Bill Rees

University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance

Professor of Financial Analysis

29 Buccleuch Place

Edinburgh, EH8 9JS

United Kingdom

http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk

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1.

Mark-to-Market Accounting and Valuation: Evidence from UK Real Estate and Investment Companies

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 May 2003
Jo Danbolt and Bill Rees
University of Edinburgh Business School and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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Valuation Models, Financial Institutions, Fair Value Accounting

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The Changing Market for Investment Research: The Impact of Innovations in the Payment Mechanism on Market Structure and Information Flows

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2018
Alistair Haig and Bill Rees
University of Edinburgh Business School and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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Financial analysts, market efficiency, incentives, conflicts of interest, information markets.

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The Valuation of European Financial Firms

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Nov 2001
Jo Danbolt and Bill Rees
University of Edinburgh Business School and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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Valuation Models, Financial Institutions

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Revisions of Earnings Forecasts and Security Returns: Evidence from Three Countries

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Feb 2001
John Capstaff, Krishna Paudyal and Bill Rees
University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Business School, Independent and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting: UK Investment Vehicles

European Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 Nov 2007
Jo Danbolt and Bill Rees
University of Edinburgh Business School and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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fair value accounting, valuation models, investment companies

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Earnings Quality in the Context of Changing Regulatory Regimes

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 12 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2020
Zhangfan Cao, Bill Rees and Tatiana Rodionova
Nanjing Audit University, University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh - Business School
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Corporate social responsibility, discretionary accruals, real earnings management, Sarbanes Oxley Act

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Do Employee-Friendly Firms Invest More Efficiently? Evidence from Labor Investment Efficiency

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 17 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2020
Zhangfan Cao and Bill Rees
Nanjing Audit University and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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Employee Treatment; Corporate Social Responsibility; Labor Investment Efficiency; Firm Performance

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Investor Influence on Firms’ Environmental, Social and Governance Performance

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Dec 2011
Bill Rees
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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Engagement, Entrenched Ownership, Environment, Social, Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Propensity Score Matching

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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Open Society

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Nov 2011
Bill Rees and Craig Mackenzie
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh - Business School
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Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrenched Ownership, FTSE4Good, voice and accountability, open society, environmental management, corporate governance, countering bribery, climate control, human and labour rights, ESG

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Nonfinancial Disclosure and Analyst Forecast Accuracy: Evidences from CO2 Emission and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures in the US

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2016
Lorenzo Dal Maso and Bill Rees
affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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CO2 Emissions Disclosure, Financial Analysts Forecast Error, Forecast Bias, Forecast Dispersion, Corporate Social Reporting, Propensity score matching

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The Potential for Machine Learning in Investment Research: Evidence from Analyst and Machine-Based Risk Assessments

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 03 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2019
Bill Rees and Alistair Haig
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh Business School
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Fintech, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Investment Management, Analysts, Independent Research Providers, Target Price Forecasts, Risk, Uncertainty

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The FTSE4Good Effect: The Impact of Responsible Investment Indices on Environmental Management

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2015
Craig Mackenzie, Bill Rees and Tatiana Rodionova
University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh - Business School
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management, FTSE4Good, Investor Engagement, Responsible Investment Indices

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Dividend Irrelevance and Accounting Models of Value

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Dividend Irrelevance and Accounting Models of Value

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2015
Bill Rees and Aljosa Valentincic
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics
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dividend displacement, permanent earnings, valuation models, value relevance tests

Dividend Irrelevance and Accounting Models of Value

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 40, Issue 5-6, pp. 646-672, 2013
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jul 2013
Bill Rees and Aljosa Valentincic
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Economics
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dividend displacement, core earnings, other information, valuation models, value relevance tests

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The Impact of a Socially Responsible Investment Index on Climate Change Management and Carbon Emissions

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2018
Craig Mackenzie, Bill Rees and Tatiana Rodionova
University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh - Business School
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Socially Responsible Investment, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Investor Engagement, Corporate Governance

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CEO International Experience and Foreign IPOs

Economic Modelling, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2020
Tinghua Duan, Wenxuan Hou and Bill Rees
IESEG School of Management, University of Edinburgh - Business School and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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China, CEO, CFO, Returnee, Cross-Border IPOs, Entrepreneurial Firms, IPO Initial Returns, High Tech Industries

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Investor Engagement to Mitigate Climate Change: Evidence from an Experiment with Mid-Cap Companies

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Jan 2017
Bill Rees and Tatiana Rodionova
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh - Business School
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Corporate Governance, Shareholder Activism, Private Engagement, Climate Change, Experimental Design

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Exchange Rate Exposure Among European Firms: Evidence from France, Germany and the UK

Accounting and Finance, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 479-497, November 2005
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Nov 2005
Bill Rees and Sanjay C. Unni
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and LECG, LLC
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Do Anti-Bribery Laws Reduce the Cost of Equity? Evidence From the UK Bribery Act 2010

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. 47, Issue 3-4, pp. 438-455, 2020
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2020
Suhee Kim, Bill Rees and Vathunyoo Sila
University of Edinburgh Business School, University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh
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bribery, anti-bribery law, cost of equity, residual income valuation, internal control, stock liquidity, information asymmetry

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Discussion of the Pricing of Dividends in Equity Valuation

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 32, pp. 471-485, April 2005
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Apr 2005
Bill Rees
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance
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The Influence of Family Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility: An International Analysis of Publicly Listed Companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 23, Issue 3, pp. 184-202, 2015
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 29 Apr 2015
Bill Rees and Tatiana Rodionova
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh - Business School
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Family Firms, Closely Held Equity

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Do Responsible Investment Indices Improve Corporate Social Responsibility? FTSE4GOOD's Impact on Environmental Management

Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 495-512, 2013
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 06 Aug 2013
Craig Mackenzie, Bill Rees and Tatiana Rodionova
University of Edinburgh - Business School, University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh - Business School
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management, FTSE4Good, Investor Engagement, Responsible Investment Indices

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What Type of Controlling Investors Impact on Which Elements of Corporate Social Responsibility?

Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Forthcoming
Posted: 07 Dec 2012
Bill Rees and Tatiana Rodionova
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance and University of Edinburgh - Business School

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Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Social, Governance, Human Rights, Climate Change, Institutional Investor

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The Introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards in the European Union

Posted: 16 Mar 2005
Begoña Giner and Bill Rees
University of Valencia and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance

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IFRS, European Union

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The Arrival Rate of Initial Public Offers in the UK

EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, Vol. 3 No. 1, 1997
Posted: 26 Feb 1997
Bill Rees
University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance

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A Comparative Analysis of Earnings Forecasts in Europe

Posted: 07 Oct 1996
John Capstaff, Krishna Paudyal and Bill Rees
University of Strathclyde - Strathclyde Business School, Independent and University of Edinburgh - Accounting and Finance

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