Rodrigo S. Verdi

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Associate Professor of Accounting

Sloan School of Management

100 Main Street E62-666

Cambridge, MA 02142

United States

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Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences

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Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 198/2008, Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 12
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 25 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
Holger Daske, Luzi Hail, Christian Leuz and Rodrigo S. Verdi
University of Mannheim - Accounting and Taxation, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Regulation, International accounting, IAS, U.S. GAAP, Disclosure, Market liquidity, Cost of equity, Enforcement, Security markets

Mandatory IFRS Reporting Around the World: Early Evidence on the Economic Consequences

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 1085-1142, 2008
Posted: 08 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2011
Holger Daske, Luzi Hail, Christian Leuz and Rodrigo S. Verdi
University of Mannheim - Accounting and Taxation, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Regulation, International accounting, IAS, U.S. GAAP, Disclosure, Market liquidity, Cost of equity, Enforcement, Security markets

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How Does Financial Reporting Quality Relate to Investment Efficiency?

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), December 2009
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2015
Gary C. Biddle, Gilles Hilary and Rodrigo S. Verdi
University of Melbourne - Faculty of Business and Economics, Georgetown University - Department of Accounting and Business Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Financial Reporting Quality, Investment Efficiency, Accounting Quality, Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard

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Adopting a Label: Heterogeneity in the Economic Consequences Around IAS/IFRS Adoptions

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Adopting a Label: Heterogeneity in the Economic Consequences Around IAS/IFRS Adoptions

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 12 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2013
Holger Daske, Luzi Hail, Christian Leuz and Rodrigo S. Verdi
University of Mannheim - Accounting and Taxation, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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International accounting, Reporting incentives, IAS, U.S. GAAP, Disclosure, Cost of equity, IFRS implementation

Adopting a Label: Heterogeneity in the Economic Consequences Around IAS/IFRS Adoptions

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 495-547, 2013
Posted: 19 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Holger Daske, Luzi Hail, Christian Leuz and Rodrigo S. Verdi
University of Mannheim - Accounting and Taxation, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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International accounting, Reporting incentives, IAS, U.S. GAAP, Disclosure, Cost of equity, IFRS implementation

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Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 19 Sep 2006
Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Reporting Quality, Investment Efficiency, Adverse Selection, Agency Problems

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The Benefits of Financial Statement Comparability

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The Benefits of Financial Statement Comparability

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2011
Gus De Franco, S.P. Kothari and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Earnings Quality, Analysts, Earnings Attributes

The Benefits of Financial Statement Comparability

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 895-931, 2011
Posted: 19 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2012
Gus De Franco, S.P. Kothari and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Earnings Quality, Analysts, Earnings Attributes

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Stock Market Anomalies: What Can We Learn from Repurchases and Insider Trading?

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Stock Market Anomalies: What Can We Learn from Repurchases and Insider Trading?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2004
John E. Core, Wayne R. Guay, Scott A. Richardson and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, AQR Capital Management, LLC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Accruals, SUE, share repurchases, insider trading

Stock Market Anomalies: What Can We Learn from Repurchases and Insider Trading?

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 49-70, 2006
Posted: 11 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2012
John E. Core, Wayne R. Guay, Scott A. Richardson and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, AQR Capital Management, LLC and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Accruals, SUE, share repurchases, insider trading

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Management Forecast Credibility and Underreaction to News

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Management Forecast Credibility and Underreaction to News

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Jeffrey Ng, A. Irem Tuna and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, London Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Market efficiency, Management forecasts, Earnings, Disclosure quality

Management Forecast Credibility and Underreaction to News

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 31 Jul 2012
Jeffrey Ng, A. Irem Tuna and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, London Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Market efficiency, Credibility, Voluntary disclosure

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Is Accruals Quality a Priced Risk Factor?

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Is Accruals Quality a Priced Risk Factor?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2011
John E. Core, Wayne R. Guay and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Asset pricing tests, Accruals quality, Information risk, Portfolio theory and diversification

Is Accruals Quality a Priced Risk Factor?

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 46, No. 1, pp. 2-22, 2008
Posted: 23 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2012
John E. Core, Wayne R. Guay and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Asset-pricing tests, Accruals quality, Information risk, Portfolio theory and diversification

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Information Environment and the Investment Decisions of Multinational Corporations

The Accounting Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 759-790, March 2014, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4942-11
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2014
Nemit Shroff, Rodrigo S. Verdi and Gwen Yu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Michigan
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Corporate Investment, Investment Efficiency, Information Environment, Information Quality, Information Asymmetry, Multinational Corporations, MNCs, Financial Reporting Quality, Transparency

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The Pecking Order and Financing Decisions: Evidence from Changes to Financial Reporting Regulation

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 20 May 2018
Patricia L. Naranjo, Daniel Saavedra and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Rice University, UCLA Anderson School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Financial Reporting Regulation, Financing Decisions, Information Asymmetry, Capital Structure, International Accounting, IAS, IFRS

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Information Environment and the Cost of Equity Capital

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Jul 2005
Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Information asymmetry, information uncertainty, cost of equity capital

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Peer Choice in CEO Compensation

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Peer Choice in CEO Compensation

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2012
Ana M. Albuquerque, Gus De Franco and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Boston University Questrom School of Business, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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executive compensation, benchmarking, peer groups

Peer Choice in CEO Compensation

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2146185
Posted: 14 Sep 2012
Ana M. Albuquerque, Gus De Franco and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Boston University Questrom School of Business, Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Executive compensation, benchmarking, peer groups

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Investor Competition Over Information and the Pricing of Information Asymmetry

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Investor Competition Over Information and the Pricing of Information Asymmetry

