Associate Professor Jeff Coulton

Associate Professor Jeff Coulton

Associate Professor

PhD UNSW (2005)

B.Economics (Hons Class 1) U.Syd (2001)

LLB U.Syd (1993)

Business School
School of Accounting, Auditing and Taxation

Dr Jeff Coulton

Associate Professor, Media & External Relations Co-ordinator

School of Accounting - PhD, UNSW | BEc (Hons I) | LLB University of Sydney | Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW

About Jeff

Dr Jeff Coulton is an Associate Professor in the UNSW Business School. His main current research interests focus on the way in which financial statement information as well as other information impact on the capital market. He is also actively involved in research which examines the tech...

Phone
+61 2 9385 5811
E-mail
j.coulton@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 3061, Quadrangle building - Ref E15

2018                 UNSW Business School Linkage Seed Grant – “The impact of corporate culture on economic outcomes and stock performance: Australian evidence” $36,000

2016                 AFAANZ Research Grant 2016/2017 “Is there a role for the accounting profession in the adoption of SROI in not-for-profit organisations?” $5,000, with Kevin Clarke..

2014                 NASA’s Caltech – Jet Propulsion Laboratory –Mining on Mars - USD$100,000 (with Andrew Dempster (ACSER, UNSW) and Serkan Saydam (UNSW).

Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia Research Grant – Investigating Mechanisms for the Provision of Pro-Bono Professional Services by Accountants across Australia and New Zealand - $8,934.88 (with Kevin Clarke)

2012                 CIFR Research Grant - Non-GAAP Reporting: Causes, Consequences and Lessons for Financial Reporting Regulators - $150,000 (over 2012-2014) with Yaowen Shan, Mark Soliman, Stephen Taylor.

2011                 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Grant - $7,452 (Booms, Busts and Sentiment) with Tami Dinh Thi and Andrew Jackson

2009                 Australian School of Business Special Research Grant (as mentor with Rui Ding) (Earnings Management and the Accuracy of Analysts Cash Flow Forecasts) - $7,407

2008                 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Grant - $7,500 (Is there a dividend ‘run-up effect’ for Australian equities?) with Andrew Ferguson

2007                 Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Grant - $7,430 (The Relation Between Nonaudit Services & Financial Reporting Quality at the Partner Level) with Caitlin Ruddock

                        UNSW Special Research Grant - $5,000 (The Relation Between Nonaudit Services & Financial Reporting Quality at the Partner Level) with Caitlin Ruddock

2006-2008         Capital Markets CRC - $380,440 - Accounting and Audit Surveillance

I am engaged in research that examines the impact of financial and non-financial information on capital market participants. This includes research on dividend policy, earnings quality, and accounting quality. I am also engaged in research examining the economics of resource utilisation in space (including on the Moon and Mars).

The Conversation January 2018 “Qantas and other businesses are investing regardless of tax cuts” https://theconversation.com/qantas-and-other-big-australian-businesses-are-investing-regardless-of-tax-cuts-90536

Business Think May 2017 “Investors should be wary of bespoke measures”. https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/pages/why-investors-should-be-wary-of-bespoke-reporting.aspx/

The Conversation March 2017 “Investors should be careful when companies don’t use standard metrics” https://theconversation.com/investors-should-be-careful-when-companies-dont-use-standard-metrics-74167

“Knowledge at ASB” : June, 2010 [http://knowledge.asb.unsw.edu.au/printer_friendly.cfm?articleid=1190; September 2011 [http://knowledge.asb.unsw.edu.au/printer_friendly.cfm?articleid=1468]

Uniken, Summer 2011 http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/uniken_summer2011.pdf

My Research Supervision

  • Damon Ellender - Faculty of Engineering

My Teaching

Financial Statement Analysis courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA levels