Susan G. Watts

Purdue University

Professor

West Lafayette, IN 47906

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (32)

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Citation 7

Whisper Forecasts of Quarterly Earnings Per Share

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 07 Apr 1998
Mark Bagnoli, Messod D. Beneish and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and Purdue University
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Whisper Forecasts of Quarterly Earnings Per Share

Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol 28, No 1, August 1999
Posted: 24 Sep 1999
Mark Bagnoli, Messod D. Beneish and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and Purdue University

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Citation 10

Conservative Accounting Choices

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 May 2002
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University
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Conservative accounting, asymmetric information, signaling

Conservative Accounting Choices

Management Science, Forthcoming
Posted: 04 Jan 2005
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Conservative accounting, earnings, asymmetric information, signaling, analyst forecasts, analyst forecast errors

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Around-the-Clock Media Coverage and the Timing of Earnings Announcements

McCombs Research Paper Series No. ACC-02-06
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Jul 2004
Mark Bagnoli, Michael B. Clement and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting and Purdue University
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Earnings announcements, earnings surprises, analysts' forecasts, strategic timing, bad news, earnings disclosures, market efficiency, earnings response coefficients

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Top Line and Bottom Line Forecasts: A Comparison of Internet Firms During and after the Bubble

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 21 Jun 2001
Mark Bagnoli, Sanjay Kallapur and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, Indian School of Business and Purdue University
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Analysts revenue forecasts, Earnings forecasts, Stock price reactions and internet bubble

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The Profitability of Analysts’ Stock Recommendations: What Role Does Investor Sentiment Play?*

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 12 May 2014
Purdue University, University of Texas at Austin - Department of Accounting, University of Arkansas and Purdue University
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investor sentiment, financial analysts, stock recommendations

Financial Reporting and Supplemental Voluntary Disclosures

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Dec 2004
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University
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Voluntary disclosure, financial statements, earnings surprise, asymmetric information, price efficiency, good news, bad news

Financial Reporting and Supplemental Voluntary Disclosures

Journal of Accounting Research, December 2007
Posted: 06 Sep 2007
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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voluntary disclosure, financial statements, earnings surprise, asymmetric information, earnings response coefficients, private information, good news, bad news

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Citation 6

Oligopoly, Disclosure and Earnings Management

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Oct 2007
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University
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earnings management, bias, reporting bias, competition, information asymmetry, earnings, disclosure, oligopoly, information sharing

Oligopoly, Disclosure, and Earnings Management

The Accounting Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, pp. 1191-1214, 2010
Posted: 18 Jul 2010
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Earnings Management, Bias, Competition, Information Asymmetry

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The Information in Management's Expected Earnings Report Date: A Day Late, a Penny Short

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 22 Sep 1999
Mark Bagnoli, William Kross and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo - Department of Accounting and Purdue University
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Analyst Estimate Revision Clusters and Corporate Events, Parts I and Ii

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Jun 2004
Mark Bagnoli, Stanley Levine and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, QED International Associates, Inc. and Purdue University
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disclosures, strategic information, market efficiency, analyst forecasts, analyst, forecast, earnings forecast, earnings announcements, valuation, home bias, visibility

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Allocating Monitoring Effort

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Oct 1996
Susan G. Watts and Mark Bagnoli
Purdue University and Purdue University
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Reg Fd and the Competitiveness of All-Star Analysts

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Jan 2006
Mark Bagnoli, Susan G. Watts and Yong Zhang
Purdue University, Purdue University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Downloads 533 (105,383)
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Reg FD, selective disclosure, All Stars, analysts, competition, analyst rankings, relative performance, stock recommendations, earnings estimates, All Americans, Best on the Street

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Family Firms, Debtholder-Shareholder Agency Costs and the Use of Covenants in Private Debt

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2008
Mark Bagnoli, Hsin-Tsai Liu and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, Purdue University and Purdue University
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Debt covenants, Private Debt, Family Firms, Agency Costs, Debtholder-Shareholder Agency Costs, Dual Class Stock

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Selling to Socially Responsible Consumers: The Private Provision of a Public Good

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Aug 2002
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University
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Citation 4

Voluntary Assurance of Voluntary CSR Disclosure

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2014
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University
Downloads 393 (149,838)
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, CSR, Assurance, Reporting, Signaling, Activists