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 27 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Brian Akins, Jeffrey Ng and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Information Risk, Information Quality, Asset Pricing

Investor Competition Over Information and the Pricing of Information Asymmetry

Accounting Review, Vol. 87, No. 1, pp. 35-58, 2012
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 07 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Brian Akins, Jeffrey Ng and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Rice University - Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Information Risk, Information Quality, Asset Pricing

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Implications of Transaction Costs for the Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift

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Implications of Transaction Costs for the Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 May 2006 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Jeffrey Ng, Tjomme O. Rusticus and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, University of Minnesota and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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market efficiency, transaction costs, post-earnings announcement drift

Implications of Transaction Costs for the Post-Earnings-Announcement Drift

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 46, No. 3, June 2008
Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2013
Jeffrey Ng, Tjomme O. Rusticus and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Accounting and Finance, University of Minnesota and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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market efficiency, transaction costs, post-earnings-announcement-drift

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Mandatory Disclosure Quality, Inside Ownership, and Cost of Capital

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Mandatory Disclosure Quality, Inside Ownership, and Cost of Capital

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2014
John E. Core, Luzi Hail and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Cost of equity, Disclosure regulation, Ownership, Law and finance, International accounting, Legal system

Mandatory Disclosure Quality, Inside Ownership, and Cost of Capital

European Accounting Review, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 1-29, 2015
Posted: 07 Apr 2015
John E. Core, Luzi Hail and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Cost of equity, Disclosure regulation, Ownership, Law and finance, International accounting, Legal system

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Analysts’ Forecasts and Asset Pricing: A Survey

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Analysts’ Forecasts and Asset Pricing: A Survey

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Mar 2016
S.P. Kothari, Eric C. So and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Analysts’ Forecasts and Asset Pricing: A Survey

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 8, pp. 197-219, 2016
Posted: 18 Nov 2016
S.P. Kothari, Eric C. So and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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When Does the Peer Information Environment Matter?

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 64, No. 2-3, pp. 183-214, November 2017
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 04 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2017
Nemit Shroff, Rodrigo S. Verdi and Benjamin Yost
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston College - Carroll School of Management
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Disclosure; Externalities; Regulation; Cost of Capital; Financial Accounting; Bonds; IPOs; SEOs

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The Effect of Repatriation Tax Costs on U.S. Multinational Investment

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 26 May 2014 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2014
Michelle Hanlon, Rebecca Lester and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Cash, Investment, Tax

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The Relation between Reporting Quality and Financing and Investment: Evidence from Changes in Financing Capacity

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The Relation between Reporting Quality and Financing and Investment: Evidence from Changes in Financing Capacity

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2013
Karthik Balakrishnan, John E. Core and Rodrigo S. Verdi
London Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Reporting quality, investment, collateral, financing constraints

The Relation between Reporting Quality and Financing and Investment: Evidence from Changes in Financing Capacity

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 52, No. 1, 2014
Posted: 05 Mar 2014
Karthik Balakrishnan, John E. Core and Rodrigo S. Verdi
London Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Reporting quality, investment, collateral, financing constraints

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Agency Problems of Excess Endowment Holdings in Not-for-Profit Firms

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Agency Problems of Excess Endowment Holdings in Not-for-Profit Firms

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Jul 2004
John E. Core, Wayne R. Guay and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Corporate governance, not-for-profit, non-profit, executive compensation, cash holdings, endowment, agency problems

Agency Problems of Excess Endowment Holdings in Not-for-Profit Firms

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 307-333, 2006
Posted: 02 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2012
John E. Core, Wayne R. Guay and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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Corporate governance, Not-for-profit, Cash holdings, Endowment, Agency problems

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Are Reporting Incentives and Accounting Standards Substitutes or Complements in Achieving Accounting Comparability?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Apr 2014
Sudarshan Jayaraman and Rodrigo S. Verdi
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Reporting incentives, accounting standards, IFRS, comparability, Euro, EU

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Discussion of 'Financial Reporting Frequency, Information Asymmetry, and the Cost of Equity'

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Jul 2012
Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Interim reporting frequency, information asymmetry, cost of equity

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An Input-Based Measure of Financial Statement Comparability

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2018
Rani Hoitash, Udi Hoitash, Ahmet C. Kurt and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Bentley University - Department of Accountancy, Northeastern University - Accounting Group, Suffolk University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Financial Statement Comparability, Benchmarking, Analyst Forecasts, Credit Rating Agencies, XBRL

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Geographic Spillovers and Corporate Decisions

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jul 2016
John E. Core, Inna Abramova and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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geographic spillovers, investment, accruals, similarity, quality, corporate policy, density, metropolitan area

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The Effect of Economic Integration on Accounting Comparability: Evidence from the Adoption of the Euro

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Jun 2013
Sudarshan Jayaraman and Rodrigo S. Verdi
University of Rochester - Simon Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Accounting comparability, Euro, European Union, accounting standard, reporting incentives

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The Feedback Effect of Disclosure Externalities

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Apr 2018
Jinhwan Kim, Rodrigo S. Verdi and Benjamin Yost
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston College - Carroll School of Management
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corporate disclosure, externalities, acquisitions

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Insider Tax Effects on Acquisition Structure and Value

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Jul 2018
Michelle Hanlon, Rodrigo S. Verdi and Benjamin Yost
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston College - Carroll School of Management
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The Effects of Financial Reporting and Disclosure on Corporate Investment: A Review

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 30 Apr 2019
Sugata Roychowdhury, Nemit Shroff and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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financial reporting, disclosure, accounting, investment, real effects, R&D, acquisitions