Senior Lecturer in Accounting

　　Ph.D.  Dundee, Bangor 

　　Director of Graduate Studies  

　　Dr Aziz Jaafar is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Director of Graduate Studies (Research). He has taught at Aberystwyth University, MARA University of Technology and Henan University of Technology. Dr Jaafar has audit and management consultancy experience whilst working with one of the Big 4 accounting firms. His work has appeared in many internationally recognised journals such as Abacus, British Accounting Review, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, International Review of Financial Analysis and European Journal of Finance. 

　　Director of Graduate Studies (Research)  

　　Deputy Director of Centre of Impression Management in Accounting Communication (CIMAC) 

　　Personal Tutor 

　　Mojor Publications: 

　　‘Can an interest-free credit facility be more efficient than a usurious payday loan?’ (co-authors: M. Osman Salleh and M. S. Ebrahim), Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 30, pp.74-92 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2013.05.014 

　　‘Corporate governance, accruals quality and stock returns: evidence from the UK’ (co-authors: S. Mouselli and R. Abdulraouf), Corporate Governance, 14, pp. 32-44 (2014) http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/CG-12-2012-0093 

　　‘Regulation, Bonding and the Quality of Financial Statements’ (co-authors Dargenidou, C. and McLeay, S.), in Accounting and Regulation (eds. R. Di Pietra, S. McLeay and J. Ronen), Springer, New York, (2014). DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8097-6 

　　 ‘Accruals quality, stock returns and asset pricing: Evidence from the UK’ (co-authors: S. Mouselli and J. Goddard), International Review of Financial Analysis, 30, pp.203-213.(2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2013.08.006 

　　‘Mispricing and risk of R&D investment in European firms’ (co-authors: A. Duqi and G. Torluccio), European Journal of Finance, (2013). DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2013.838185 

　　‘Short Interest and Stock Returns: Evidence from the UK’ (co-authors: Mohamad, A., Hodgkinson, L., and Wells, J.) British Accounting Review, 45, No. 2, pp.125-137 (2013). doi:10.1016/j.bar.2013.03.001 

　　‘Accruals Quality vis-à-vis Disclosure Quality: Substitutes or Complements?’ (co-authors: Mouselli, S., Hussainey, K.) British Accounting Review, 44, No.1 pp. 36-46, (2012). doi:10.1016/j.bar.2011.12.004 

　　‘Ownership Concentration, Board Characteristics and Performance: Evidence from Jordan’ (co-author: M. El Shawa). In Tsamenyi, M. & Uddin, S. (eds), Accounting in Emerging Economies, Vol. 9 pp. 73-95, (2009). DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3563(2009)0000009005 

　　‘Country Effects and Sector Effects on the Harmonisation of Accounting Policy Choice’ (co-author: S. McLeay), Abacus No. 43 pp. 157-189, (2007). DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2007.00224.x. Runner- up for the Abacus Annual Manuscript Award, 2008