Rajib Doogar: Research Projects and Interests

• R. Doogar, P. Sivadasan and I. Solomon, Audit Fee Residuals: Rents or Costs?, Review of Accounting Studies (2015) 20(4): 1247-1286.
• R. Doogar, S. Rowe and P. Sivadasan, Asleep at the Wheel (Again)? Bank Audits During the Lead-Up to the Financial Crisis, Contemporary Accounting Research (2015) 32(1): 358-391.
• R. Doogar, P. Sivadasan and I. Solomon, The Regulation Of Public Company Auditing: Evidence From The Transition To AS5, Journal of Accounting Research (2010) 48(3): 795-814.
• T.B. Bell, R. Doogar and I. Solomon, Audit Labor Usage and Fees under Business Risk Auditing, Journal of Accounting Research (2008) 46(3): 729-760.
• J-H. Choi, R. Doogar and A.R. Ganguly, The Riskiness of Large Audit Firm Client Portfolios and Changes in Audit Liability Regimes: Evidence from the U.S. Audit Market, Contemporary Accounting Research (2004) 21(4): 747-786.
• R. Doogar. What should doctoral programs focus on? An economic perspective, Advances in Accounting Education, (2003) 5: 199-210.
• R. Doogar and R.F. Easley. Concentration without differentiation: A new look at the determinants of audit market concentration, Journal of Accounting and Economics (1998) 25(3): 235-253.

My research and opinions have been cited in:

• GAO-03-864, public accounting firms: Mandated Study on Consolidation and Competition
• The Washington Post, August 24, 2002
• The US SEC's Final Ruling on Revision of Auditor Independence Requirements (SEC, 17 CFR Parts 210 and 240)

• J.Edward Ketz, R. Doogar and David E. Jensen. The Cross-Industry Analysis of Financial Ratios: Comparabilities and Corporate Performance. Quorum Books, 1990. (Note: the advertising blurb on the publisher's website is somewhat misleading. In this study we examined 32 ratios and found that they could be reduced to seven common factors for the periods and industries examined.)

• R. Doogar. Discussion of Fargher, Taylor and Simon's "The demand for auditor reputation across international markets for audit services", The International Journal of Accounting 36(2001) 423-428.

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