This study examines the investment value of advice made by “Crypto-Influencers,” or social media analysts covering crypto asset securities on Twitter. We examine the returns associated with approximately 36,000 tweets issued by 180 of the most prominent crypto social media influencers...

We exploit a regulatory change to examine whether bank regulator strictness is affected when regulators no longer rely on external assurance. In the absence of external assurance, we find that banks report higher nonaccrual loans, higher troubled debt restructurings, and both a timelier loan...

We examine how third party verification of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR) affects bank supervision by exploiting a change in size thresholds for required FDICIA-related internal control audits. We document that affected banks have higher reported levels of non-performing loans...

While the shareholder benefits of audits are well documented, evidence on whether audits can facilitate opportunistic behavior by corporate insiders is scarce. In this paper, we examine whether the audit process facilitates one particular form of opportunism: informed trading by corporate...

This study investigates the effect of property taxes on real business decisions. Consistent with tax avoidance, we posit that personal property tax rates are associated with decreases (increases) in inventory prior to (following) assessment dates. We empirically test this prediction using both...

This study investigates the effect of personal property taxes on real business decisions. Consistent with tax avoidance, we posit that personal property taxes are associated with decreases (increases) in inventory prior to (following) assessment dates. We empirically test this prediction using...

Prior studies find that banks engage in income smoothing to distort financial performancein ways that have implications for capital allocation and regulation. We examine whether banks' incentives to engage in this behavior are reduced by government guarantees, which mitigate concerns about...

We use a shock to the public scrutiny of firm subsidiary locations to investigate whether that scrutiny leads to changes in firms' disclosure and corporate tax avoidance behavior. ActionAid International, a non-profit activist group, levied public pressure on noncompliant U.K. firms in the FTSE...

We use a shock to the public scrutiny of firm subsidiary locations to investigate whether that scrutiny leads to changes in firms' disclosure and corporate tax avoidance behavior. ActionAid International, a nonprofit activist group, levied public pressure on noncompliant U.K. firms in the FTSE...