Gordon D. Richardson

KPMG Professor of Accounting
Professor of Accounting

Degrees:

PhD, Cornell University
MBA, York University
BA, University of Toronto

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Bio

Gordon Richardson is a Professor of Accounting. He was Editor of Contemporary Accounting Research from 2001-2006, one of the top five academic accounting journals in the world. An Honorary Professor of the University of Queensland Business School since 2004, he enjoys an international reputation as a leading scholar in academic accounting. In 2004, he delivered the prestigious Wei Lun Visiting Professor Public lecture in Hong Kong. In 2008, he gave a public address as part of the Korean Accounting Association Distinguished Professor Seminar Series. In 2007, in recognition of his research achievements, he was awarded the Haim Falk Award.

Academic Positions

2002 - present

Full Professor , University of Toronto
2001-2006

Editor, Contemporary Accounting Research
1989-2002

Chaired Full Professor, University of Waterloo
1987-1989

Associate Professor, McMaster University
1983-1987

Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia

Selected Publications - Papers

Does it really pay to be green? Determinants and consequences of proactive environmental strategies

Peter M. Clarkson, Yue Li, Gordon D. Richardson, Florin P. Vasvari

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Issue:30 (2)

2011

Pages: 122-144
The impact of IFRS adoption on the value relevance of book value and earnings

Peter Clarkson, J. Douglas Hanna, Gordon D. Richardson, and Rex Thompson

Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics

Issue:7 (1)

2011

Pages: 1-17
Revisiting the relation between environmental performance and environmental disclosure: An empirical analysis

Peter M. Clarkson, Yue Li, Gordon D. Richardson, and Florin P. Vasvari

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Issue:33 (4 - 5)

2008

Pages: 303-327
Are securitizations in substance sales or secured borrowings? Capital‐market evidence

Flora F. Niu and Gordon D. Richardson

Contemporary Accounting Research

Issue:23 (4)

2006

Pages: 1105-1133
The market valuation of environmental capital expenditures by pulp and paper companies

Clarkson, P. M., Li, Y. and Richardson, G. D.

Accounting Review

Issue:79 (2)

2004

Pages: 329-353
Equity valuation employing the ideal versus ad hoc terminal value expressions

Lucie Courteau, Jennifer L. Kao, and Gordon D. Richardson

Accounting and Finance

Issue:18 (4)

2001

Pages: 625-661
Evidence that management discussion and analysis (MD&A) is a part of a firm's overall disclosure package

Peter M. Clarkson, Jennifer L. Kao, and Gordon D. Richardson

7th APFA Annual Conference, Shanghai

Issue:16 (1)

1999

Pages: 111-134
Corporate disclosure of environmental liability information: Theory and evidence

Yue Li, Gordon D. Richardson, and Daniel B. Thornton

Contemporary Accounting Research

Issue:14 (3)

1997

Pages: 435 - 474
The voluntary inclusion of forecasts in the MD&A section of annual reports

Peter M. Clarkson, Jennifer L. Kao, Gordon D. Richardson

Contemporary Accounting Research

Issue:11 (l-II)

1994

Pages: 423-450
An information interpretation of financial analyst superiority in forecasting earnings

Lawrence D. Brown, Gordon D. Richardson, and Steven J. Schwager

Journal of Accounting Research

Issue:25 (1)

1987

Pages: 49-67

Featured Work

Dr. Richardson is a capital markets researcher and has over 40 publications in peer reviewed academic journals. In 2006, he published an influential paper in Contemporary Accounting Research which deals with securitizations. He has published several articles related to environmental accounting and he is currently working on a project involving the European carbon emissions cap and trade system. He has also conducted research in the area of the valuation of private companies and the Private Company Discount, the usefulness of internal control disclosures mandated by Sarbanes-Oxley, the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on the valuation of private companies, and the impact of voluntary disclosures on firm valuation. He specializes in accounting based valuation models and the value relevance for investors of financial statements.