Voluntary Assurance of Voluntary CSR Disclosure

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Forthcoming
Posted: 14 Mar 2016
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Assurance, Reporting, Signaling, Activists

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Nines in the Endings of Stock Prices

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 May 2005
Mark Bagnoli, Jinyoung Park and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and Purdue University
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Behavioral finance, rational prices, barriers, resistance level, price clustering

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Forced Voluntary Disclosure

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 May 2017
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University
Downloads 251 (242,850)
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Voluntary Disclosure, Social Media, Social Pressure

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History Matters: Individual Analysts' Responses to Quarterly Guidance

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 03 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2009
Mark Bagnoli, Yinghua Li and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy and Purdue University
Downloads 250 (243,813)
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Guidance, earnings warnings, analysts, earnings estimates, analyst forecasts, reputation

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On the Real Effects of Changes in Definitions of Materiality

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Nov 2021
Mark Bagnoli, Thomas Godwin and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and Purdue University
Downloads 239 (254,983)

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Materiality, Thresholds,Financial Reporting, ESG Reporting]

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Revising A Voluntary Disclosure Decision

The Accounting Review, 2021
Posted: 08 Mar 2021
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Voluntary Disclosure, Revisions, Public Information Arrival

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On the Corporate Use of Green Bonds

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Forthcoming
Posted: 17 Oct 2019
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Green Bonds, Corporate Social Responsibility, Intermediate Good Producer, Retail Competition

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Delegating Disclosure and Production Choices

The Accounting Review, Vol. 90 (3), 2015, pp. 835-857.
Posted: 21 Jan 2016
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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delegation; voluntary disclosure; Cournot competition; product differentiation

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Analyst Estimation Revision Clusters and Corporate Events, Part I

Annals of Finance, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 245-265, August 2005
Posted: 01 Aug 2005
Mark Bagnoli, Stanley Levine and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, QED International Associates, Inc. and Purdue University

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Strategic information, market efficiency, analyst forecasts, analyst, forecast, earnings forecast, earnings announcements, valuation, home bias, visibility

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Analyst Estimation Revision Clusters and Corporate Events, Part Ii

Annals of Finance, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2005
Posted: 01 Aug 2005
Mark Bagnoli, Stanley Levine and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University, QED International Associates, Inc. and Purdue University

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Strategic information, market efficiency, analyst forecasts, analyst, forecast, earnings forecast, earnings announcements, valuation, home bias, visibility

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Selling to Socially Responsible Consumers: Competition and the Private Provision of Public Goods

Posted: 11 Jun 2003
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Private provision of public goods, competition for green consumers, strategic corporate social responsibility

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Chasing Hot Funds: The Effects of Relative Performance on Portfolio Choice

Financial Management, Vol. 29, No. 3, Autumn 2000
Posted: 16 Aug 2001
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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The Effect of Relative Performance Evaluation on Earnings Management: A Game-Theoretic Approach

Posted: 16 Apr 2001
Susan G. Watts and Mark Bagnoli
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Earnings management, relative performance, Nash equilibrium

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Financial Statement Management as a Prisoners' Dilemma Game

Posted: 04 Aug 1998
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Information Acquisition, Information Release and Trading Dynamics

Posted: 13 Jul 1998
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Information Acquisition, Information Release and Trading Dynamics

Posted: 08 Jul 1998
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Ecolabeling: The Private Provision of a Public Good

Posted: 29 Apr 1998
Mark Bagnoli and Susan G. Watts
Purdue University and Purdue University

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What's for Sale: The Effects of Line of Business Reporting

Posted: 14 Apr 1997
Susan G. Watts and Mark Bagnoli
Purdue University and Purdue University

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Bankruptcy Classification Errors in the 1980s: An Empirical Analysis of Altman's and Ohlson's Models

REVIEW OF ACCOUNTING STUDIES, Vol 1, No 4, 1997
Posted: 14 Apr 1997
Joy Begley, Jin Ming and Susan G. Watts
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Purdue University

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Bankruptcy Classification Errors in the 1980s: An Empirical Analysis of Altman and Ohlson's Models

Sauder School of Business Working Paper
Posted: 06 Nov 1995
Joy Begley, Jin Ming and Susan G. Watts
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Purdue University

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