We provide evidence that outside directors’ trading and ratification decisions are incrementally useful in assessing their independence. Because crises test the independence of boards, we first investigate the CEO replacement decision in firms caught intentionally misreporting earnings. We...

This study aims to examine the impact of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) on China's international agricultural trade and its regional agricultural development, using the Global Trade Analysis Project model and the China Agricultural Decision Support System. Our analysis showed that: (i)...

Expert reviews in a multi-dimensional rating system are increasingly popular on online review platforms. However, extant studies have primarily examined expert reviews in a single-dimensional rating system. Using a quasi-experiment opportunity provided by an automobile review platform, we...

This research is the first effort to incorporate Pakistan’s biofuels sector into GTAP Data Base. We used dataset on production, cost shares and border trades for Pakistan and other major biofuel producing countries to update the latest version 7 of GTAP Data Base. To capture the real structure...

We examine how entrepreneurs’ attention to detail affects their fundraising performance in crowdfunding campaigns as well as other important project outcomes that occur after fundraising campaigns. To test our theoretical model, we conduct two studies: an archival field study with 312,520...

Video games have become a major contributor to the US and global economy. This paper studies network externalities in the online video game industry. Even though network externalities are recognized as a major driver of new product diffusion, testing the existence and the impact of network...

We study a buyer’s contract design problem when her supplier has private quality cost information and cares about his market valuation. Depending on whether the quality level is contractible or not, we characterize parameters of the contract menu (including quantity and transfer payment) for...

Vanadium sulfides are appeared and investigated for the application of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) due to their adjustable structure and high theoretical capacity. Nevertheless, their inferior sodiation/desodiation kinetics during cycling and convoluted Na + storage mechanism severely restricts...