abstract:Contemporary Accounting Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on all aspects of accounting's role within organizations, markets, or society. The journal publishes articles in all areas of accounting, (including audit, financial, information systems, managerial and tax), using relevant methods (including but not limited to analytical, archival, case study, empirical, experimental, or field); based on economics, finance, history, psychology, sociology, or any cognate disciplines.