Robert M. Bushman

University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Financial Accounting Information and Corporate Governance

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Financial Accounting Information and Corporate Governance

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 32, No. 1-3, 2001
Number of pages: 115 Posted: 28 Apr 2002 Last Revised: 17 May 2021
Robert M. Bushman and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Corporate governance; Financial accounting; Incentive contracts

Financial Accounting Information and Corporate Governance

Posted: 25 Oct 2001
Robert M. Bushman and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Corporate governance; Financial accounting; Incentive contracts

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Transparency, Financial Accounting Information, and Corporate Governance

Economic Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, April 2003
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Sep 2005
Robert M. Bushman and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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financial accounting, corporate governance, transparency

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What Determines Corporate Transparency?

Journal of Accounting Research 2004 , 42 (2)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Aug 2003 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Joseph D. Piotroski and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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corporate transparency, international accounting, corporate governance, disclosure, law, political economy

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Financial Accounting Information, Organizational Complexity and Corporate Governance Systems

Journal of Accounting and Economics 37 (2004), 167-201
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Oct 2000 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Qi Chen, Ellen Engel and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Corporate governance, corporate transparency, earnings timeliness, organizational complexity, diversification

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Investment Cash Flow Sensitivities Really Reflect Related Investment Decisions

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2012
Robert M. Bushman, Abbie J. Smith and Frank Zhang
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Yale School of Management
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Accruals, Cash flows, growth, investment-cash flow sensitivity

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Financial Reporting Incentives for Conservative Accounting: The Influence of Legal and Political Institutions

Journal of Accounting and Economics Vol. 42 (October 2006), pp. 107-48.
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 19 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman and Joseph D. Piotroski
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Financial reporting, political and legal institutions, conservatism, incentives

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The Pros and Cons of Regulating Corporate Reporting: A Critical Review of the Arguments

Accounting and Business Research Vol. 40 Number 3, 2010
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman and Wayne R. Landsman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Regulation

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An Analysis of the Relation between the Stewardship and Valuation Roles of Earnings

Journal of Accounting Research Volume 44 Number 1 March 2006, pp. 53-83
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 May 2000 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Ellen Engel and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Accounting Discretion, Loan Loss Provisioning and Discipline of Banks' Risk-Taking

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 54, Issue 1, pp. 1-18, August 2012
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2013
Robert M. Bushman and Christopher D. Williams
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Smoothing, Timeliness, Accounting Quality, Loan Loss Provisions, Discretion, Risk, Banks

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An Empirical Investigation of Trends in the Absolute and Relative Use of Earnings in Determining Cash Compensation of CEOS

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Oct 1998
Robert M. Bushman, Ellen Engel, Jennifer Milliron and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration, Chicago Partners, LLC and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Bank Competition: Measurement, Decision-Making, and Risk-Taking

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Bank Competition: Measurement, Decision-Making, and Risk-Taking

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 30 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2016
Robert M. Bushman, Bradley E. Hendricks and Christopher D. Williams
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 1,079 (28,055)
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banking, competition, stability, financial statement analysis, regulation, contracting, timely loss recognition

Bank Competition: Measurement, Decision-Making, and Risk-Taking

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2016
Posted: 22 Oct 2016
Robert M. Bushman, Bradley E. Hendricks and Christopher D. Williams
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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banking, competition, stability, financial statement analysis, regulation, contracting, timely loss recognition

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The Changing Landscape of Accrual Accounting

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The Changing Landscape of Accrual Accounting

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2015
Robert M. Bushman, Alina Lerman and Frank Zhang
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and Yale School of Management
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accrual accounting, accruals, cash flows, earnings management, accrual quality

The Changing Landscape of Accrual Accounting

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 30 Nov 2015
Robert M. Bushman, Alina Lerman and Frank Zhang
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and Yale School of Management
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accrual accounting, accruals, cash flows, earnings management, accrual quality

The Changing Landscape of Accrual Accounting

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2016
Posted: 19 Jun 2016
Robert M. Bushman, Alina Lerman and Frank Zhang
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting and Yale School of Management

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accrual accounting;accruals;cash flows;earnings management;accrual quality

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The Debt Contracting Value of Accounting Information and Loan Syndicate Structure

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Citation 110

The Debt Contracting Value of Accounting Information and Loan Syndicate Structure

