Chi Wan

University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance

Boston, MA 02125

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (35)

1.

Executives vs. Chatbots: Unmasking Insights through Human-AI Differences in Earnings Conference Q&A

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4480056, George Mason University School of Business Research Paper
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2025
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, Boston College - Carroll School of Management and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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ChatGPT; Bard; Large Language Model; AI; Conference Call; Chatbot; Information Content

Digital Resilience: How Work-From-Home Readiness Affects Firm Performance

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 04 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2023
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Boston College - Carroll School of Management and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 1,931 (17,879)
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Digital Resilience, IT Capability, Work From Home, Business value of IT, Human resources, Strategic management of IT, Disaster Management

Digital Resilience: How Work-from-Home Feasibility Affects Firm Performance

NBER Working Paper No. w28588
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Stanford Digital Economy Lab, Boston College - Carroll School of Management and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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The Impact of Social Capital on Individual Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Social Distancing

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2020
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, University of New Hampshire, Stanford Digital Economy Lab and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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COVID-19; Stay at Home; Social Distancing; Civic Norms; Social Capital; Social Networks

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Individual Auditor Turnover and Audit Quality – Large Sample Evidence from U.S. Audit Offices

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2024
Tao Ma, Chi Wan, Yakun Wang and Yuping Zhao
Texas Tech University - Area of Accounting, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - School of Management and Economics and University of Houston
Downloads 1,259 (34,684)
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Auditor turnover, audit quality, audit quality indicators, financial restatements, audit fees

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Annual Report Readability, Tone Ambiguity, and the Cost of Borrowing

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Mar 2016
University of Massachusetts Boston, Brock University - Goodman School of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 1,231 (35,839)
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Readability, Financial Report, 10-K, Crash Risk, Bank Loan

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Managing Climate Change Risks: Sea Level Rise and Mergers and Acquisitions

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 30 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Belk College of Business, UNC Charlotte, Ontario Tech University and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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Climate Change; Sea Level Rise; Mergers and Acquisitions

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Technological Peer Pressure and Product Disclosure

The Accounting Review, November 2018, 93 (6): 95-126
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 05 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 02 May 2022
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Rutgers Business School at Newark and New Brunswick, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 1,124 (40,946)
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competition, proprietary costs, voluntary disclosure, technology

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Thematic Concentration and Mutual Fund Performance

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4164823
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 05 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 06 May 2024
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, University of Florida - Department of Finance, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
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Mutual Funds, Manager Skills, Thematic Investing, Fund Performance, Specialization, Textual Analysis

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Technology Spillovers and Corporate Cash Holdings

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2015
Jiaping Qiu and Chi Wan
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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technology spillovers, product market competition, cash holdings, dividend payouts

The Spillover of Shareholder Litigation Risk and Corporate Voluntary Disclosure

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 25 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2020
University of Massachusetts Lowell - The Robert J. Manning School of Business, Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, University of Massachusetts Boston - College of Management, University of Houston and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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spillover effect, litigation risk, securities litigation, voluntary disclosure

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Labor-Capital Substitution and Capital Structure: Evidence from Automation

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 24 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2021
Jiaping Qiu, Chi Wan and Yan Wang
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and McMaster University
Downloads 605 (94,092)

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automation, capital structure, labor economics, financial leverage, wage rigidity

12.

Technological Peer Pressure and Skill Specificity of Job Postings

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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job postings, innovation, competition, voluntary disclosure, labor market, technology

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Active Technological Similarity and Mutual Fund Performance

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 13 Jan 2021
Federal Reserve Banks - Quantitative Supervision & Research, University of Arizona - Department of Finance, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
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mutual fund performance, technological similarity, corporate innovation, active management

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Asset Tangibility, Cash Holdings, and Financial Development

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2018
Jin Lei, Jiaping Qiu and Chi Wan
Brock University - Goodman School of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 432 (142,101)
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Asset tangibility; cash holdings; investments; financial development; economic growth

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Can generative AI help identify peer firms?

Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University Research Paper
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2025
Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Accounting, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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AI, ChatGPT, technology, peers, large language models, machine learning, competitors

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Fund Manager Skill in an Era of Globalization: Offshore Concentration and Fund Performance

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 27 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2021
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, University of Florida - Department of Finance, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
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Mutual Funds, Manager Skill, Offshore Concentration, Fund Performance, Multinational Firms, Textual Analysis

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The Reluctant Analyst

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 14 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2016
Dan Bernhardt, Zhijie Xiao and Chi Wan
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics, Boston College - Department of Finance and Department of Economics and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 376 (164,750)
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Financial Analysts, Recommendation Revisions, Recommendation Stickiness, Asymmetric Frictions, Duration, MCMC

