Han Donker

 

 

Dr. Han Donker is a Professor of Accounting and Chair of the Accounting Department. He holds a Ph.D. from Tilburg University's CentER Graduate School for Economics and Business.

His research focuses on important topics in accounting and finance, including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), corporate governance, affirmative action, Native corporations, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and the role of accounting in financial decision-making.

Dr. Donker also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Corporate Governance and the International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, where he helps foster the exchange of ideas and research in these fields.

Through his teaching, research, and editorial work, Dr. Donker aims to contribute to a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities in modern accounting and governance.

• ACCT 463: Accounting Analytics
• ACCT 570: Financial Analytics
• ACCT 351: Intermediate Accounting I
• ACCT 352: Intermediate Accounting II

• Corporate Governance
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• US Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (US GAAP)

• Corporate Governance
• Adoption of IFRS and its consequences
• Affirmative action and castes in India
• Native values and corporations
• Corporate social responsibility
• Behavioral accounting and financet

KPN Telecom 1989 - 1999

Dr. Donker has been published in:

• Donker, H., Nofsinger, J. and Shank, C.A., 2023. CEO narcissism and corporate misconduct. Economics Letters, 228, p.111178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111178
• Dayanandan, A., Donker, H. and Nofsinger, J., 2022. Taxing share repurchases. Economics Letters, 221, p.110879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110879
• Donker, H., Ng, A. and Shao, P., 2020. Borrower distress and the efficiency of relationship banking. Journal of Banking & Finance, 112, p.105275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2017.12.013
• Cox, R.A., Dayanandan, A., Donker, H. and Nofsinger, J., 2017. The Bad, the boom and the bust: Profit warnings over the business cycle. Journal of Economics and Business, 89, pp.13-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2016.09.001
• Dayanandan, A., Donker, H. and Karahan, G., 2017. Do voluntary disclosures of bad news improve liquidity?. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 40, pp.16-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2017.01.002
• Cox, R.A., Dayanandan, A. and Donker, H., 2016. The ricochet effect of bad news. The International Journal of Accounting, 51(3), pp.385-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intacc.2016.07.004

Corporate Governance and Caste Primacy:

• Dayanandan, Ajit, Han Donker, John Nofsinger, and Rashmi Prasad (2020): “Caste primacy of auditor choice and independence,” The International Journal of Accounting, Vol 55, No 4, p 2050017. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1094406020500171 
• Dayanandan, Ajit, Han Donker, and John Nofsinger (2019): “The role of caste for board membership, CEO, and interlocking,” Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Vol 54, pp 29–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2019.01.009 
• Dayanandan, Ajit, Han Donker, and Ravi Saxena (2012): “Corporate boards in India: Blocked by caste?”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 47, No 32, pp 3–43. https://www.epw.in/journal/2012/32/insight/corporate-boards-india.html 

Adoption of IFRS:

• Dayanandan, A., Donker, H. and Kuntluru, S., 2024. IFRS and ESG Disclosure in Indian Corporate Sector. Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 23(2), pp.143-169. https://doi.org/10.1177/09726527231197328 
• Nurunnabi, M., Donker, H. and Jermakowicz, E.K., 2022. The impact of mandatory adoption of IFRS in Saudi Arabia. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, 49, p.100509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2022.100509 
• Dayanandan, A., Donker, H., Ivanof, M. and Karahan, G., 2016. IFRS and accounting quality: legal origin, regional, and disclosure impacts. International Journal of Accounting and Information Management, 24(3), pp.296-316. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijaim-11-2015-0075 
• Ng, A. and Donker, H., 2013. Purchasing reserves and commodity market timing as takeover motives in the oil and gas industry. Energy Economics, 37, pp.167-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2013.01.010 

Native Studies:

• Curry, J.A., Donker, H. and Michel, P., 2016. Social entrepreneurship and indigenous people. Journal of Co-operative organization and management, 4(2), pp.108-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2016.09.002 
• Curry, J., Donker, H. and Krehbiel, R., 2014. Land claim and treaty negotiations in British Columbia, Canada: Implications for First Nations land and self‐governance. The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien, 58(3), pp.291-304. https://doi.org/10.1111/cag.12088