Professor Michael Bradbury, M.Com, PhD Auck., FCA, CMA
Professor
QA 3.54
Albany Campus
Telephone Extension: 43291
m.e.bradbury@massey.ac.nz
Teaching
Michael Bradbury is a professor in accounting at Massey University. He obtained his PhD at the University of Auckland and has held visiting positions at the University of Sydney, and the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to his academic career he was, for ten years, a chartered accountant with a large accounting firm in Auckland and London.
Research
His research and consulting interests are in the area of corporate financial reporting and financial analysis. His publications have appeared in Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Abacus, Accounting and Finance, and the Journal of Corporate Finance. He is on the editorial board of Abacus, Accounting and Finance, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Financial Reporting, Regulation and Governance, New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy, and Pacific Accounting Review.
Michael's publications include:
- Bradbury, M.E. (2012). Why You Don’t Get Published: An Editor’s View. Accounting and Finance 52(2), 343-358.
- Bradbury M.E. and Schröder L.B. (2012). The content of accounting standards: Principles versus rules
British Accounting Review 44(1), 1-10.
- Botica-Redmayne, N., Bradbury, M.E. and Cahan, S.F. (2011). The association between audit committees and audit fees in the Public Sector. International Journal of Auditing , 15(3) 301-315.
- Bradbury, M. (2011) Direct or indirect cash flow statements. Australian Accounting Review , 21(2) 124-130.
- Stent, W., Bradbury, M., and Hooks J. (2010). IFRS in New Zealand: effects on financial statements and ratios. Pacific Accounting Review, 22(2) 92-107.
- Bennett, B. K. and Bradbury, M. E. (2010). An analysis of the reasons for the asymmetries surrounding earning benchmarks. Accounting & Finance, 50(3) 529-554.
- Botica-Redmayne, N., Bradbury, M.E. and Cahan, S.F. (2010) The effect of political visibility on audit effort and audit pricing. Accounting & Finance, 50(4), 921-939.
- Bradbury, M. (2010). Commentary: Discount rates in disarray - evidence on flawed goodwill impairment testing. Australian Accounting Review, 20(3) 313-316.
- Rainsbury, E.A., Bradbury, M., and Cahan, S.S. (2009). The impact of audit committee quality on financial reporting quality and audit fees. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 5, 20-33.
- Bradbury, M., Dean, G., and Clarke, F.L. (2009), Incentives for non-disclosure by corporate groups. Abacus, 45(4), 429-454.
- Bradbury, M. (2009). Discussion of Dedman, Mouselli, Shen and Stark, ‘Accounting for Intangibles in Australia’. Abacus, 45(3), 342-357.
- Bradbury, M. (2008). Discussion of Whittington (Fair Value and the IASB/FASB Conceptual Framework Project: An Alternative View). Abacus, 44 (2), 169-180.
- Bradbury, M. (2008). Fifty-seven curious defects in Haswell and Langfield-Smith (2008)-A comment. Australian Accounting Review 47(1), 287-293.
- Bradbury, M.and Baskerville, R.F. (2008). The ‘NZ’ in ‘NZ ’:Public benefit entity amendments.Australian Accounting Review, 18(3), 185-190.
- Rainsbury, E., Bradbury, M. and Cahan, S. (2008). Firm characteristics and Audit Committees complying with‘Best Practice’ membership guidelines. Accounting and Business Research 38(5) 393-408.
- Tarca, N., Brown, P., Hancock, P., Woodliff, D., Bradbury, M. and Van Zijl, T. (2008). Identifying decision useful information with the Matrix Format Income Statement. Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, 19 (2), 184-217.
- Bradbury, M. (2007). An anatomy of an IFRIC interpretation. Accounting in , 4 (2), 1-13.
- Bradbury, M. (2007). Discussion of Charitou, Lambertides and Trigeorgis. (Earnings behaviour of financially distressed firms: The role of institutional ownership). Abacus, 43 (3), 297-302.
- Bradbury, M. and Van Zijl T. (2007). International Financial Reporting Standards and , U.K: Elsevier. 19
- Bradbury, M.; Van Zijl, T. (2006). Due process and the adoption of IFRS in . Australian Accounting Review, 16 (2), 86-94.
- Bradbury, M., Mak, Y. T. and Tan, S. M. (2006). Board characteristics, audit committee characteristics and abnormal accruals. Pacific Accounting Review, 18 (2), 46-67.
- Bennett, Bruce; Bradbury, Michael ; Prangnell, Helen (2006). Rules, principles and judgments in accounting standards. Abacus, 42 (2), 189-204.
- Bradbury, M. (2006). Discussion of Grambovas, Giner snd Christadoulou. Abacus, 42 (3/4), 379-387.
- Bradbury, M. and Van Zijl T. (2006) International Financial Reporting Standards and New Zealand: Loss of Sector Neutrality Research in Accounting Regulation, 19.
- Bradbury, M. and Hooks, J. (2005). In press. Annual report disclosures surrounding the restructuring of the electric utility industry. Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economic, 1, 217-234.
Professional
He serves on the Financial Reporting Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand and on the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee of the International Accounting Standards Board. In 1998 he was made a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. In 2001 he received the AAANZ Outstanding Contribution to Practice Award and in 2002 he was made Life Membership of the AAANZ.
Contact Information
Michael Bradbury
School of Accountancy
Private Bag 102-904
Massey University
Albany
New Zealand
Direct Dial +64 9 414-0800 ext 43291
