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Biography
Mark Wilson is a Professor of Accounting and the Deputy Director (Research) of the Research School of Accounting. His research interests include accounting, economic and business history, earnings quality, the response of markets and securities analysts to financial reporting information and transaction cost economics. Some of this work has been funded through the Australian Research Council’s Discovery and Linkage Programs, as well as by prominent accounting associations including the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand and CPA Australia. Mark’s research has been published in leading journals including Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, the European Accounting Review, the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Accounting and Business Research, Accounting and Finance, the Journal of Business Ethics, the Journal of Management Information Systems and Abacus. He also contributes to the field through editorial roles, and is Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Accounting and Finance, and Associate Editor (Audit and Financial Accounting) of the Australian Journal of Management. Mark has written reports for, and provided analysis and advice to, leading public sector and professional bodies including the Australian Customs Service and CPA Australia, and is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Australian Accounting Standards Board.
Qualifications
BEc, GradDipAcc, MComm, PhD(ANU), FCPA
Research Interests
Accounting and Capital Markets; Accounting and Financial Analysts; Earnings Management; Business History; Economics of Contracting; Financial History of the Brewing Industry; Economics of Franchising.
External Scholarly Memberships and Affiliations
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Accounting and Finance
2023 → …
Editor, Accounting and Finance
2017 → 2023
Member of Academic Advisory Panel, Australian Accounting Standards Board
2017 → …
Associate Editor, Australian Journal of Management
2017 → …
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Corporate shareholdings, tax-loss selling, and the (mis)pricing of information asymmetry
Wilson, M. & Zhang, L., 24 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Contemporary Accounting Research. 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shocks to CEO Political Alignment and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from the 2008 and 2016 Presidential Elections
Gong, Y., Wilson, M. & Zhang, L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Accounting. 2440004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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When and How is Audit Partner Identity Informative? Evidence from Analyst Forecast Revisions and Audit Partner Quality
Zhao, M. & Wilson, M., 25 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Auditing. 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aggregate analyst characteristics and forecasting performance
Wilson, M. & Wu, Y., 8 May 2024, In: Accounting and Finance. 64, 4, p. 3559-3594 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are Individual Analysts’ Responses to Management Forecasts Conditioned by Managers’ Forecasting Track Records?
Kala, T., Shailer, G. & Wilson, M., 14 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Accounting Review. 34, 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
- 4 Finished
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CEO employment opportunities and the path to innovation
Cai, Y. (PI) & Wilson, M. (CoI)
31/08/24 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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What data analytics training do junior accountants need to transform university learning into practice?
Choi, S. (PI), Ho, S. (CoI) & Wilson, M. (CoI)
27/02/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Does earnings guidance affect stock market reactions to management cash flow forecasts?�
Zhang, L. (PI) & Wilson, M. (CoI)
13/06/18 → 13/06/19
Project: Research
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An approach to preserving accounting and business archival materials: enhancing accessibility to inform research and practice
Potter, B. (PI), Wilson, M. (PI), Cobbin, P. (CoI), Ferguson, C. (CoI), Keneley, M. (CoI) & West, B. (CoI)
1/07/10 → 30/12/15
Project: Research