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Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism

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Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 09 May 2014

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Jong Chool Park and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, University of South Florida - School of Accountancy and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism

Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2015, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 1/2014

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 11 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2015

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Jong Chool Park and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, University of South Florida - School of Accountancy and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 1/2014

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2016

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Jong Chool Park and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, University of South Florida - School of Accountancy and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Mar 2009

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Jong Chool Park and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, University of South Florida - School of Accountancy and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Professors in the Boardroom and their Impact on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

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Professors in the Boardroom and their Impact on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

Financial Management, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2014

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Professors in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

Financial Management, Volume 44, Issue 3, 1 September 2015, Pages 547-581 , Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 15/2014

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2015

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Professors in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 15/2014

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Oct 2015

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and Bank of Finland

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Managerial Ability and Tax Aggressiveness

China Accounting and Finance Review, 24(1)

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2022

Bill Francis, Xian Sun, Chia-Hsiang Weng and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School, National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Accounting and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Are Female CFOs Less Tax Aggressive? Evidence from Tax Aggressiveness

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Are Female CFOs Less Tax Aggressive? Evidence from Tax Aggressiveness

Journal of American Taxation Association, Forthcoming, Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2428541

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2014

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Qiang Wu and Meng Yan

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance and Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business

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Are Female CFOs Less Tax Aggressive? Evidence from Tax Aggressiveness

Journal of American Taxation Association, Forthcoming, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 16/2014, Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2474543

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 01 Aug 2014

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Qiang Wu and Meng Yan

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance and Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business

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The Benefits of Conservative Accounting to Shareholders: Evidence from the Financial Crisis

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The Benefits of Conservative Accounting to Shareholders: Evidence from the Financial Crisis

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 8/2013

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Jul 2013

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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The Benefits of Conservative Accounting to Shareholders: Evidence from the Financial Crisis

Accounting Horizons, 2013, 27(2): 319-346

Posted: 09 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2013

Qiang Wu, Bill Francis and Iftekhar Hasan

Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology and Fordham University

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Do Activist Hedge Funds Target Female CEOs? The Role of CEO Gender in Hedge Fund Activism

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 05 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2020

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Yinjie(Victor) Shen and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Cleveland State University-Monte Ahuja College of Business and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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The Impact of CFO Gender on Bank Loan Contracting

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The Impact of CFO Gender on Bank Loan Contracting

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Apr 2011

Qiang Wu, Bill Francis and Iftekhar Hasan

Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology and Fordham University

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More than Connectedness – Heterogeneity of CEO Social Network and Firm Value

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 26/2012

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Nov 2012

Yiwei Fang, Bill Francis and Iftekhar Hasan

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology and Fordham University

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Urban Agglomeration and CEO Compensation

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 17/2012

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 04 Jul 2012

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Kose John and Maya Waisman

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance and Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business

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Corporate Boards and Bank Loan Contracting

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Corporate Boards and Bank Loan Contracting

Journal of Financial Research, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Dec 2011

Qiang Wu, Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Michael Koetter

Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and Halle Institute for Economic Research

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Do Corporate Boards Matter During the Current Financial Crisis?

Review of Financial Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Feb 2012

Qiang Wu, Bill Francis and Iftekhar Hasan

Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology and Fordham University

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The Cost of Privacy Failures: Evidence from Bank Depositors’ Reactions to Breaches

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2022

Christian Engels, Bill Francis and Dennis Philip

University of St Andrews - School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology and Durham University Business School

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The Impact of Political Uncertainty on Institutional Ownership

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 27/2013

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Nov 2013

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Yun Zhu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and St. John's University - Department of Economics and Finance

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Managerial Ability and Value Relevance of Earnings

China Accounting and Finance Review, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Mar 2020

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Ibrahim Siraj and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Externality of Stock Liquidity to the Cost of Borrowing

BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Research Paper No. 2016-42

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Nov 2016

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Suresh Babu Mani and An Yan

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business

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Evidence for the Existence of Downward Real Earnings Management

Journal of Auditing, Accounting and Finance, Forthcoming, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 13/2015

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Aug 2015

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Lingxiang Li

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and SUNY at Old Westbury - School of Business

