Publications

Seven Myths of Boards of Directors

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan

Stanford Closer Look Series Corporate Governance Research Initiative (CGRI) October2015

Trust and Consequences: A Survey of Berkshire Hathaway Operating Managers

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan

Stanford Closer Look Series Corporate Governance Research Initiative (CGRI) October2015

Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting: An Introduction to the Special Issue by the Guest Editors

Mary E. Barth, Christopher Nobes, Ann Tarca

Accounting and Business Research September252015 Vol. 45 Issue 5 Pages 543-544.

Commentary on Prospects for Global Financial Reporting

Mary E. Barth

Accounting Perspectives September2015 Vol. 14 Issue 3 Pages 154-167.

Staggered Boards

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan

CGRI Research Spotlight Series Corporate Governance Research Initiative September2015

This Research Spotlight provides a summary of the academic literature on how staggered boards impact shareholder value by insulating management from the pressures of capital markets. It reviews the evidence of:

Staggered board…

Corporate Governance, Incentives, and Tax Avoidance

Christopher S. Armstrong, Jennifer L. Blouin, Alan D. Jagolinzer, David F. Larcker

Journal of Accounting and Economics August2015 Vol. 60 Issue 1 Pages 1–17.

Drug Manufacturers’ Delayed Disclosure of Serious and Unexpected Adverse Events to the US Food and Drug Administration

Paul Ma, Iván Marinovic, Pinar Karaca-Mandic

JAMA Internal Medicine July272015

Levelized Product Cost: Concept and Decision Relevance

Stefan J. Reichelstein, Anna Rohlfing-Bastian

The Accounting Review July2015 Vol. 90 Issue 4 Pages 1653-1682.

Pro Forma Compensation: Useful Insight or Window Dressing?

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan, Youfei Xiao

Stanford Closer Look Series July2015

Are the Recent Declines in Solar PV Module Prices Sustainable?

Anshuman Sahoo, Stefan J. Reichelstein

Stanford Energy Journal May52015 Issue 6

2015 Survey on Board of Directors of Nonprofit Organizations

David F. Larcker, William Meehan III, Nicholas E. Donatiello, Brian Tayan

Stanford GSB, Rock Center for Corporate Governance, BoardSource, and GuideStar April2015

How Important Is Culture?: An Inside Look at Keller Williams Realty

David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan

Stanford Closer Look Series April2015

What Can For-Profit and Nonprofit Boards Learn from Each Other About Improving Governance?

Nicholas E. Donatiello, David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan

Stanford Closer Look Series April2015

Political Incentives to Suppress Negative Financial Information: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms

Joseph D. Piotroski, T.J. Wong, T. Zhang

Journal of Accounting Research March52015 Vol. 53 Issue 2 Pages 405-459.

The Effect of Target-Firm Accounting Quality on Valuation in Acquisitions

Maureen McNichols, Stephen R. Stubben

Review of Accounting Studies March2015 Vol. 20 Issue 1 Pages 110-140.

Time of Day Pricing and the Levelized Cost of Intermittent Power Generation

Stefan J. Reichelstein, Anshuman Sahoo

Energy Economics March2015 Vol. 48 Pages 97–108.

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.