# overview
My research covers topics in Corporate Governance, International Financial Reporting Standards, Earnings Management, Accounting Conservatism, and Behavioral Finance.

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Online Trading; Noisy Rational Expectations; Differential Interpretations; Market Reaction

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Auditing Standard 18; Related Party Transactions; Restatements; Audit Quality

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3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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Political Connections; Corporate Lobbying; Real Activities Management; Tradeoff Between Real And Accrual-based Earnings Management

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3501 Accounting, Auditing And Accountability

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3507 Strategy, Management And Organisational Behaviour

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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Algorithmic Trading; Crash Risk; Fundamental Investors; Bad News Withholding

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Tick Size Pilot Program; Financial Reporting Quality; Information Acquisition

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University of Rochester - (Rochester, New York, United States)

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London Business School - (London, England, United Kingdom)

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London School of Economics and Political Science - (London, Camden, United Kingdom)

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Earnings Volatility, Ambiguity, and Crisis-Period Stock Returns

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FEM formulation to solve hyperelastic problem up to large strain

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An Empirical Test of the Feltham-Ohlson Valuation Model

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Audit Quality, Alternative Monitoring Mechanisms, and Cost of Capital: An Empirical Analysis

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Does Mandatory Adoption of IFRS improve Accounting Quality? Preliminary Evidence

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Evidence on the Role of Accounting Conservatism in Monitoring Managers' Investment Decisions

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An empirical analysis of the effects of the Dodd-Frank Act on determinants of credit ratings

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Targets' Accounting Conservatism and the Gains from Acquisition

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Earnings characteristics and analysts' differential interpretation of earnings announcements: An empirical analysis

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Bank loan loss provisions: a reexamination of capital management, earnings management and signaling effects

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Foreign ownership, appointment of independent directors, and firm value: Evidence from Japanese firms

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Evidence on the Presence of Representativeness Bias in Investor Interpretation of Consistency in Sales Growth

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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

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An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Online Trading on Investor Reactions to Earnings Announcements

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Discretionary Accruals, Earnings Management and the Valuation of Earnings

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Related Party Transactions and Audit Quality: Evidence on the Efficacy of Auditing Standard No. 18

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Political Connections and the Trade-Off Between Real and Accrual-Based Earnings Management

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Dissecting Stock Price Momentum Using Financial Statement Analysis

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Deja Vu: The Effect of Executives and Directors with Prior Banking Crisis Experience on Bank Outcomes around the Global Financial Crisis

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How costly is the Sarbanes Oxley Act? Evidence on the effects of the Act on corporate profitability

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Evidence on the role of accounting conservatism in monitoring managers' investment decisions

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Study of building aerodynamics for designing natural ventilation system

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Tick Size and Financial Reporting Quality in Small-Cap Firms: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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An efficient software verification using multi-layered  software verification tool

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Discretionary Accruals, Earnings Management and the Valuation of Earnings

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Evidence on Audit Quality Differences Across Big N Audits: The Effect of Using an Industry Specialist Auditor on Cost of Equity

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Evidence on the Presence of Representativeness Bias in Investor Interpretation of Consistency in Sales Growth

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Accounting Conservatism and Cost of Debt: An Empirical Test of Efficient Contracting

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The Sarbanes Oxley Act, Auditor Independence and Accounting Accruals: An Empirical Analysis

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The Role of Accounting Conservatism in Mitigating BondholderShareholder Conflicts over Dividend Policy and in Reducing Debt Costs

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Tick Size and Financial Reporting Quality in Small-Cap Firms: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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Accounting Conservatism and the Valuation of Accounting Numbers: Evidence on the Feltham-Ohlson (1996) Model

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Why Does Operating Profitability Predict Returns? New Evidence on Risk versus Mispricing Explanations

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Job Security and Income Smoothing: An Empirical Test of the Fudenberg and Tirole (1995) Model

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Do Analysts Under-react to Bad News and Over-react to Good News?

