John D. Kepler

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Associate Professor of Accounting

655 Knight Way

Stanford, CA 94305-5015

United States

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Causality Redux: The Evolution of Empirical Methods in Accounting Research and the Growth of Quasi-Experiments

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 132 Posted: 18 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2022
Chris Armstrong, John D. Kepler, Delphine Samuels and Daniel J. Taylor
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago -- Booth School of Business and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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Undisclosed SEC Investigations

Management Science, Forthcoming, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2020
Terrence Blackburne, John D. Kepler, Phillip J. Quinn and Daniel J. Taylor
Oregon State University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Washington Foster School of Business and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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SEC investigations, private information, managerial opportunism, insider trading, accounting fraud

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Audit Process, Private Information, and Insider Trading

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research Paper, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 18-85
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 09 May 2022
Salman Arif, John D. Kepler, Joseph H. Schroeder and Daniel J. Taylor
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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audit opinions, audit process, audit report, private information, insider trading, opportunism

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Strategic Reactions in Corporate Tax Planning

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 23 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2019
Chris Armstrong, Stephen Glaeser and John D. Kepler
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 1,227 (28,537)
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Corporate Income Tax; Tax Planning; Industry Competition; Strategic Interaction; Tax Havens; Difference-In-Differences; Partially-Overlapping Groups; Reflection Problem

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Human Capital Disclosure: What Do Companies Say About Their 'Most Important Asset'?

Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 May 2021
Amit Batish, Andrew Gordon, John D. Kepler, David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan and Courtney Yu
Equilar, Equilar, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and Equilar
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Corporate governance, human capital management, HCM, incentives systems, disclosure, diversity, SEC, disclosure, talent development, metrics, employee satisfaction, engagement, safety, compensation, annual bonus, long-term incentives, corporate governance research

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Private Communication among Competitors and Public Disclosure

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2021
John D. Kepler
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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private communication, public disclosure, strategic alliances, coordination role of disclosure

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The Role of Executive Cash Bonuses in Providing Individual and Team Incentives

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 10 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2018
Wayne R. Guay, John D. Kepler and David Tsui
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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executive compensation, managerial incentives, pay-performance sensitivity

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Accounting Quality and the Transmission of Monetary Policy

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2020
Chris Armstrong, Stephen Glaeser and John D. Kepler
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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monetary policy, federal funds rate, balance sheet channel, accounting quality, financial reporting, information asymmetry, agency conflicts, event study, financial intermediation

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Firm Boundaries and Voluntary Disclosure

Columbia Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 30 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2023
Thomas Bourveau, John D. Kepler, Guoman She and Lynn Linghuan Wang
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Accounting, Business Law & Taxation, Stanford Graduate School of Business, The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Firm Boundaries, Vertical Integration, Product Disclosure, Coordination Role of Disclosure

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Stealth Acquisitions and Product Market Competition

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 30 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2023
John D. Kepler, Vic Naiker and Christopher R. Stewart
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Melbourne - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Mergers and Acquisitions, Antitrust, Rivals, Product Market Competition

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Governance of Corporate Insider Equity Trades

Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Closer Look Series: Topics, Issues and Controversies in Corporate Governance No. CGRP-81 (2020)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 28 Jan 2020
John D. Kepler, David F. Larcker, Brian Tayan and Daniel J. Taylor
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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CEO compensation, CEO pay, insider trading, insider trading policy, 10b5-1 plans, approval of executive stock transactions, board of directors, blackout window, general counsel approval, suspicious, corporate governance research

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Supply Constraints and Directors’ Reputational Incentives

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2021
Chris Armstrong, John D. Kepler, Shawn Shi and David Tsui
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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Board of directors; director incentives; career concerns; director labor market; principal-agent; corporate governance

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Rank-and-File Accounting Employee Incentives and Financial Reporting Quality

Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper Forthcoming, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 10 May 2022 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2023
Chris Armstrong, John D. Kepler, David F. Larcker and Shawn Shi
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business
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Managerial incentives for the accounting function, financial misreporting, accounting quality

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ESG Investing: What Shareholders Do Fund Managers Represent?

Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper Forthcoming, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 4267270
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 03 Nov 2022
Stephen Haber, John D. Kepler, David F. Larcker, Amit Seru and Brian Tayan
Stanford University - Hoover Institution and Political Science, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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Corporate governance, ESG, environmental, social, governance, sustainability, socially responsible investing, corporate responsibility, sustainability, ESG ratings, ESG initiatives, individual investors, mutual fund investors, exchange traded funds, willingness to forfeit returns, Millennials, Gener

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Creditor Control Rights and Executive Bonus Plans

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 19 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
Chris Armstrong, John D. Kepler, Chongho Kim and David Tsui
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Seoul National University and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
Downloads 360 (139,037)
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bonus plans, control rights, creditors, executive compensation, managerial incentives

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Cost Shielding in Executive Bonus Plans

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 21 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2021
Matthew J. Bloomfield, Brandon Gipper, John D. Kepler and David Tsui
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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executive compensation, cost shielding, managerial incentives, performance measurement, bonus contracts, agency theory

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Quality Transparency and Healthcare Competition

Number of pages: 86 Posted: 31 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2023
John D. Kepler, Valeri V. Nikolaev, Nicholas Scott-Hearn and Christopher R. Stewart
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Healthcare, dialysis treatment, competition, transparency

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Theory, Research Design Assumptions, and Causal Inferences

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 66, No. 2-3, 2018
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 02 Jul 2019
Chris Armstrong and John D. Kepler
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Causal inference; quasi-natural experiments; disclosure theory