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Redacted disclosure and analysts' weighting of private and public information
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
This paper investigates whether and how redacting proprietary information in regulatory filings affects financial analysts' weighting of private and public information. I examine this issue in the context of initial public offerings (IPO) where...
Debt maturity structure and forward-looking disclosure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
This paper examines how corporate debt maturity relates to forward-looking disclosures. I find that higher levels of short-maturity debt are associated with increases in forward-looking disclosures, consistent with firms ...
Financial leverage and predictability of earnings
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
-indifferences approach reveal a causal, adverse effect of financial leverage on earnings predictability. This effect is more salient for firms with higher default risk, higher cash effective tax rate volatility, and when economic policy uncertainty is higher. Taken...
Credit availability and voluntary disclosures : evidence from interstate branching deregulation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
branching across states in the U.S., I find that bank-dependent firms decrease their voluntary disclosures following bank branching deregulation. This overall effect is muted for firms with higher information asymmetry in the public capital markets...
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 ...
Do stock prices influence corporate tax behavior?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This study examines how the firm-specific information in stock prices influences corporate tax behavior. Research demonstrates that managers learn from and respond to information contained in stock prices. However, the ...