Staff profile

Dr Jahangir Ali

Associate Professor

Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

La Trobe Business School
Department of Accounting

SS123, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

PhD (La Trobe), Master of Business (Accounting) (Monash), M.Com., B.Com. Honours (Accounting), Rajshahi

Membership of professional associations

CPA, FIPA, CMA, AFAANZ

Area of study

Accounting

Brief profile

Dr Jahangir Ali is currently an Associate Professor of Accounting in the Department of Accounting, School of Business, La Trobe University. Prior to this appointment, he was a Senior Lecturer and Lecturer of Accounting at La Trobe University and University of New England, respectively. He has had several years of teaching and research experience at the University of Rajshahi where he worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Accounting. Jahangir was a visiting professor at the University of Kebangsaan, Malayasia and Asian University, Bangladesh.

Jahangir earned his Ph.D. on Harmonization of Accounting and Reporting Practices from La Trobe University and holds an Masters of Business (Accounting) degree from Monash University. Jahangir’s research interests include corporate governance, earnings management, harmonization of accounting and reporting practices, corporate financial reporting and disclosure, international accounting, and accounting policy choice. He has published a number of papers in international referred journals including Accounting and Business Research,  British Accounting Review, Journal of  Accounting and Public Policy, Journal of Accounting Literature,and the International Journal of Accounting.

Jahangir is on the editorial board of International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies, Journal of Applied Research in Management Accounting, and Asian Journal of Business and Accounting.

Research interests

Behavioural research in financial accounting and corporate governance

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Corporate disclosure; corporate governance, financial accounting; auditing, and accounting policy choice

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Teaching units

Corporate Reporting

Advanced Financial Accounting

International Accounting

Accounting for Managers

Recent publications

Al-Akra, M. & Ali, M. J. 2012. The value relevance of corporate voluntary disclosure in the Middle-East: The case of  Jordan. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 31:  533-549.

Muniandy, B. & Ali, M. J. 2012. Development of financial reporting environment in Malaysia. Research in Accounting Regulation 24: 115-125.

Muniandy, B. & Ali, M. J. 2012. Ownership concentration and audit fees: Some evidence from Malaysian capital market. Corporate Ownership and Control 9(2): 400-409.

Ahmed, K. & Ali, M. J. 2012. Determinants of Cash Flow Forecasts by International Analysts: Evidence from Australia. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management (In Press).  

Assenso, S., Ali, M. J. & Ahmed, K. 2011. The development of accounting and reporting in Ghana. The International Journal of Accounting 46: 450-480.

Iskandar, T. M., Rahmat, M. M., Noor, N. M., Saleh, N. M., & Ali, M. J. 2011. Corporate governance and going concern problems: Evidence from Malaysia. International Journal of Corporate Governance 2 (2): 119- 139.                    

Al-Akra, M., Eddie, I. A. & Ali, M. J. 2010. The influence of the introduction of accounting disclosure regulation on mandatory disclosure compliance: Evidence from Jordan. The British Accounting Review 42 (3): 170-186.  

Al-Akra, M., Eddie, I. A. & Ali, M. J. 2010. The association between privatisation and voluntary disclosure: evidence from Jordan. Accounting and Business Research 40 (1): 55-74.  

Al-Akra, M., Ali, M. J. & Marashdeh, O. 2009. Development of accounting regulation in Jordan. The International Journal of Accounting 44 (2): 163-189. 

Ali, M. J., Ahmed, K. & Eddie, A. 2009. The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in emerging economies: The Case for South Asia. Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies 9: 1-31.   

Ali, M. J. & Ng, K. S. 2009. Ownership structure, internal governance and earnings management in Hong Kong. Corporate Ownership and Control (6): 437-449.   

Ali, M. J., & Ahmed, K. 2007. The legal and institutional framework for corporate financial reporting in South Asia. Research in Accounting Regulation 19: 175-205.   

Ali, M. J., Ahmed, K. & Henry, D. 2006. Harmonization of accounting practices in South Asia. Advances in International Accounting 19: 25-58.   

Ali, M. J. 2006. Disclosure harmonization of accounting practices - The Case for South Asia. Asian Review of Accounting 14 (1&2): 168-186..   

Ali, M. J. 2005. A synthesis of empirical research on international accounting harmonization and compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards. Journal of Accounting Literature 24: 1-52.  

Ali, M. J., Ahmed, K. & Henry, D. 2004. Compliance with national accounting standards by listed companies in South Asia. Accounting and Business Research 34 (3): 183-199.  

Liu, J., Eddie, I. A. & Ali, M. J. 2004. Test of quality of corporate disclosure in Chinese listed companies. Research Journal of the Academic International Congress (RJooiAIC2004) 4 (1): 42-53.  

Ali, M. J & Ahmed, K. 2001. Longitudinal analysis of corporate social disclosures: Recent evidence from Australia. The International Journal of Accounting and Business Society 9 (1).