Professor David Lont, Our staff, Department of Accountancy & Finance, University of Otago, New Zealand

Professor
BCom(Hons), PhD, FCA, FCPA (Aust.) David_Lont

Tel +64 3 479 8119
Office OBS 5.12
Email david.lont@otago.ac.nz

SSRN author page: www.ssrn.com/author=11269

Professor David Lont joined the University of Otago in 1989 and has taught accounting theory, first year accounting, financial reporting and analysis and a variety of post graduate research papers.

He is a fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand and served as a committee member for the Otago Branch (2003-2011), on the Institute's publications committee from 2006–2010 and the Institutes Corporate Annual Report Awards (2003-2011). He also served on the PhD Scholarship committee from 2008-2014, chairing this from 2012. He is also a fellow of CPA Australia and has won a highly competitive CPA Global Research Perspectives grant. He was a panel member on the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) 2018 Quality Evaluation exercise.

In 2014, he was offered the honorary title of senior scholar in Management at the University of California, Davis after a long association with their Graduate School of Management and he was made a fellow of ANU’s ANCAAR in 2017 for his contribution to audit research and emerging scholars.

His current research interests are primarily in capital markets, and the economics of financial reporting and auditing. He has presented papers at a number of high profile conferences including the American Accounting Association national conference, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) annual conference, European Accounting Association, and plenary sessions at Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics annual conference (2004), (2008) and (2011), (2018) and ANCAAR (2012).

He has published papers in leading journals including Accounting and Finance (winning the Peter Brownell prize for best paper in 2010, and runner-up prize in 2009 and 2011). He has also published in Abacus, Accounting Forum, Asia Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, Auditing, A Journal of Practice and Theory, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Accounting Education, and Pacific Accounting Review.

He is an associate editor for Abacus, and Accounting and Finance, and on the editorial board of International Journal of Auditing (all A rated on the ABDC list), and Pacific Accounting Review (PAR) (B rated) and is also one of its trustee. He has reviewed articles for a number of leading journals including Abacus, Accounting Education, Accounting and Finance, Accounting Horizons, Auditing, A Journal of Practice and Theory, British Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Pacific Accounting Review, and Review of Accounting Studies and The Accounting Review. He chaired the technical committee for financial accounting papers for AFAANZ annual conference from 2006-2009. He was elected as a director of AFAANZ in 2008 and was the New Zealand President from 2011-2014.

Teaching

ACCT 310

Research interests

Capital markets
The economics of financial reporting and auditing

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Publications

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Pomare, C. (2021). The curious case of Canadian corporate emissions valuation. British Accounting Review, 53, 100922. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2020.100922

Griffin, P. A., & Lont, D. H. (2021). Evidence of an increasing trend in earnings surprises over the past two decades: The role of positive manager‐initiated non‐GAAP adjustments. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 48, 1525-1559. doi: 10.1111/jbfa.12527

Geertsema, P. G., Lont, D. H., & Lu, H. (2020). Real earnings management around CEO turnovers. Accounting & Finance, 60, 2397-2426. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12434

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Sun, E. Y. (2017). The relevance to investors of greenhouse gas emission disclosures. Contemporary Accounting Research, 34(2), 1265-1297. doi: 10.1111/1911-3846.12298

Griffin, P., Lont, D., & Lubberink, M. (2019). Extreme high surface temperature events and equity-related physical climate risk. Weather & Climate Extremes, 26, 100220. doi: 10.1016/j.wace.2019.100220

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Pomare, C. (2021). The curious case of Canadian corporate emissions valuation. British Accounting Review, 53, 100922. doi: 10.1016/j.bar.2020.100922

Journal - Research Article

Geertsema, P. G., Lont, D. H., & Lu, H. (2020). Real earnings management around CEO turnovers. Accounting & Finance, 60, 2397-2426. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12434

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Sun, E. Y. (2017). The relevance to investors of greenhouse gas emission disclosures. Contemporary Accounting Research, 34(2), 1265-1297. doi: 10.1111/1911-3846.12298

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Purdon, K. (2021). Stock and bond return comovement as a different way to assess information content: The case of debt covenant violation disclosures. Abacus, 57(1), 101-125. doi: 10.1111/abac.12217

Journal - Research Article

Lont, D. H., Ranasinghe, D., & Roberts, H. (2020). Non-GAAP disclosures and CEO pay levels. International Journal of Accounting, 55(4). doi: 10.1142/S109440602050016X

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., & Lont, D. H. (2018). Game changer? The impact of the VW emission-cheating scandal on the interrelation between large automakers’ equity and credit markets. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 14(2), 179-196. doi: 10.1016/j.jcae.2018.05.004

Journal - Research Article

Geertsema, P. G., Lont, D. H., & Lu, H. (2018). Stock price response to new-CEO earnings news. Accounting & Finance, 58(3), 849-883. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12239