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 Sep 2006
Ryan T. Ball, Robert M. Bushman and Florin P. Vasvari
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and London Business School
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Syndicate Structure, Performance Pricing, Performance Measures, Debt Contracting, Syndicated Loans, Earnings Quality

The Debt Contracting Value of Accounting Information and Loan Syndicate Structure

Journal of Accounting Research, May 2008
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 May 2008
Ryan T. Ball, Robert M. Bushman and Florin P. Vasvari
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and London Business School
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Syndicate Structure, Performance Pricing, Performance Measures, Debt Contracting, Syndicated Loans, Earnings Quality

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Insider Trading Restrictions and Analysts' Incentives to Follow Firms

Journal of Finance, Volume 60, February 2005
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Joseph D. Piotroski and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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insider trading, analyst following, enforcement of laws

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Transparency, Accounting Discretion, and Bank Stability

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Transparency, Accounting Discretion, and Bank Stability

Economic Policy Review, Issue Aug, pp. 129-149, 2016
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 16 Dec 2017
Robert M. Bushman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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transparency, banks, accounting discretion, delayed expected loss recognition, DELR, regulatory forbearance

Transparency, Accounting Discretion and Bank Stability

Economic Policy Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jun 2015
Robert M. Bushman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Banking; Accounting discretion; Bank transparency; Bank risk

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The Informational Role of the Media in Private Lending

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The Informational Role of the Media in Private Lending

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 05 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2016
Robert M. Bushman, Christopher D. Williams and Regina Wittenberg Moerman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Southern California
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media, relationship lending, syndicate structure, lead arranger, sentiment

The Informational Role of the Media in Private Lending

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 1, March 2017
Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Christopher D. Williams and Regina Wittenberg Moerman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Southern California

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Media; Relationship Lending; Syndicate Structure; Lead Arranger; Sentiment

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Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk

Forthcoming, Journal of Accounting and Economics
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 17 May 2016 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Robert H. Davidson, Aiyesha Dey and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Harvard Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Corporate Culture, Banks, Risk Management,Tail Risk

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Thoughts on Financial Accounting and the Banking Industry

Journal of Accounting and Economics 2014, 58, 384-395
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 16 May 2016
Robert M. Bushman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Banking; Accounting discretion; Bank transparency; Bank risk

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Price Discovery and Dissemination of Private Information by Loan Syndicate Participants

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 48 No. 5 December 2010
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 22 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Abbie J. Smith and Regina Wittenberg Moerman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Southern California
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price discovery, syndicated loan market, private information in the loan market, institutional investors, earnings announcements, secondary loan market

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Does Secondary Loan Market Trading Destroy Lenders’ Incentives?

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 09-45
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2012
Robert M. Bushman and Regina Wittenberg Moerman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Southern California
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syndicated loan market, secondary loan market, loan trading, lenders' incentives, originate-to-distribute model of bank credit, reputation of the lead arranger of syndication

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The Role of Bank Reputation in 'Certifying' Future Performance Implications of Borrowers' Accounting Numbers

Journal of Accounting Research, 2012, Volume 50, Issue 4, 883-930.
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 03 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 16 May 2016
Robert M. Bushman and Regina Wittenberg Moerman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Southern California
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bank reputation, earnings quality, earnings persistence, syndicated loan market, debt contracting, bank certification, arranger of syndication

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Delayed Expected Loss Recognition and the Risk Profile of Banks

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Delayed Expected Loss Recognition and the Risk Profile of Banks

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 53, Issue 3, 511–553, June 2015.
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman and Christopher D. Williams
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Bank, Transparency, Loan Loss Provisions, Delayed Loss Recognition, Risk, Systemic Risk

Delayed Expected Loss Recognition and the Risk Profile of Banks

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 53, No. 3, 2015
Posted: 22 May 2015
Robert M. Bushman and Christopher D. Williams
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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bank, transparency, loan loss provisions, delayed loss recognition, risk, systemic risk

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Private Pre-Decision Information, Performance Measure Congruity and the Value of Delegation

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Private Pre-Decision Information, Performance Measure Congruity and the Value of Delegation

Contemporary Accounting Research , Vol. 17 Winter 2000 pp. 561-587
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 12 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Raffi Indjejikian and Mark Penno
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Accounting and University of Iowa
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Private pre-decision information, Performance measure congruity, Delegation

