McMaster University
DeGroote School of Business

Faculty Profile

Justin Y. Jin

Accounting & Financial Management Services
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise

Justin Y. Jin received his Ph.D. in accounting from University of Toronto, a MBA degree from University of Oklahoma and a Bachelor degree from Peking University. He is a Chartered Accountant of Ontario and a Certified Public Accountant of Wisconsin. Justin is interested in both analytical and empirical research. His research interests include topics in market efficiency, earnings management, bank loan loss provisions, and corporate governance.

Professional Activities

Justin Jin is a member of the American Accounting Association and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association.

Selected Publications:

Jin, J.Y., Kanagaretnam, K., and G.J. Lobo, "Ability of Accounting and Audit Quality Variables to Predict Bank Failure during the Financial Crisis", Journal of Banking and Finance, 2011, Vol. 35, pp. 2811-2819.

"Do Private Company Targets that Hire Big4 Auditors Receive Higher Proceeds?" " (with G. Richardson, G. De Franco and I. Gavious) Contemporary Accounting Research, forthcoming, 2010

"Empirical Evidence on Jurisdictions that Adopt IFRS", (with O.K. Hope and T. Kang) Journal of International Accounting Research, 2006

Education

Ph.D., Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

MBA, Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma
B.S., College of Life Science, Peking University
Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Canada
Certified Public Accountant, Wisconsin, USA

Office: DSB/319
Phone: 905-525-9140
ext. 26194
Fax: 905-521-8995
Email: jinjus@mcmaster.ca

DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University
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