Samir Trabelsi is a Professor of Accounting and Governance at the Goodman School of Business. Professor Trabelsi began teaching at Goodman School of Business in 2004. He holds a PhD in Accounting from HEC Montreal. He has taught courses in corporate governance, external reporting, and research methodology. Prior to his academic career, Trabelsi practiced public accounting at KPMG Tunisia. Trabelsi’s research interests are in the area of corporate governance, sustainability, Corruption, and risk management. Trabelsi’s research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He won the best paper award at several conferences. He has also been the recipient of Brock University Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017) and the Departmental Researcher of the Year Award (2019).

As the founding director of the CPA (formerly CGA) Ontario Research Excellence Centre and even prior to its establishment, Dr. Trabelsi has organized many international conferences, globally as well as on the Brock University campus. These events have brought together academics and practitioners from across the province, Canada and internationally.

RESEARCH AREA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Ayadi, M., Ayadi, N., and Trabelsi, S. Corporate Governance, European Bank Performance and the Financial Crisis, Managerial Auditing Journal, Volume 34, Number 3, September, 2019.

Dunn, P., He, Z., Trabelsi, S., and Yu, J. Executive Compensation and Compensation Risk: Evidence from Technology Firms, Managerial Auditing Journal, Volume 34, Number 3, 2019.

He, Z., Kusy, M., Si, D., and Trabelsi, S. Should We Trust Fund Managers: A Close Look at the Canadian Mutual Fund Governance, Advances in Financial Economics, Volume 20, 2019.

Ben Omrane, W., He, C., He, Z., and Trabelsi, S. Forecasting the Yield Curve of Government Bonds: A Dynamic Factor Approach, Managerial Finance, Volume 43, Number 7, June, 2017.

He, Z., E., J., Kusy, M., and Trabelsi, S. Volume-Synchronized Probability of Informed Trading (VPIN) on the Chinese Index Futures: A Comparative Approach, China Accounting and Finance Review, Volume 18, Number 2, June, 2016.

Lazrak, S., Al Motairi, O., and Trabelsi, S. Trading Volume Reaction around Dividend Initiation Announcements: A Corporate Governance Perspective, International Journal of Auditing Technology, Volume 3, Number 2, 2016.

He, L., Jiang, J., Kusy, M., and Trabelsi, S. Volume-Synchronized Probability of Informed Trading on Chinese Index Futures: A Comparative Approach, China Accounting and Finance Review, Volume 18, Number 2, 2016.

Trabelsi, S., He, Roc, He, Z., and Kusy, M. A Comparison of Bayesian, Hazard, and Mixed Logit Model of Bankruptcy Prediction, Computational Management Science, Volume 12, Number 1, 2015.

Ayadi, M., Kusy, M., Pyo, M., and Trabelsi, S. Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, and Managerial Risk-Taking, Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, Volume 11, Number 1, 2015.

Chiraz, B., He, Z., and Trabelsi, S. Analyst Following, Ownership Structure and Stock Liquidity, Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, Volume 9, Number 1, Fall, 2013.

Trabelsi, S., Labelle, Real, and Dumontier, Pascal Incremental Voluntary Disclosure on Corporate Web Sites, Determinants and Consequences., Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Volume 4, Number 2, December, 2008.

Ben Ameur, H., Bouafi, H., Rostan, P., and Trabelsi, S. Assessing the Probability of Default on American Firms: A Logistic Regression Approach, Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, Volume 3, Number 2, December, 2007.

Ben Ali, C., Trabelsi, S., and Summa, M. Disclosure Quality and Ownership Structure: Evidence from the French Stock Market, Corporate Ownership and Control, Volume 5, Number 2, November, 2007.

Debreceny, R., Chandra, A., Cheh, J., Janvrin, D., Trabelsi, S., Trites, G., and Vasarhelyi, M. Financial Reporting in XBRL on the SEC's EDGAR System: A Critique and Evaluation, Journal of Information Systems, Volume 19, Number 2, Fall, 2005.

Trabelsi, S., Labelle, R., and Laurin, C. The Management of Financial Disclosure on Corporate Websites:A Conceptual Model, Canadian Accounting Perspective, Volume 3, Number 2, Fall, 2004.

Book Chapters / Sections

Trabelsi, S. Heterodox Views on Economics and the Economy of the Global Society - Chapter: The Incremental Contribution of Financial Reporting on the Internet to Business Reporting. Editors: Meijer, Heijman,Ophem, Verstegen. Mansholt Publications, Netherlands, 2006.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

Ayadi, M., Cai, Y., Sohail, T., and Trabelsi, S. Does Zero Lower Bound Policy Affect Managerial Risk Taking and Executive Compensation? - CAAA Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, 2018.

Ayadi, M., Kusy, M., Pyo, U., and Trabelsi, S. Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, and Managerial Risk-Taking - Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Toronto, Ontario, 2015.

