This research explores the use of control rhetoric in CEO letters between the pre and post Sarbanes Oxley periods and … amount of control rhetoric included in CEO letters contained in the annual report in pre- and post-SOX periods and conduct an … experiment to determine if the amount of control rhetoric would influence financial statement users' perception of internal …

Although China tends to be an important topic in election campaigns, the consequences of this rhetoric have not been … systematically examined. We highlight the process by which China uses campaign rhetoric to make inferences about the intentions of … assessments. In turn, three patterns define Chinese policy toward new administrations: proactive engagement when campaign rhetoric …