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Evidence on Interest Rate Risk Management and Derivatives Usage by Commercial Banks

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The Effects of Earnings and Firm Characteristics on Differential Interpretation of Earnings Announcements

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The impact of regulation Fair Disclosure on investors' prior information quality  Evidence from an analysis of changes in trading volume and stock price reactions to earnings announcements

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Comparative study of image enhancement techniques using histogram equalization on degraded images

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Dissecting stock price momentum using financial statement analysis

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Effects of SFAS 133 on the Risk Relevance of Accounting Measures of Banks' Derivative Exposures

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Target's Accounting Conservatism and the Gains from Acquisition

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Auditor independence, corporate governance and aggressive financial reporting: an empirical analysis

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16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Accounting Conservatism and Board of Director Characteristics: an Empirical Analysis

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Extreme Accruals, Earnings Quality, and Investor Mispricing

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Does Mandatory Adoption of IFRS Improve Accounting Quality? Preliminary Evidence

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Further evidence on analyst and investor misweighting of prior period cash flows and accruals

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Stock market valuation of gains and losses on commercial banks' investment securities An empirical analysis

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Do Analysts' Forecasts Fully Reflect the Information in Accruals?

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Political Connections and the Tradeoff between Real and Accrual-based Earnings Management

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Earnings volatility, ambiguity, and crisis-period stock returns

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Bank Loan Loss Provisions: A Reexamination of Capital Management, Earnings Management and Signaling Effects

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Targets Accounting Conservatism and the Gains from Acquisition

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Corporate Lobbying, Political Protection, and Earnings Management

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Accounting conservatism and board of director characteristics: An empirical analysis

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The impact of Regulation Fair Disclosure on investors' prior information quality - Evidence from an analysis of changes in trading volume and stock price reactions to earnings announcements

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Did Regulation Fair Disclosure Level the Playing Field? Evidence from an Analysis of Changes in Trading Volume and Stock Price Reactions to Earnings Announcements

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Accounting Comparability and the Mispricing of Asset Growth, Accruals and Earnings

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Accounting earnings and future economic rents An empirical analysis

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An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Online Trading on Stock Price and Trading Volume Reactions to Earnings Announcements*

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Dj Vu: The Effect of Executives and Directors With Prior Banking Crisis Experience on Bank Outcomes Around the Global Financial Crisis

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The Rise of Machines: Algorithmic Trading and Stock Price Crash Risk

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Do analysts' earnings forecasts fully reflect the information in accruals?

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Evidence on the Role of Accounting Conservatism in Monitoring Managers Investment Decisions

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Tick Size and Financial Reporting Quality in SmallCap Firms: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

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Does recognition versus disclosure matter? Evidence from value-relevance of banks' recognized and disclosed derivative financial instruments

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An empirical analysis of the effects of monitoring intensity on the relation between equity incentives and earnings management

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Evidence on the efficacy of interest-rate risk disclosures by commercial banks

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Texas A&M University; Head Of Accounting; 4353 TAMU

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Flying Ramadan solo: Islamic Community of Bryan-College Station adjusting observation of holy month amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Grady, Megan Elizabeth (2020-06). Friends in High Places: An Empirical Analysis of Political Connections, Corruption, and Voluntary Disclosure. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Safdar, Mohammad (2012-07). A Capital Market Test of Representativeness. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Vakil, Tara Leanne (2019-05). Can Disaggregation in the Financial Statements Enhance the Credibility and Quality of Non-Gaap Disclosures?. Doctoral Dissertation.

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McMartin, Andrew Stephen (2016-07). The Disclosure Cost of SEC Registration and Market Unraveling: Evidence from Rule 144A and Yankee Bond Issues. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Needles, Abigail Marian (2018-05). Evidence on the Governance Role and Investment Strategy Performance of Boutique Institutional Investors. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Neel, Michael J. (2012-10). International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Institutional Environment: Their Joint Impact on Accounting Comparability. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Guler, Lale (2009-05). Goodwill impairment charges under SFAS 142: role of executives' incentives and corporate governance. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Rasmussen, Stephanie Jean Binger (2010-10). Sell-in versus Sell-through Revenue Recognition:  An Examination of Firm Characteristics and Financial Information Quality. Doctoral Dissertation.