Professor Derek Matthews

Teaching profile

Lecture and tutor on first, second and third year undergraduate economic and business history courses

Research interests

Accounting history and the performance of the British economy

Selected publications

Matthews D. - ‘London and County Securities: A Case Study in Audit and Regulatory Failure’ Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 18/4 (2005) 518-536 ISSN 0951-3574

Matthews D - ‘From Ticking to Clicking: Changes in Auditing Techniques in Britain from the 19th Century to the Present’ Accounting Historians Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2 (2006) 63-102. ISSN 0148-4182.

Matthews D. - A History of Auditing: The changing audit process in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present day, Routledge, London (2006) pp. viii+195 ISBN 0-415-38169-X.

Matthews D -‘The Development of British Accountancy in the Nineteenth Century: A Technological Determinist Approach, Business History, Vol. 48, No. 4 (2006) 501-528.ISSN 0007-6791

Matthews D - 'The Strange Death of History Teaching'

Activities

Chairman of second year undergraduate exam board.