Private Pre-Decision Information, Performance Measure Congruity and the Value of Delegation

Contemporary Accounting Research , Vol. 17 Winter 2000 pp. 561-587
Posted: 12 Sep 2000 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Raffi Indjejikian and Mark Penno
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Accounting and University of Iowa

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Risk and CEO Turnover

Journal of Financial Economics Volume 96, Issue 3, June 2010, Pages 381-398
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 07 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Zhonglan Dai and Xue Wang
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management and Ohio State University - Fisher College of Business
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CEO turnover, Idiosyncratic risk, systematic risk

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Capital Allocation and Timely Accounting Recognition of Economic Losses

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Capital Allocation and Timely Accounting Recognition of Economic Losses

Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, Vol. 38, Nos. 1 & 2, 2011
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Jan 2011
Robert M. Bushman, Joseph D. Piotroski and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Investment, accounting, governance, timely loss recognition

Capital Allocation and Timely Accounting Recognition of Economic Losses

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 38, Nos. 1-2, pp. 1-33, 2011
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Mar 2011
Robert M. Bushman, Joseph D. Piotroski and Abbie J. Smith
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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investment, accounting, governance, timely loss recognition

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The Influence of Loan Officers on Loan Contract Design and Performance

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 71, No. 1, 2021
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 09 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2020
Robert M. Bushman, Janet Gao, Xiumin Martin and Joseph Pacelli
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and Harvard Business School
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Loan officers, banking, covenants, interest spreads, syndicated loans

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Informativeness and Timeliness of 10-K Text Similarity for Predicting Tail-Risk Comovement

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2017
Robert M. Bushman, Jason V. Chen and Christopher D. Williams
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Downloads 367 (113,536)
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Textual analysis, Banking, risk, text similarity, boilerplate disclosure

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Management Team Incentive Dispersion and Firm Performance

Accounting Review, January 2016, Vol. 91, No. 1, 21-45
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 15 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 16 May 2016
Robert M. Bushman, Zhonglan Dai and Weining Zhang
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business
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team incentive dispersion; firm performance; PPS; cooperation

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Social Externalities of Bank Enforcement Actions: The Case of Minority Lending

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Social Externalities of Bank Enforcement Actions: The Case of Minority Lending

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 21-12, Proceedings of Paris December 2021 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - ESSEC, Fama-Miller Working Paper, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Paper No. 3825119
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 16 May 2022
Byeongchan An, Robert M. Bushman, Anya Kleymenova and Rimmy E. Tomy
University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, Students, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Chicago
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Banking, Competition, Deposits, Disclosure, Discrimination, Enforcement actions, Mortgage lending

Social Externalities of Bank Enforcement Actions: The Case of Minority Lending

FEDS Working Paper No. 2022-36
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 07 Jun 2022
Byeongchan An, Robert M. Bushman, Anya Kleymenova and Rimmy E. Tomy
University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business, Students, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Chicago
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Banking, Competition, Disclosure, Discrimination, Enforcement actions, Mortgage lending

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The Influence of Short Selling on the Production and Market Consequences of Negative Press Coverage

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2020
Robert M. Bushman and Jedson Pinto
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Texas at Dallas
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Short Selling, News Media, Negative News, Securities Regulation

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Cash-based bonus plans as a strategic communication, coordination and commitment mechanism

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Paper No. 2021-08
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Aug 2021
Robert M. Bushman
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Executive Compensation, bonus plans, strategic communication, coordination, commitment

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Information from Implied Volatility Comovements and Insider Trades

SMU Cox School of Business Research Paper No. 22-02
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2022
Robert M. Bushman, Vivek Raval and Sean Wang
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Accounting and Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Accounting Department
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Volatility, Accounting Earnings, Macroeconomy, Insider Trading, Forecasting, Bellwether

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Earnings Announcements and Market Depth

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Earnings Announcements and Market Depth

Posted: 07 Jul 1998
Robert M. Bushman, Sunil Dutta, John S. Hughes and Raffi Indjejikian
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California at Los Angeles and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Accounting

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Earnings Announcements and Market Depth

Posted: 11 Sep 1996
Robert M. Bushman and Sunil Dutta
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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