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The Credibility of Performance Feedback in Tournaments

Iván Marinovic
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy February102015 Vol. 24 Issue 1 Pages 165-188.

2015 Investor Survey: Deconstructing Proxy Statements — What Matters to Investors

David F. Larcker, Ronald Schneider, Brian Tayan, Aaron Boyd
Stanford University, RR Donnelley, and Equilar February2015

Discretionary Disclosures Using a Certifier

Iván Marinovic, Sri S. Sridhar
Journal of Accounting and Economics February2015 Vol. 59 Issue 1 Pages 25-40.

Outsourcing Shareholder Voting to Proxy Advisory Firms

David F. Larcker, Allan L. McCall, Gaizka Ormazabal
Journal of Law and Economics February2015 Vol. 58 Issue 1 Pages 173-204.

The Ideal Proxy Statement

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan
Stanford Closer Look Series February2015

The Rise and Fall of Startups: Creation and Destruction of Revenue and Jobs by Young Companies

Antonio Davila, George Foster, Xiaobin He, Carlos Shimizu
Australian Journal of Management February2015 Vol. 40 Issue 1 Pages 6-35.

Compensation & Risk

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan
CGRI Research Spotlight Series Corporate Governance Research Initiative (CGRI) 2015

This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the academic literature on how equity compensation influences CEO risk taking. It reviews the evidence of:

  • The relation between stock options and CEO investment decisions
  • The…

Golden Parachutes

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan
CGRI Research Spotlight Series Corporate Governance Research Initiative (CGRI) 2015

This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the academic literature on how golden parachute payments influence CEO incentives to pursue mergers and acquisitions. It reviews the evidence of:

  • Shareholder reaction to the…

In Short Supply: Short-Sellers and Stock Returns

Daniel M. Beneish, Craig Nichols, Charles M. C. Lee
Journal of Accounting and Economics 2015 Vol. 60 Issue 2-3 Pages 1547-1589.

Search-Based Peer Firms: Aggregating Investor Perception through Internet Co-Searches

Charles M. C. Lee, Paul Ma, Charles Wang
Journal of Financial Economics 2015 Vol. 116 Issue 2 Pages 410-431.

Shell Games: The Long Term Performance of Chinese Reverse Merger Firms

Charles M. C. Lee, Kevin K. Li, Ran Zhang
The Accounting Review 2015 Vol. 90 Issue 4 Pages 1547-1589.

The Effect of Repatriation Tax Costs on Multinational Investment

Michelle Hanlon, Rebecca Lester, Rodrigo Verdi
Journal of Financial Economics 2015 Vol. 116 Issue 1 Pages 179-196.

The Politics of Accounting Standard-setting: A Review of Empirical Research

Brandon Gipper, Brett J. Lombardi, Douglas J. Skinner
Australian Journal of Management 2015 Vol. 38 Issue 3 Pages 523-551.

The Valuation of Management Control Systems in Start-Up Companies: International Field-Based Evidence

Tony Davila, George Foster, Jia Ning
European Accounting Review 2015 Vol. 24 Issue 2

Conservatism Correction for the Market-to-Book Ratio and Tobin's q

Madhav V. Rajan, Maureen McNichols, Stefan J. Reichelstein
Review of Accounting Studies December2014 Vol. 19 Issue 4 Pages 1393-1435.

Initial Evidence on the Market Impact of the XBRL Mandate

Brian P. Miller, Hal D. White
Review of Accounting Studies December2014 Vol. 19 Issue 4 Pages 1468–1503.

A Meeting of the Minds: How Do Companies Distribute Knowledge and Workload Across Board Committees?

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan, Christina Zhu
Stanford Closer Look Series December2014

Incentives for Early Adoption of Carbon Capture Technology

Stephen D. Comello, Stefan J. Reichelstein
Energy Policy November102014 Vol. 74 Pages 579 – 588.

The Handpicked CEO Successor

David F. Larcker, Stephen A. Miles, Brian Tayan
Stanford Closer Look Series November2014

Discussion of "Equilibrium Earnings Management and Managerial Compensation in a Multiperiod Agency Setting"

Iván Marinovic
Review of Accounting Studies September2014 Vol. 19 Issue 3 Pages 1078-1085.