In this study, we explore how the linguistic attributes of verbal language influence suppliers by focusing on trade credit using the earnings conference call setting. We hypothesize and find that suppliers tend to extend more trade credit to customers if managers of the customer firm use more...

In this study, we examine the effect of taxes on the use of trade credit and on the relation between trade credit financing and managerial inside debt using the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 TCJA (TCJA). We find that firms are likely to use more trade credit after the enactment of the TCJA,...

In this paper, we investigate the association between the general managerial ability of CEOs and the readability of 10-K reports. We find that the readability of 10-K reports is lower for firms managed by CEOs with general managerial ability. Our result is robust to change analysis, an alternate...

In my dissertation, I examine factors associated with firms' submission of auditor selection for shareholder ratification and test if shareholder ratification of auditor selection is associated with the extent of price competition in the audit market (as measured by audit fees) and audit quality...

Recessions leave scars on the labor market; the Great Recession of 2007-09 has left gaping wounds. Over 200 million people across the globe are estimated to be unemployed at present. Among countries with unemployment data in the IMF's World Economic Outlook (WEO) database, there has been an...