Journal - Research Article

Diaz-Rainey, I., Roberts, H., & Lont, D. H. (2017). Crude inventory accounting and speculation in the physical oil market. Energy Economics, 66, 508-522. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.03.029

Journal - Research Article

Higgins, S., Lont, D., & Scott, T. (2016). Longer term audit costs of IFRS and the differential impact of implied auditor cost structures. Accounting & Finance, 56, 165-203. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12190

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., Jaffe, A. M., Lont, D. H., & Dominguez-Faus, R. (2015). Science and the stock market: Investors’ recognition of unburnable carbon. Energy Economics, 52(Part A), 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2015.08.028

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & McClune, K. (2014). Insightful insiders? Insider trading and stock return around debt covenant violation disclosures. Abacus, 50(2), 117-145. doi: 10.1111/abac.12025

Journal - Research Article

Diaz-Rainey, I., Roberts, H., & Lont, D. (2016). Can accounting inventory data shed light on physical oil market speculation? IAEE Energy Forum, (Bergen Spec. Iss.), 23-24.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Douglas, E., Lont, D., & Scott, T. (2014). Finance company failure in New Zealand during 2006–2009: Predictable failures? Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 10, 277-295. doi: 10.1016/j.jcae.2014.10.002

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Sun, Y. (2014). Supply chain sustainability: Evidence on conflict minerals. Pacific Accounting Review, 26(1/2), 28-53. doi: 10.1108/PAR-04-2013-0023

Journal - Research Article

Crawford, L., Lont, D., & Scott, T. (2014). The effect of more rules-based guidance on expense disclosure under International Financial Reporting Standards. Accounting & Finance, 54(4), 1093-1124. doi: 10.1111/acfi.12037

Journal - Research Article

Lont, D., & Scott, T. (2014). Expense reporting and IFRS adoption. Chartered Accountants Journal, 93(1), 34-35.

Journal - Research Other

Griffin, P. A., & Lont, D. H. (2011). Audit fees around dismissals and resignations: Additional evidence. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 7(2), 65-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jcae.2011.10.001

Journal - Research Article

Lont, D. (2013). [Review of the book The myth of the rational market: A history of risk, reward, and delusion on Wall Street]. Accounting Review, 88(3), 1129-1132. doi: 10.2308/accr-10330

Journal - Research Other

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Segal, B. (2011). Enforcement and disclosure under regulation fair disclosure: An empirical analysis. Accounting & Finance, 51(4), 947-983. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2011.00446.x

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., & Lont, D. H. (2010). Do investors care about auditor dismissals and resignations? What drives the response? Auditing, 29(2), 189-214. doi: 10.2308/aud.2010.29.2.189

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Sun, Y. (2010). Agency problems and audit fees: Further tests of the free cash flow hypothesis. Accounting & Finance, 50(2), 321-350. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2009.00327.x

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Sun, Y. (2009). Governance regulatory changes, International Financial Reporting Standards adoption, and New Zealand audit and non-audit fees: Empirical evidence. Accounting & Finance, 49(4), 697-724. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2009.00310.x

Journal - Research Article

Balshaw, V., & Lont, D. (2010). New Zealand operating expense disclosure: The impact of international financial reporting standards on early adopters. Pacific Accounting Review, 22(2), 108-123. doi: 10.1108/01140581011074502

Journal - Research Article

Lont, D., & Wong, N. (2010). Issues in financial accounting and reporting: A Pacific Rim focus [Guest Editorial]. Pacific Accounting Review, 22(2), 85-91. doi: 10.1108/01140581011074485

Journal - Research Other

Griffin, P. A., Lont, D. H., & Sun, Y. (2008). Corporate governance and audit fees: Evidence of countervailing relations. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 4(1), 18-49.

Journal - Research Article

Griffin, P. A., & Lont, D. H. (2007). An analysis of audit fees following the passage of Sarbanes-Oxley. Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 14, 161-192.

Journal - Research Article

Lont, D., & Sun, Y. (2007). Preliminary announcements mostly made soon after audit. Chartered Accountants Journal, (March), 49-50.

Journal - Research Other

Lont, D., & Sun, Y. (2007). Timeliness of filing: A mixed bag. Chartered Accountants Journal, (February), 28-30.

Journal - Research Other

Lont, D., & Sun, E. (2006). Timeliness of NZ companies' preliminary earnings announcements. Chartered Accountants Journal, (December), 61-64.

Journal - Research Other

Griffin, P., Lont, D., & Segal, B. (2011). Enforcement and disclosure under regulation FD: An empirical analysis. Proceedings of the 15th New Zealand Finance Colloquium. Retrieved from http://www.nzfc.ac.nz/papers/updated/259.pdf