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Souhei Ishida

Hitotsubashi University

2-1 Naka Kunitachi-shi

Tokyo 186-8601

Japan

http://https://souhei-ishida.com/

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (11)

1.

Do Managers Provide Optimistic Forecasts Following Debt Covenant Violations?

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2025
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Keizai Univeristy - Management, Waseda University - School of Commerce and Faculty of Business Sciences
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Debt covenants, Management earnings forecast, Management optimism, Covenant violation, Renegotiation, Debt contract, Incomplete contracting theory

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Machine Learning versus Management Earnings Forecasts

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Jul 2025
Hitotsubashi University, Hitotsubashi University, Independent and Hitotsubashi University
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earnings forecasting, machine learning, k-nearest neighbors, random forest, deep neural networks, management earnings forecasts. JEL classification: C21

3.

Former CEO Directors and Management Forecast Accuracy

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 23 May 2026
Souhei Ishida and Takuma Kochiyama
Hitotsubashi University and Waseda University - School of Commerce
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Former CEO director, CEO turnover, Management earnings forecast, Forecasting ability, Japan

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Does board gender diversity improve other diversity issues? The case of disability diversity compliance and washing

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Apr 2026
Souhei Ishida, Akinobu Shuto and Makoto Kuroki
Hitotsubashi University, University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Economics and Kobe University - Graduate School of Business Administration
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board gender diversity, disability diversity, diversity washing, compliance, Japan

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Budgetary Participation and Top Managers’ Earnings Forecasts

Journal of Management Accounting Research, 2025[10.2308/JMAR-2023-001]
Posted: 30 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2025
Souhei Ishida and Keita Iwasawa
Hitotsubashi University and Tokyo University of Science - School of Management

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budgetary participation, budgetary slack, management earnings forecast, forecast innovations, forecast errors

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Earnings Management, Horizon Problem, and Advisor Posts for Retiring CEOs

Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 May 2022 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2023
Souhei Ishida, Satoshi Ogoe and Katsushi Suzuki
Hitotsubashi University, Hitotsubashi University - Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy and Hitotsubashi University - Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy

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earnings management; horizon problem; advisor; CEO post-retirement career; co-opted board; outside director

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Institutional Shareholder Services’ Proxy Voting Guidelines and ROE Management

European Financial Management, Forthcoming
Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2023
Souhei Ishida and Takuma Kochiyama
Hitotsubashi University and Waseda University - School of Commerce

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Earnings management; return on equity (ROE); institutional shareholder services (ISS); proxy voting advisor

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Unnatural Selection of Outside Directors: Consequences of Japanese Corporate Governance Reforms

European Financial Management, forthcoming
Posted: 10 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2022
Souhei Ishida and Takuma Kochiyama
Hitotsubashi University and Waseda University - School of Commerce

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corporate governance reform, corporate governance code, outside director, board structure, institutional theory

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Management Forecasting Ability and Predictive Ability of Dividend Changes for Future Earnings

Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
Posted: 19 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2023
Hsihui Chang, Souhei Ishida and Takuma Kochiyama
Drexel University, Hitotsubashi University and Waseda University - School of Commerce

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Dividends; Management forecasting ability; Management earnings forecast; Predictive ability of dividends; Japan

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Evaluation of Managerial Ability in Japanese Setting

The Japanese Accounting Review, Vol. 8 (1), pp.1-22.
Posted: 13 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2023
Hsihui Chang, Souhei Ishida and Takuma Kochiyama
Drexel University, Hitotsubashi University and Waseda University - School of Commerce

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Managerial ability, Japan, Stock returns, ROA, CEO turnovers

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Are More Able Managers Good Future Tellers? Learning from Japan

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Forthcoming
Posted: 23 May 2018 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2023
Souhei Ishida, Takuma Kochiyama and Akinobu Shuto
Hitotsubashi University, Waseda University - School of Commerce and University of Tokyo - Graduate School of Economics

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Managerial ability, management earnings forecast, forecast accuracy, earnings management