Yasuhiro Ohta, Ph.D.

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Yasuhiro Ohta, Ph.D.

Professor of Accounting Graduate School of Business Administration Keio University 223-8526 Japan Tel: +81-45-564-2026; Fax: +81-45-562-3502 yohta@kbs.keio.ac.jp SSRN Author Page

Education:

• Ph.D.(Management) University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 2003.
• M.A.(Economics) The University of Tokyo, 1994.
• B.A.(Economics) Keio University, 1992.

Research Interests:

Analytical Accounting Research; Strategic Auditing; Moral Hazard; Information Economics

Selected Publications:

• "The Role of Audit Evidence in a Strategic Audit," Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 28(1), 58-67, January-February 2009.
• "On the Conditions under which Audit Risk Increases with Information," European Accounting Review 17(3), 559-585, September 2008.
• "The Fairness Opinion Puzzle: Board Incentives, Information Asymmetry, and Bidding Strategy," (with Kenton K. Yee) Journal of Legal Studies 37(1), 229-272, January 2008.

Working Experience:

• May 5, 2012-present, the National Representative for the Asian region, European Accounting Association.
• April 1, 2012-present, Research Fellow, Board of Audit of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
• April 1, 2011-present, Professor of Accounting, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
• September 1, 2005-March 31, 2011, Associate Professor of Accounting, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
• February 1, 2003-August 31, 2005, Assistant Professor of Accounting, School of Administrative Studies, Joseph E. Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• August 1, 2002-January 31, 2003, Lecturer of Accounting, School of Administrative Studies, Joseph E. Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.