Research

Publications

Capital Market Concerns and Investment Incentives in Business Alliances,” with Thomas Pfeiffer, forthcoming, Review of Accounting Studies.

Stability and regime change: the evolution of accounting standards,” with Li Yang, forthcoming, 2022, online available, The Accounting Review.

Higher-Order Beliefs, Market-Based Incentives, and Information Quality,” with Alexander Wenning, 2022, online available, European Accounting Review.

Insider Trading, Competition, and Real Activities Manipulation,” with Bjorn Jorgensen, 2022, Management Science 68(2): 1497–1511.

Estimation Bias and Monitoring in Clean Development Mechanism Projects,” with Peter Letmathe and Naomi Soderstrom, 2021, Contemporary Accounting Research 38(1): 7-31.

“Market Exit Through DivestmentThe Effect of Accounting Bias on Competition,” with Bjorn Jorgensen, 2018, Management Science 64(1): 164–177.

“Auditor-provided Lobbying Service and Audit Quality,” with Brian Burnett and Katherine Gunny, 2018, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance 33(3): 402–434. 

“The Effect of Agency Problems on Optimal Operating Leverage and Social Welfare,” 2015, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 34(3): 319–331.

“Pay-Performance Sensitivity before and after SOX," with Debra Jeter and Ya-wen Yang, 2015, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 34(1): 52–73.

“Corporate Lobbying and Financial Performance,” with David Parsley and Ya-Wen Yang, 2015, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting 42: 444–481.

"Do Regulatory Policies on Auditing Affect Executive Pay?" with Debra Jeter and Ya-Wen Yang, 2013, International Journal of Accounting Auditing and Performance Evaluation 9: 344–364.

“Decentralization, Transfer Pricing and Tacit Collusion,” with Mike Shor, 2009, Contemporary Accounting Research 26 (2): 581–604.

“The Role of Auditing in Buyer-Supplier Relations,” with Debra Jeter, 2008, Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics 4: 1–18.

“Pay-Performance Sensitivity in a Heterogeneous Managerial Labor Market,” with Fei Leng, 2004, Journal of Management Accounting Research 16: 19–33.

Working Papers