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Social Capital and Individual Ethics: Evidence from Financial Advisers Misconduct

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2021
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Suffolk University, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and University of Massachusetts Boston - College of Management
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social capital, individual behavior, financial advisers, misconduct

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Credit Risk Spillovers and Cash Holdings

Claremont McKenna College Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Research Paper No. 3140958
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2021
Jin Lei, Jiaping Qiu, Chi Wan and Fan Yu
Brock University - Goodman School of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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credit risk contagion; product market rivalry; financial distress; cash holdings; payout ratio; bank loan contracting

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Platform-provided Disclosure on Investor Base and Entrepreneurial Success: Evidence from Crowdfunding

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming, Olin Business School Center for Finance & Accounting Research Paper No. 2022/07
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 08 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2024
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, University of Massachusetts Boston - College of Management, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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crowdfunding, self-regulation, disclosure, investor base, information asymmetry, discrete RDD, unregulated markets

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Local Labor Market Concentration and Capital Structure Decisions

INSEAD Working Paper No. 2024/55/FIN, Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4123584
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 01 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2024
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, INSEAD - Finance, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and McMaster University
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Capital structure, Labor Markets, Amazon, Labor Market Concentration, Monopsony, Employee-Employer Negotiation

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Customer Satisfaction and Internal Control

Journal of Management Accounting Research
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 21 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2023
University of Massachusetts Boston - College of Management, DMSB - Accounting, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - School of Management and Economics
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customer satisfaction, internal control weakness, product ratings, Amazon.com, operating complexity

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Gross Profitability and Mutual Fund Performance

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Jun 2019
Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
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Gross profitability anomaly, Mutual funds, Active fund management

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Textual Comparability of Financial Reporting

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4182054
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Aug 2022
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Miami University of Ohio, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and University of Massachusetts Boston
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The Digital Wordsmith: AI-Assisted Disclosures and Crowdfunding Success

Olin Business School Center for Finance & Accounting Research Paper No. 2024/21, Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 5041035, Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University Research Paper, HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute Paper No. 2024/019
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Dec 2024
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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crowdfunding, Generative AI, Large Language Model, asymmetric information, AI detector, GPTZero

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Global Sales Network and Analyst Forecasts

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4492981
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 28 Jun 2023
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Chinese University of Hong Kong - School of Accountancy, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Analyst forecasts, sales network, machine learning

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Nudges on Environmental Engagement: Evidence from Crowdfunding

Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University Research Paper, Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4783071, Olin Business School Center for Finance & Accounting Research Paper No. 2024/03, HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute - Archive
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 04 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2024
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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crowdfunding, ESG, sustainability

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Migration Fear and Minority Crowd-Funding Success: Evidence from Kickstarter

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4330581
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Jan 2023
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and University of Massachusetts Boston
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Immigration; Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurship; Racial Minority; Uncertainty; COVID-19

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Labor Demand Similarity and Mergers and Acquisitions: Evidence from 3 Million Job Postings

Northeastern U. D’Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4545044
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2024
Ontario Tech University, Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, University of Massachusetts Boston and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Labor Market Competition, Glassdoor

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Do Local Investors Always Know Better? Evidence from China’s Market Segmentation

Accounting Horizons: March 2019
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Aug 2019
Sean Cao, Tao Ma and Chi Wan
University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Texas Tech University - Area of Accounting and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads 142 (426,506)
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information advantage; domestic investors; foreign investors; Chinese stock market

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Disclosure Readability in Unregulated Capital Markets: Evidence from Initial Coin Offerings

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2022
Qing Burke, Ben Li, Chi Wan and Yakun Wang
Miami University of Ohio, University of Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen - School of Management and Economics
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initial coin offerings, crypto market, disclosure, readability

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Earnings Management Gets Personnel: Accounting Job Posting Language Predicts Rule-Bending in Financial Reporting

Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University Research Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2025
Yi Cao, Nicholas Seybert and Chi Wan
Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, University of Maryland - Department of Accounting & Information Assurance and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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earnings management, llm, machine learning, google bert, rule bending, rule following, accruals, REM, job postings, human capital, accounting, personnel, real earnings management

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Gender Wage-Productivity Differentials and Global Integration in China

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7159
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Feb 2013
McMaster University, University of Alberta - Faculty of Arts and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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China, gender wage discrimination, globalization, firm ownership

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Creativity without walls: The case of open innovation

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Feb 2025
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Isenberg School of Management, Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance
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innovation, open innovation, patents, innovation strategy, firm value

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Everyone Steps Back? The Widespread Retraction of Crowd-Funding Support for Minority Creators When Migration Fear is High

NBER Working Paper No. w33097
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Northeastern University - D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Accounting and Finance and University of Massachusetts
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