In this study, we examine whether buy-side analysts' forecasts are biased when they cover stocks that are held by the mutual fund. Specifically, we conduct an experiment with buy-side analysts and fund managers where we manipulate whether the forecasts are released to colleagues and clients or...

In this study, we explore what kinds of firms are more likely to have a family CEO or professional CEO, and investigate the performance of CEOs from different backgrounds. The results show that firms with low requirements in managerial skills and a high potential for expropriation are more...

While recent research has suggested the tremendous potential of electronic health records (EHR) to transform healthcare, there remains a limited understanding of the best ways to utilize EHR data to improve clinical decision-making. Healthcare analytics based on EHR data may be able to offer a...

We present in this study a method for comparing the relative effectiveness of different non-profit institutions with similar objectives. In addition, we show how this measure of relative effectiveness is related theoretically to their relative efficiency. Finally, drawing on developments in data...

This paper evaluates the prevalent view that accounting information competes with, but also disciplines, information from other sources by examining the inferential value to investors of accounting versus non-accounting information. Inferential value is defined as the ability of the capital...

This study examines whether the provision of non-audit services by a firm's own auditors provides value to the firm. We examine the future return on assets and sales growth as a function of the expenditures by the client firms on non-audit services, reasoning that if such payments are intended...

Extant theories in sociology, criminal justice, economics, and even political science posit the existence of periodicity in human affairs similar to a pendulum which swings from one extreme to the other. We examine in this study whether such a phenomenon exists in financial reporting, with...

This study examines the influence of taxpayer balloting on budget levels and its relationship with standardized test results in New Jersey school districts. The relation between efficiency, effectiveness, and budget voting outcomes is analyzed over a ten-year sample period. Cost and production...

This paper examines the determinants of a company's choice of disclosure informativeness. The specific context is the disclosure of the value of stock options granted to the top executives under the SEC's Regulation S-K (Item 403). We show that firms with executives who are excessively paid,...

This study examines empirically the extent to which the frequency of interim financial reporting affects stock price volatility over the course of the fiscal year in four countries with different interim reporting regimes: the United States and Canada with quarterly reporting, and Great Britain...