Douglas J. Fairhurst

Washington State University

Associate Professor

Department of Finance and Management Science

Carson College of Business

Pullman, WA 99164-3857

United States

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1.

Employment Protection, Investment, and Firm Growth

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 19 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2019
John (Jianqiu) Bai, Douglas J. Fairhurst and Matthew Serfling
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Washington State University and University of Tennessee
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Employment protection, Investment, Capital expenditures, Sales growth, Labor laws, Investment irreversibility

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What Determines the Composition of a Firm's Cash Reserves?

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 07 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2021
Laura Cardella, Douglas J. Fairhurst and Sandy Klasa
Texas Tech University, Washington State University and University of Arizona - Department of Finance
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Cash holdings, credit lines, trade credit, inventories

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Financing Seasonal Demand

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 23 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2024
Douglas J. Fairhurst
Washington State University
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Short-term financing, Seasonality, Trade credit, Financial Constraints

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Chalk It Up to Experience: CEO General Ability and Earnings Management

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 11 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2023
Leila Zbib, Kourosh Amirkhani and Douglas J. Fairhurst
Bryant University, San Jose State University and Washington State University
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CEO general ability, earnings management

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Property Crime, Earnings Variability, and the Cost of Capital

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 22 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2019
James Brushwood, Dan S. Dhaliwal, Douglas J. Fairhurst and Matthew Serfling
Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Department of Accounting, University of Arizona - Department of Accounting (deceased), Washington State University and University of Tennessee
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Earnings variability, Cost of equity, Cost of debt, Property crime, Theft

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How Much Does ChatGPT Know About Finance?

Financial Analysts Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Oct 2024
Douglas J. Fairhurst and Daniel Greene
Washington State University and Clemson University
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Artificial intelligence, large language models, financial licensing exams, financial markets, regulation, labor

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Too Much of a Good Thing? Corporate Social Responsibility and the Takeover Market

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 17 May 2019 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2020
Douglas J. Fairhurst and Daniel Greene
Washington State University and Clemson University
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Mergers and Acquisitions, Stakeholder Theory

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Collateral Constraints, Financial Constraints, and Risk Management: Evidence From Anti-Recharacterization Laws

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Jun 2021
Douglas J. Fairhurst and Yoonsoo Nam
Washington State University and Clemson University - Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business - Department of Finance
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risk management, collateral, collateral constraints, anti-recharacterization laws, financial constraints

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Employment Protection and Tax Aggressiveness: Evidence from Wrongful Discharge Laws

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2020
Douglas J. Fairhurst, Alice (Yanguang) Liu and Xiaoran Ni
Washington State University, University of Arizona, Eller College of Management, Department of Finance and Xiamen University - School of Economics
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tax aggressiveness; employment protection; Wrongful Discharge Laws; firing costs; distress risk

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Collusion and Efficiency in Horizontal Mergers: Evidence from Geographic Overlap

Paris December 2016 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 01 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2017
Douglas J. Fairhurst and Ryan Williams
Washington State University and Imperial College London
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Horizontal mergers, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, state regulation

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Debt Dispersion and Corporate Liquidity

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Sep 2022
Douglas J. Fairhurst
Washington State University
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Debt maturity dispersion, cash holdings, corporate liquidity, rollover risk

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Product Market Threats and Leases

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2024
Douglas J. Fairhurst, Tae-Nyun Kim, Pil-Seng Lee and Yoonsoo Nam
Washington State University, The College of New Jersey, School of Business, Baylor University - Department of Finance, Insurance & Real Estate and Clemson University - Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business - Department of Finance
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Product market threats, lease, financial constraints, flexibility, competitive pressures

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Corporate Governance and Financial Peer Effects

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 May 2018
Douglas J. Fairhurst and Yoonsoo Nam
Washington State University and Clemson University - Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business - Department of Finance
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Peer Effects, Corporate Governance, Capital Structure

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Asset Redeployability and Corporate Liquidity

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 29 Oct 2022
Douglas J. Fairhurst and S M Zahid
Washington State University and Robert Morris University
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Asset redeployability, cash holdings, collateral, credit lines

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Mergers, Employee Satisfaction, and Merger Outcomes: Evidence from Glassdoor Ratings

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 22 Oct 2024
Douglas J. Fairhurst, Hongrui Feng and Xuechen Gao
Washington State University, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Finance and Pennsylvania State University - Sam and Irene Black School of Business
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Mergers and acquisitions, employee satisfaction, corporate culture, integration