Nerissa C. Brown

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1206 South Sixth Street

Champaign, IL 61820

United States

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The Effect of Internal Control and Risk Management Regulation on Earnings Quality: Evidence from Germany

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy 33 (1): 1-31, AAA 2008 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2014
Nerissa C. Brown, Christiane Pott and Andreas Wömpener
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Münster and University of Münster
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internal controls, risk management, earnings quality, international accounting

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What are You Saying? Using Topic to Detect Financial Misreporting

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What are You Saying? Using Topic to Detect Financial Misreporting

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, 27th Annual Conference on Financial Economics and Accounting Paper
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 05 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2019
Nerissa C. Brown, Richard M. Crowley and W. Brooke Elliott
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Topic, Disclosure, Latent Dirichlet Allocation, Financial Misreporting

What Are You Saying? Using topic to Detect Financial Misreporting

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 58, Issue 1, March 2020
Posted: 09 Mar 2020
Nerissa C. Brown, Richard M. Crowley and W. Brooke Elliott
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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topic modeling; disclosure; latent Dirichlet allocation; financial misreporting

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Herd Behavior in Voluntary Disclosure Decisions: An Examination of Capital Expenditure Forecasts*

AAA 2006 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 17 Jan 2005
Nerissa C. Brown, Lawrence A. Gordon and Russ Wermers
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Maryland - Department of Accounting & Information Assurance and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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herding, disclosure

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Analyst Recommendations, Mutual Fund Herding, and Overreaction in Stock Prices

Management Science, Forthcoming, AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 23 May 2013
Nerissa C. Brown, Kelsey D. Wei and Russ Wermers
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Texas at Dallas and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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analyst revisions, mutual fund herding, managerial myopia

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Investor Sentiment and Pro Forma Earnings Disclosures

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 1-50, March 2012
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2012
Nerissa C. Brown, Theodore E. Christensen, Theodore E. Christensen, W. Brooke Elliott and Richard Mergenthaler
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of AccountingUniversity of Georgia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Penn State University
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investor sentiment, pro forma earnings, corporate disclosure

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Accounting Reporting Complexity and Non-GAAP Earnings Disclosure

29th Annual Conference on Financial Economics & Accounting 2018
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2022
Nerissa C. Brown, Adrienna A. Huffman and Shira Cohen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Brattle Group and San Diego State University
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accounting complexity, non-GAAP earnings, XBRL, GAAP, voluntary disclosure

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Non-GAAP Earnings Disclosure and the Valuation of IPOs

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2022
Nerissa C. Brown, Theodore E. Christensen, Theodore E. Christensen, Andrea Menini and Thomas D. Steffen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of AccountingUniversity of Georgia, University of Padua and Yale University School of Management
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non-GAAP, IPOs, prospectus, disclosure

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Gender and Earnings Conference Calls

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 29 May 2020 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2023
Nerissa C. Brown, Bill B. Francis, Wenyao Hu, Wenyao Hu, Thomas Shohfi, Tengfei Zhang and Daqi Xin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management, Saint Mary's UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Department of Finance and Accounting, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Rutgers University - Rutgers School of Business-Camden and Nankai University
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Analysts, Conference Calls, Conversation, Executives, Gender, Management, Sell-Side Analysts, Textual Analysis

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How Do Non-GAAP Image Tweets Influence Investor Judgments?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2022
Nerissa C. Brown, W. Brooke Elliott and Stephanie M. Grant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Washington
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Non-GAAP Earnings, Image, Social Media, Twitter, Investment Decisions

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The Timing of Quarterly 'Pro Forma' Earnings Announcements

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 39 (3/4): 315-359, AAA 2007 Financial Accounting & Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Papers
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2015
Nerissa C. Brown, Theodore E. Christensen, Theodore E. Christensen and W. Brooke Elliott
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of AccountingUniversity of Georgia and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Earnings announcement timing, Pro forma earnings, Adjusted earnings

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News or Noise: Mobile Internet Technology and Stock Market Activity

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 May 2020 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2022
Nerissa C. Brown, W. Brooke Elliott, Russ Wermers and Roger M. White
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business and Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy
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mobile technology, investor activity, stock market liquidity, limited attention, distraction

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Mobile Communication and Local Information Flow: Evidence from Distracted Driving Laws

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol . 53, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 18 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2015
Nerissa C. Brown, Han Stice and Roger M. White
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, George Mason University and Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy
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mobile communication, local bias, liquidity

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Political Corruption and Firm Value in the U.S.: Do Rents and Monitoring Matter?

Journal of Business Ethics, 2021 (vol. 168, no. 2, p. 335-351)
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 28 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2021
Nerissa C. Brown, Jared D. Smith, Roger M. White and Chad J. Zutter
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management, Arizona State University (ASU) - School of Accountancy and University of Pittsburgh
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political corruption, firm value, Tobin's Q

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Intangible Investment and the Importance of Firm-Specific Factors in the Determination of Earnings

Review of Accounting Studies Vol. 16, No. 3, pp 539-573, September 2011, Robert H. Smith School Research Paper No. RHS-06-145
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2012
Nerissa C. Brown and Michael D. Kimbrough
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business
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earnings non-commonality, intangible assets, appropriability

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How Do Disclosure Repetition and Interactivity Influence Investors’ Judgments?

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How Do Disclosure Repetition and Interactivity Influence Investors’ Judgments?

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2021
Nerissa C. Brown, Brian Gale and Stephanie M. Grant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington - Department of Accounting and University of Washington
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repetition; interactivity; information processing; investment judgments

How Do Disclosure Repetition and Interactivity Influence Investors’ Judgments?

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 60, Issue 5, December 2022
Posted: 13 Apr 2023
Nerissa C. Brown, Brian Gale and Stephanie M. Grant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington - Department of Accounting and University of Washington

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information processing; interactivity; investment judgments; repetition

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The Quality of Street Cash Flow from Operations

Review of Accounting Studies 19 (2): 913-954
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 22 May 2014
Nerissa C. Brown, Theodore E. Christensen and Theodore E. Christensen
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of AccountingUniversity of Georgia
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street cash flow from operations, cash flow exclusions, security analysts

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The Market Impact of Weakening SEC Enforcement Tools

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 09 Feb 2021
Nerissa C. Brown, Brian Gale and Adrienna A. Huffman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Washington - Department of Accounting and The Brattle Group
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SEC, securities law enforcement, regulation, governance

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Accounting Reporting Complexity and Non-GAAP Earnings Disclosure

Posted: 12 May 2018
Nerissa C. Brown, Shira Cohen and Adrienna A. Huffman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, San Diego State University and The Brattle Group

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Non-GAAP, Accounting Complexity, XBRL