Faculty Directory
Billy Soo
Professor and Vice Provost for Faculties
Billy Soo
Contact
Waul House 108
Telephone: 617-552-3263
Email: soob@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0002-9212-5390
Education
- BS, University of the Philippines
- MS, Northwestern University
- Ph.D, Northwestern University
Research Interests
Audit Markets and Auditor Tenure; Disclosure Incentives; and Financial Regulations Response.
Department
Selected Appointments & Awards
- 2012, 2008 Carroll School Honors Program Outstanding Professor Award
- 2011, Distinguished Alumni Award, University of the Philippines College of Business Administration
- 2010, Carroll School Distinguished Teacher Award
- 2008, Honorary member, Boston Security Analysts Society
Professor Soo has served or is currently serving on the editorial boards of Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education, Philippine Management Review and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory.
Selected Publications
“Changes in Audit Firm Competition and the Big N Premium.” (With Elizabeth Carson, Roger Simnett and Arnold Wright.) Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 21 (3), 47-73. August, 2012.
“Auditor Tenure and the Ability to Meet or Beat Earnings.” (With Larry Davis and Greg Trompeter.) Contemporary Accounting Research, 26 (2), 517-548. Summer, 2009.
“The Relevance of Form 8-K Reports.” (With Mary Ellen Carter.) Journal of Accounting Research, 37 (1), 119-132. Spring, 1999.
“Evidence of Regulatory Noncompliance with SEC Disclosure Rules on Auditor Changes.” (With Kenneth B. Schwartz.) The Accounting Review, 71 (4), 555-572. October, 1996.
“The Association Between Auditor Changes and Reporting Lags.” (With Kenneth B. Schwartz.) Contemporary Accounting Research, 13 (1), 335-352. Spring, 1996.
“An Analysis of Form 8-K Disclosures of Auditor Changes by Firms Approaching Bankruptcy.” (With Kenneth B. Schwartz.) Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, 14 (1), 125-136. Spring, 1995.
- “Accounting for the Multinational Firm: Is the Translation Process Valued by the Stock Market?” (With Lisa Gilbert Soo.) The Accounting Review, 69 (4), 617-638. October, 1994.