary Reporting: Experimental Evidence Cooperation (Zoe Zhao, Leslie Berger and Lan Guo, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Rationalizing Tax Evasion: The Impact of the Sharing Economy on Tax Evasion (Tisha King, Lan Guo and Leslie Berger, Wilfrid Laurier University)

Funded Thought Leadership Projects

Performance Measures and Organization Control – Insights from A Field Study of Practice (Anthony Atkinson and Esther Maier, Wilfrid Laurier University)
White Paper on Taxpayer Rights in Canada (Laura MacDonald, Wilfrid Laurier University)
Non-GAAP Disclosure in Canadian High Tech Companies (Ling Chu, Robert Mathieu and Chima Mbagwu, Wilfrid Laurier University)

For additional information, review Research Funding.