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Professor Julie Cotter

Name :	Professor Julie Cotter
Position :	Professor (Accounting)
Section :	Faculty of Business and Law School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office :	L417
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2916
Extension :	2916
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BBus UCSQ BCom(Hons), PhD Qld

Home Page : http://www.usq.edu.au/users/cotter
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Professional Memberships

Fellow of CPA Australia
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Professional Affiliations

Chair of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board Regulatory Review Moderation Panel
Member of the Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand
Member of the Australian Institute of Management
Editorial Board, Accounting and Finance
Editorial Board, Accounting Research Journal
Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting

Research Interests

Climate change disclosure
Carbon mitigation and marginal abatement cost curves
Sustainability reporting (Global Reporting Initiative)
Capital markets research
Corporate reporting quality
Corporate governance

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Cotter, J. and Najah, M., “Institutional investor influence on global climate change disclosure practices”, Australian Journal of Management Special Issue on Sustainable Finance and Investing, forthcoming
Cotter, J., Tarca, A. and Wee, M., “IFRS adoption and analysts’ earnings forecasts: Australian evidence” Accounting and Finance, forthcoming
Cotter, J., Najah, M. and Wang, S., 2011 “Standardized reporting guidelines for climate change related information: An Australian case study” Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, December

Most notable :
Cotter, J., Tuna, I., and Wysocki, P., 2006, Expectation Management and Beatable Targets: How Do Analysts React to Explicit Earnings Guidance? Contemporary Accounting Research.

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 20 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Deputy Director,
Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development