He, Z., Kusy, M., Singh, D., and Trabelsi, S. Mutual Fund Fees, Performance, and Governance Structure in Canada - Canadian Academic Accounting Association, Montreal, Quebec, 2013.

Trabelsi, S., Debreceny, R., and Lymer, A. An Empirical Examination of Corporate Website as a Voluntary disclosure Medium - The 2008 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting, Anheim, California, August, 2008.

Trabelsi, S. and Latrous, I. Do Family Firms Use More or Less Debt? - The 2008 IFERA Family Business Conference, Breukelen, Netherlands, July, 2008.

Trabelsi, S., Debreceny, R., and Lymer, A. Incremental Voluntary Disclosure on Corporate Web Sites, Determinants and Consequences - CAAA 2008 Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June, 2008.

He, Z., Trabelsi, S., and Ben Ali, C. Unrevealing the Relation Between Disclosure Quality, Ownership Structure, and Stock Liquidity - European Financial Management Association 2008 Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece, June, 2008.

Trabelsi, S., Debreceny, Roger, and Lymer, Andrew An Empirical Examination of Corporate Website as a Voluntary disclosure Medium - ASAC 2008 Annual Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May, 2008.

Trabelsi, S. and Latrous, I. Do Family Firms Use More or Less Debt? - ASAC 2008 Annual Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May, 2008.

Trabelsi, S., Labelle, R., and Dumontier, P. Incremental Voluntary Disclosure on Corporate Web Sites, Determinants and Consequences - Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics (JCAE) and Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 2008 Joint Symposium, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January, 2008.

Trabelsi, S., Debreceny, R., and Lymer, A. An Empirical Examination of Corporate Website as a Voluntary disclosure Medium - International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2007), Montreal, Ontario, December, 2007.

Trabelsi, S., Debreceny, Roger, and Lymer, Andrew An Empirical Examination of Corporate Website as a Voluntary disclosure Medium - Finance, Assurance, TIC conference, Djerba, Tunisia, December, 2007.

Trabelsi, S., Labelle, R., and Dumontier, P. Incremental Voluntary Disclosure on Corporate Web Sites and its Determinants - Rutgers Business School 1st Continuous Reporting Symposium, Newark, New Jersey, September, 2007.

Trabelsi, S. An Empirical Examination of Corporate Website as a Voluntary Disclosure Medium - ASAC 2007 Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, June, 2007.

Trabelsi, S. Value Relevance of Incremental Voluntary Disclosure on Canadian corporate web sites - CAAA 2007 Annual Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, May, 2007.

Trabelsi, S. An Empirical Examination of Corporate Website as a Voluntary Disclosure Medium - 4th International Finance Conference, Tunisia, Tunisia, March, 2007.

Trabelsi, S. and Labelle, R. Incremental Voluntary Disclosure on Canadian corporate web sites - 29th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, Dublin, Ireland, March, 2006.

Trabelsi, S. and Labelle, Real Incremental Voluntary Disclosure on Canadian corporate web sites - The 2006 Applied Business Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2006.

Trabelsi, S. and Felton, S. Using WebCT for Formal Feedback and for motivations in the Introduction to Financial Accounting Course - The 2006 Teaching & Learning (TLC) Conference, Orlando, Florida, January, 2006.

Labelle, R. and Trabelsi, S. The Statement of Corporate Governance Practices (SCGP) : A Voluntary Disclosure Perspective - International Finance Conference (IFC), Hammamet, Tunisia, Winter, 2005.

Trabelsi, S. and Labelle, R. Incremental Voluntary Disclosure on Canadian Corporate Web sites - Eight ISINI International Conference, Wageningen, Netherlands, August, 2005.

Trabelsi, S. and Felton, S. Using WebCT for Formal Feedback and for motivations in the Introduction to Financial Accounting Course - AAA 2005 Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, August, 2005.

Trabelsi, S. and Labelle, R. Incremental Disclosure on Canadian corporate web sites - CAAA 2005 Annual Conference, Quebec, Quebec, June, 2005.

Trabelsi, S. and Felton, S. Using WebCT for Formal Feedback and for motivations in the Introduction to Financial Accounting Course - CAAA 2005 Annual Conference, Quebec, Quebec, June, 2005.

Trabelsi, S. and Labelle, R. Incremental Disclosure on Canadian Corporate Web sites - 4ème Conférence Internationale de Gouvernement d’Entreprise, Mons, Belgium, May, 2005.

Trabelsi, S. Evidence that Internet Reporting is a Part of the Firm’s Overall Disclosure Package - Third International Conference on Governance and Forensic Accounting: Issues & Challenges, Montreal, Quebec, June, 2004.

Trabelsi, S. and Labelle, R. Web Sites Financial Disclosure: Impact on the theoretical framework of the Disclosure Management - the first Journal of Information Systems New Scholars Research Workshop, Clearwater, Florida, January, 2004.