We examine the role and economic consequences of emotions in influencing the judgment of corporate executives. Analyzing a large sample of U.S. public firms, we find that sunshine-induced good mood leads managers to make upwardly biased earnings forecasts. Importantly, our evidence implies that...

We analyze whether tough IRS monitoring generates a positive externality by constraining managers' bad news hoarding activities. Supporting this prediction, we find a negative relation between the threat of an IRS audit and stock price crash risk. Our evidence is consistent with recent theory...

This paper examines the interplay between tax and internal reporting incentives among affiliates of multinational corporations (MNCs). Using granular data of affiliates belonging to MNCs from 21 European countries, our study provides new empirical evidence of affiliate reporting responses...

This study examines the interplay between tax and internal reporting incentives among affiliates of multinational corporations (MNCs). MNCs face limited information flows that may prevent affiliates’ performance metrics to be immediately responsive to changes in the firm’s tax planning....

Psychological and upper echelons theories suggest that CEOs with the personality trait of sensation seeking shape corporate policies. In gauging sensation seeking with whether the CEO holds a pilot license, we examine its importance to firms' accounting conservatism. Our evidence implies that...

We examine the impact of managerial mood on corporate tax avoidance—a ubiquitous corporate decision. Using variation in local sunshine as exogenous shocks to managerial mood, we report strong, robust evidence that negative mood induced by cloudy weather leads firms to undertake more aggressive...