This thesis investigates how the presence of an analyst affects the corporate information environment when both the analyst forecast and the manager’s report are endogenously determined. I build two stylized models in which ...

This thesis consists of three distinct papers that examine different aspects of voluntary disclosure. In addition to contributing to the voluntary disclosure literature, this thesis also contributes to three other research ...

This thesis comprises of three essays which examine how management controls are used by organizational leaders to influence the behaviors of employees. It is grounded in a combination of economic and psychological theories ...

A firm’s information environment develops as a consequence of the interplay among information providers such as management, investors and intermediaries (e.g., analysts) in the capital market. New information from these ...

This thesis includes three essays and examines how management control mechanisms influence the behaviors of lower-level employees. Drawing on the psychology, management, and economic literature and based on field data from ...

Equity crowdfunding (ECF) has transformed the way many businesses raise capital and how the general public can take part in small and early stage firms. In the ECF market, firms promote their equity offerings to potential ...

In this study, I investigate the determinants of management controls in cross-border alliances. A key feature of cross-border alliances is the cultural and institutional differences that exist between collaborating firms. ...

Prior research suggests that dividends can curb agency costs between insiders (managers and/or controlling shareholders) and outside shareholders, and thus are an important corporate governance mechanism to protect outside ...

In our economy stockbrokers and investment advisers are in a position to exert considerable influence on the financial decisions made by investors. However, there has been little effort in Australia to discover, by direct ...

Auditor independence is being increasingly questioned in a public debate about the joint provision of audit and non-audit services (NAS) by auditors to their corporate clients. Regulators are concerned that auditor firms ...