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Managerial Effect or Firm Effect: Evidence from Private Debt Market

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 29/2013

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2015

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Yun Zhu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and St. John's University - Department of Economics and Finance

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Banking Deregulation and Corporate Tax Avoidance

China Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2016

Bill Francis, Ning Ren, Ning Ren and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteLong Island University Post and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Third-Party Reaction to Hedge Fund Activism: The Auditor Perspective

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 07 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 19 May 2022

Huimin (Amy) Chen, Bill Francis, Yinjie(Victor) Shen and Qiang Wu

University of Massachusetts Lowell - The Robert J. Manning School of Business, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Cleveland State University-Monte Ahuja College of Business and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Strategic Reaction and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the Effect of Large IPOs on Peers

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2021

Huimin (Amy) Chen, Bill Francis, Qiang Wu and Yijiang Zhao

University of Massachusetts Lowell - The Robert J. Manning School of Business, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance and American University - Kogod School of Business

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Does Relationship Matter? The Choice of Financial Advisors

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 28/2012

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 11 Nov 2012

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Xian Sun

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Corporate Boards and Bank Loan Contracting

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 18 Mar 2009

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Michael Koetter and Qiang Wu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Halle Institute for Economic Research and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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The Effect of Organization Capital on the Cost of Bank Loans

Forthcoming, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 24 Mar 2022

Anna N. Danielova, Bill Francis, Haimeng Teng and Qiang Wu

McMaster University - Finance & Business Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Penn State Harrisburg and Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance

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Can Firms Learn by Observing? Evidence from Cross-Border M&As

Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 25, April 2014: 202–215 , Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 17/2014

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 07 Oct 2014

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Xian Sun and Maya Waisman

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business

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Home Preference at Selecting Financial Advisors in Cross-Border M&As

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 31/2012

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Nov 2012

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Xian Sun

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

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Evidence for the Existence of Downward Real Earnings Management

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 13/2015

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 21 Oct 2015

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Lingxiang Li

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and SUNY at Old Westbury - School of Business

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Stock Price Fragility and the Cost of Bank Loans

Journal of Empirical Finance, Vol. 63, 2021

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2021

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Yinjie(Victor) Shen and Pengfei Ye

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Cleveland State University-Monte Ahuja College of Business and Virginia Tech

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Do Passive Investors Demand High Earnings Quality? Evidence from Natural Experiment

Francis, B.B., Maharjan, J. and Teng, H., 2020. Do Passive Investors Demand High Earnings Quality? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment. China Accounting and Finance Review, 22(3).

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2021

Bill Francis, Johan Maharjan and Haimeng Teng

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology and Penn State Harrisburg

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Managerial Style and Bank Loan Contracting

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 29/2013

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 May 2019 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan and Yun Zhu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University and St. John's University - Department of Economics and Finance

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Financial Analysts' Career Concerns and the Cost of Private Debt

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 67, 2021

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Jun 2021

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Liuling Liu, Qiang Wu and Yijiang Zhao

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Bowling Green State University - College of Business Administration, Hong Kong Polytechnic University-School of Accounting and Finance and American University - Kogod School of Business

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Motivating High‐Impact Innovation: Evidence from Managerial Compensation Contracts

Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, Vol. 28, Issue 3, pp. 291-318, 2019

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 May 2020

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Zenu Sharma and Maya Waisman

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, St John's University and Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business

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Going-Concern Opinions, Corporate Control, Executive Compensation and Management Turnover

Posted: 01 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2018

Bill Francis, Ning Ren, Ning Ren, Yinghong Zhang and Yun Zhu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteLong Island University Post, University of Central Oklahoma and St. John's University - Department of Economics and Finance

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Going-Concern Opinions and Bank Loan Contracting

Posted: 17 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2014

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Ning Ren, Ning Ren and Yinghong Zhang

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, Fordham University, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteLong Island University Post and University of Central Oklahoma

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Strategic Conservative Earnings Management of Technology Firms: Evidence from the IPO Market

Financial Markets, Institutions & Instruments, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 261-293, 2012

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Nov 2012

Bill Francis, Mingming Zhou and Iftekhar Hasan

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management & Technology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs - College of Business and Fordham University

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