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Government, business groups, and corporate entrepreneurial intensity during institutional transition.
(2002)
With archival and perceptual survey data from 992 member firms of the largest 250 business groups in the transition economy of China, it is found that formal institutions in various forms of government influence exert ...
The effect of non-audit services on investor judgments about auditor independence, auditor knowledge, audit quality and investment.
(2002)
Increasing levels of non-audit services (NAS) provided by auditors to their audit clients, along with large-scale investigations of questionable accounting practices employed by major firms, have brought the issue of auditor ...
The informational content of financial information on the Internet.
(2002)
In summary, my results indicate there appears to be little new informational value available in the on-line financial information investigated in the following essays. While the Internet has a real impact on market efficiency ...
Accounting and financial reporting for development-stage enterprises: An empirical investigation of SFAS No. 7.
(2002)
The empirical results are inconsistent with investors finding the cumulative reporting required by SFAS 7 to be useful. Neither summary nor component measures of cumulative earnings have any significant correlation with ...
Essays on board of director compensation.
(2002)
This dissertation consists of three essays that explore topics on the board of directors of profit-making corporations. Special emphasis is given to the evolution and determinants of outside director compensation. Essay 1 ...
Electric utility deregulation: The case of stranded costs.
(2002)
My dissertation focuses on electric utility deregulation and certain costs that may become unrecoverable (stranded) in a deregulated market. Recent federal and state deregulation has increased competition in the electricity ...
Seeing the invisible: A test of rational expectations in the valuation of human capital.
(2002)
This paper investigates the relation in the U.K., U.S., Germany, and Japan between employee compensation and intangible firm value. Tests are conducted of the persistence of changes in wages relative to the average levels ...