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Financial leverage and predictability of earnings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
together, my findings provide evidence on the causal effect of firms' leverage on earnings predictability through the riskiness channel. More importantly, by highlighting the role of firms' debt in influencing earnings predictability, my study contributes...
Does industry specialization and diversification affect audit office growth?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study examines the determinants of audit office growth, and focuses on strategic client portfolio decisions made by offices. While auditors are ...
Effects of new clients on the audit quality of an audit partner's existing portfolio
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
Using AP forms filed with the PCAOB between 2017 and 2021, I find that audit partners on new engagements experience attention costs that adversely affect the audit quality of their existing engagements. The existing ...
Widely publicized events and the demand for director skills: evidence from data breaches
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
I examine whether widely publicized data breaches affect firms' preferences for IT skills among new board members. The widely publicized data breaches at Target and Equifax in the prior decade can be construed as events ...