Sugata Roychowdhury

Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

Professor

2211 Campus Drive

Evanston, IL IL 60208

United States

http://https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/roychowdhury_sugata.aspx

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1.

Earnings Management Through Real Activities Manipulation

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Dec 2003
Sugata Roychowdhury
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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Real activities manipulation, small profits, earnings management, cash flow from operations, cash flow manipulation, real activities, real manipulation

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Asymmetric Timeliness of Earnings, Market-to-Book and Conservatism in Financial Reporting

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4550-05, Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 04-21
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Dec 2004
Sugata Roychowdhury and Ross L. Watts
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 3,564 (5,637)
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Conservatism, asymmetric timeliness, accruals, earnings management, international accounting, executive compensation, debt financing

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Managerial Ownership and Accounting Conservatism

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 12 Sep 2006
Ryan LaFond and Sugata Roychowdhury
Algert Global, LLC and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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accounting conservatism, conservatism, managerial ownership, CEO ownership, agency costs, agency problems

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The Effects of Financial Reporting and Disclosure on Corporate Investment: A Review

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5616-18
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 07 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2020
Sugata Roychowdhury, Nemit Shroff and Rodrigo S. Verdi
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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financial accounting, disclosure, real effects, investment, M&A, capital budgeting, agency frictions

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Auditor Lobbying on Accounting Standards

Journal of Law, Finance & Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2018
Abigail M. Allen, Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury
Brigham Young University - Marriott School, University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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Auditors, FASB, GAAP, Lobbying, Litigation

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Does Litigation Deter or Encourage Real Earnings Management?

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming, Singapore Management University School of Accountancy Research Paper No. 2020-108
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2020
Sterling Huang, Sugata Roychowdhury and Ewa Sletten
Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and The Ohio State University
Downloads 1,486 (22,366)
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Real Earnings Management, Earnings Management, Deterrence, Litigation, Corporate Governance

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Voluntary Disclosure Incentives and Earnings Informativeness

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 25 May 2012
Sugata Roychowdhury and Ewa Sletten
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and The Ohio State University
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earnings disclosure, earnings information, disciplinary role, managerial disclosures, voluntary disclosure, earnigs announcement returns, Sarbanes Oxley Act

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Investor Sentiment and Corporate Disclosure

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2008
Nittai Bergman and Sugata Roychowdhury
Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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Disclosure, Investor Sentiment, Management Forecasts, Voluntary Disclosure

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Are All Special Items Equally Special? The Predictive Role of Conservatism

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2009
Richard M. Frankel and Sugata Roychowdhury
Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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asymmetric timeliness, differential timeliness, special items, special items persistence, earnings persistence, conservatism, strategic reporting, special items classification, CSCORE, predicted conservatism

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Elections and Discretionary Accruals: Evidence from 2004

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 09-103
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2010
Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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accounting information, accruals management, campaign contributions, discretionary accruals, earnings management, election outcomes, political currency, political economy, political process

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Do Loan Loss Reserves Behave like Capital? Evidence from Recent Bank Failures

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Do Loan Loss Reserves Behave like Capital? Evidence from Recent Bank Failures

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2014
Jeffrey Ng and Sugata Roychowdhury
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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Bank Failure, Bank Risk, Regulatory Capital, Capital Adequacy, Loan Loss Reserves, Loan Loss Provisions, Loan Charge-Offs

Do Loan Loss Reserves Behave Like Capital? Evidence from Recent Bank Failures

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 15 Feb 2014
Jeffrey Ng and Sugata Roychowdhury
The University of Hong Kong - Faculty of Business and Economics and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

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bank failure, bank risk, regulatory capital, capital adequacy, loan loss reserves, loan loss provisions

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Internalizing Peer Firm Product Market Concerns: Evidence from Supply Chain Relations

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 26 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2023
Farzana Afrin, Jinhwan Kim and Sugata Roychowdhury
Boston College, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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Product market competition, proprietary costs, supply chain, mergers and acquisitions

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The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets

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The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Apr 2019
Sugata Roychowdhury and Suraj Srinivasan
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and Harvard Business School
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The Role of Gatekeepers in Capital Markets

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2019
Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Sugata Roychowdhury and Suraj Srinivasan
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and Harvard Business School

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gatekeepers; regulators; credit rating agencies; credit rating; SEC; acquisitions; mandatory disclosures; litigation risk; courts of law; judge ideology; auditors; audit committee; FINRA; financial advisors

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Do Financial Market Developments Influence Accounting Practices? Credit Default Swaps and Borrowers’ Reporting Conservatism

Forthcoming Journal of Accounting and Economics
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2014
Xiumin Martin and Sugata Roychowdhury
Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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credit default swaps, timely loss recognition, conservatism, financial market developments, lender monitoring

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Common Ownership, Common Information Environment?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 17 Jul 2019
In Ji Jang, Mahdi Mohseni, Sugata Roychowdhury and Ewa Sletten
Bentley University - Department of Finance, Tehran Institute of Advanced Studies, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and The Ohio State University
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Common ownership, institutional investors, financial statement comparability, restatements, analyst coverage, analyst forecast revisions, analyst forecast errors, investment sensitivity, peer firm learning

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Just Friends? Managers’ Connections to Judges

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2022
Sterling Huang, Sugata Roychowdhury, Ewa Sletten and Yanping Xu
Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, The Ohio State University and Jinan University
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social connections; litigation; security class action lawsuits; judge effects; fraud

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Changes in Lending Practices and Borrower Reporting Quality: Evidence from Chinese State Bank Privatizations

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 07 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2018
Deqiu Chen, Xuejiao Liu, Xiumin Martin and Sugata Roychowdhury
University of International Business and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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Privatization, Chinese State Banks, state bank IPOs, IPOs, lending practices, loan terms, financial reporting quality, earnings quality, borrower performance, political control, governance

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Do Financial Market Developments Influence Accounting Practices? Credit Default Swaps and Borrowers’ Asymmetric Loss Recognition Timeliness

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2010
Guojin Gong, Xiumin Martin and Sugata Roychowdhury
University of Connecticut, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
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credit default swaps, timely loss recognition, conservatism, economic crisis, financial market developments, lender monitoring

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Real Effects of Non-Concurrent Guidance from Accounting and Prudential Regulators: Evidence from CECL

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 01 Jul 2023
Riddha Basu, Sugata Roychowdhury and Kirti Sinha
George Washington University - School of Business, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas
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Real Effects; Debt Contracting; CECL; Accounting Standards; Prudential Regulation; Investments

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Clarity Begins at Home: Internal Information Asymmetry and External Communication Quality

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 24 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 05 May 2017
Chen Chen, Xiumin Martin, Sugata Roychowdhury, Xin Wang and Matthew T. Billett
Monash University - Department of Accounting, Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin School of Business, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, The University of Hong Kong and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

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Internal information asymmetry, management forecasts, accounting restatements

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Managing for the Moment: The Role of Earnings Management via Real Activities versus Accruals in SEO Valuation

Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 10 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 31 May 2015
S.P. Kothari, Natalie Mizik, Natalie Mizik and Sugata Roychowdhury
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel HillUniversity of Washington and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

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Earnings Management, Discretionary Accruals, Real Activity Manipulation, Seasoned Equity Offering, SEO Overvaluation, SEO Return Reversal, Earnings Management Opacity