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Professor Alan Goodacre

Emeritus Professor

Accounting & Finance Â鶹´«Ã½AV, Â鶹´«Ã½AV, FK9 4LA

Professor Alan Goodacre

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I obtained a first class honours degree in Chemistry and Mathematics (1973) followed by a Chemistry PhD (1981), both from Exeter University. I qualified as a chartered accountant (ACA) in 1979, having trained with Thomson McLintock (now KPMG). I taught professional accountancy examinations at Reed College of Accountancy for 18 months before joining the Â鶹´«Ã½AV in 1981. As course director of the successful MSc in Investment Analysis programmes at Â鶹´«Ã½AV (1989-99, 2003-05) I was instrumental in setting up, developing and managing both full-time and part-time programmes. I was double prize-winner for paper presentations at INQUIRE UK seminars. Associate Editor of British Accounting Review for 10 years and ad hoc reviewer for over 20 different journals. Retired from Â鶹´«Ã½AV on 31 December 2019.

Other Roles Chair, Board of Trustees of Â鶹´«Ã½AV Pension Scheme (Trustee 1994 to date; Chair 2005 to 2019) Chair, Board of Trustees of Â鶹´«Ã½AV Pension Scheme for Contract Staff (Trustee 1994 to closure 2014; Chair 2005 to closure 2014) Deputy Head of School, Â鶹´«Ã½AV Management School (2009-13) Joint Policy, Planning and Resources Committee/Finance and Resources Committee (2007-13) Workload Management Working Group (2010) University Committee Structure Working Group (2008-9) Programme Design, Delivery and Assessment Working Group (2008-9) Academic Staffing Committee (2006-8)

My objective in research was to make a contribution by undertaking work that is both rigorous and relevant to those involved in accounting and business. My research interests have included: determinants of leasing and of capital structure; lease accounting and its economic consequences; lease-debt substitutability; charity reporting; auditor-client interactions; the audit market - concentration, switching and fees; scholarly knowledge development.

Research grants ?2,500 Carnegie Trust, 02/14-05/14, Publication profiles for promotion within the Australian accounting and finance discipline ?1,960 ICAS (via The Scottish Accountancy Trust for Education and Research), 06/08-01/09 (with Yong Li), Recognition versus disclosure: the case of employers¡¯ pension cost accounting ?5,000 RICS Education Trust, 02/02-09/02 (with N Dunse and N Hutchison, University of Aberdeen), A review of going concern valuations with particular reference to the valuation of goodwill ?9,000 ICAEW Centre for Business Performance, 03/01-09/02, Leasing and Corporate Financing Decisions ?3,348 Faculty of Management Research Fund, 01/01-12/01, An analysis of cognitive and social aspects of the accounting and finance discipline ?1,840 Faculty of Management Research Fund, 12/99-07/00, Leasing in the Retail Sector ?2,000 Faculty of Management Research Fund, 11/97-07/98, Development of research grant application for leasing project ?9,450 ICAEW, 10/95-09/97 The Impact of Constructive Lease Capitalization and Lease-debt Substitutability ?47,890 ESRC/DTI Initiative ¡®New Technologies and the Firm¡¯, 10/88-09/90, Internal and External Perceptions of Accounting Disclosure of R&D Expenditure

Research projects (1)

Recognition versus Disclosure; the case of employers pension cost accounting
PI: Professor Alan Goodacre
Funded by: S A T E R
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Outputs (35)

Article

Corporate financing decisions: UK survey evidence

Beattie V, Goodacre A & Smith SJ (2006) Corporate financing decisions: UK survey evidence. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 33 (9-10), pp. 1402-1434. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.2006.00640.x

Article

Trade-related valuations and the treatment of goodwill

Dunse NA, Hutchison NE & Goodacre A (2004) Trade-related valuations and the treatment of goodwill. Journal of Property Investment and Finance, 22 (3), pp. 236-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/14635780410538168

Article

Operating lease finance in the UK retail sector

Goodacre A (2003) Operating lease finance in the UK retail sector. International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 13 (1), pp. 99-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/0959396032000065373

Newspaper / Magazine

The Comfort Zone

Beattie V, Goodacre A, Pratt K & Stevenson J (2002) The Comfort Zone. Charity Finance. 07.2002, pp. 34-35.

Newspaper / Magazine

Charity Auditors: Saints or Sinners?

Beattie V, Goodacre A, Pratt K & Stevenson J (2002) Charity Auditors: Saints or Sinners?. Accounting and Business. 05.2002, pp. 38-40.

Article

CRISMA revisited

Goodacre A & Kohn-Speyer T (2001) CRISMA revisited. Applied Financial Economics, 11 (2), pp. 221-230. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=yv4JPVwI&eid=2-s2.0-0035080610&md5=0b6cdf0b3a008edbfba09545faf67aab; https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100010022475

Preprint / Working Paper

The Determinants of Audit Fees - Evidence from the Voluntary Sector

Beattie V, Goodacre A, Pratt K & Stevenson J (2000) The Determinants of Audit Fees - Evidence from the Voluntary Sector. Â鶹´«Ã½AV, Department of Accounting, Finance & Law, Discussion Paper, 00/04. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=252491