Michael Minnis

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

Assistant Professor

5807 South Woodlawn Avenue

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

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The Value of Verification in Debt Financing: Evidence from Private U.S. Firms

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming, Chicago Booth Accounting Research Paper
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 01 Feb 2011
Michael Minnis
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Verification, Auditing, Debt Financing, Private Firms, Earnings Persistence

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The Silent Majority: Private U.S. Firms and Financial Reporting Choices

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The Silent Majority: Private U.S. Firms and Financial Reporting Choices

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 14-01
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 09 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2020
Petro Lisowsky and Michael Minnis
Boston University Questrom School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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audit, private firms, accounting choice, financial reporting, capital formation

The Silent Majority: Private U.S. Firms and Financial Reporting Choices

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 58, Issue 3 (2020)
Posted: 01 Jul 2020
Petro Lisowsky and Michael Minnis
Boston University Questrom School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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audit; private firms; accounting choice; financial reporting;capital allocation

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Financial Statements as Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Small Commercial Loans

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Financial Statements as Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Small Commercial Loans

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 13-75
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 19 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2016
Michael Minnis and Andrew Sutherland
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Loan monitoring, financial contracting, collateral, debt contracts, relationship lending, tax returns, credit risk, banks

Financial Statements as Monitoring Mechanisms: Evidence from Small Commercial Loans

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 1, March 2017
Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Michael Minnis and Andrew Sutherland
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Loan Monitoring; Financial Contracting; Collateral; Debt Contracts; Relationship Lending; Tax Returns; Credit Risk; Banks

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A Measure of Competition Based on 10-K Filings

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 11-30, Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2012
Feng Li, Russell J. Lundholm and Michael Minnis
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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competition, disclosure, earnings persistence, earnings mean reversion, diminishing marginal returns

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Commercial Lending Concentration and Bank Expertise: Evidence from Borrower Financial Statements

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 15-42
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 23 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 24 May 2017
Philip G. Berger, Michael Minnis and Andrew Sutherland
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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commercial lending, monitoring, information economics, lending concentration, financial statements, bank regulation, auditing, hard and soft information, theory of the firm

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Economic Growth and Financial Statement Verification

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Economic Growth and Financial Statement Verification

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 14-30
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 30 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2016
Petro Lisowsky, Michael Minnis and Andrew Sutherland
Boston University Questrom School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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economic growth, commercial lending, banks, financial crisis, audit, verification, financial statements, lending standards

Economic Growth and Financial Statement Verification

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 4, 2017
Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Petro Lisowsky, Michael Minnis and Andrew Sutherland
Boston University Questrom School of Business, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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economic growth; commercial lending; banks; financial crisis;audit; verification; financial statements; lending standards

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Why Regulate Private Firm Disclosure and Auditing?

Accounting and Business Research, Vol 47, No. 5, 2017
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2017
Michael Minnis and Nemit Shroff
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Private companies; Regulation; Disclosure regulation; Accounting; Auditing; Financial reporting; Externalities; Survey

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Auditors are Known by the Companies They Keep

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2020
Jonathan A Cook, Zachary T Kowaleski, Michael Minnis, Andrew Sutherland and Karla M. Zehms
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissionaffiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Texas at Austin, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Accounting and Information Systems
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auditing, audit market structure, broker-dealers, financial advisers, financial intermediation, financial misconduct, reputation

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Regulatory Spillovers in Common Audit Markets

Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 17-24, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5234-17
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2019
Raphael Duguay, Michael Minnis and Andrew Sutherland
Yale School of Management, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Sarbanes-Oxley, securities regulation, auditing, market structure, accounting, private firms, non-profits, labor economics

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Investor Relations and the Flow of Information through Investor Networks

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 May 2011 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2023
Judson Caskey, Michael Minnis and Venky Nagar
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Accounting Area, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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disclosure, networks, investor relations, bid-ask spreads

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Financial Statements not Required

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 6843-23
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 19 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2023
Michael Minnis, Andrew Sutherland and Felix Vetter
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Mannheim
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banks, lending standards, financial statements, auditing, SME lending, nonbank lending, fintech

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Assessing the Payroll Protection Program: A Framework and Preliminary Results

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Jun 2020
John Manuel Barrios, Michael Minnis, William C. Minnis and Joost Sijthoff
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, Eastern Illinois University -Lumpkin College of Business and Technology and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Payroll Protection Program, PPP

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Knowledge, Compensation, and Firm Value: An Empirical Analysis of Firm Communication

Journal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 58, Issue 1, August 2014, Pages 96–116, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-03, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 83
Posted: 24 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2015
Feng Li, Michael Minnis, Venky Nagar and Madhav V. Rajan
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Booth School of Business, University of Chicago

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knowledge, communication, firm value, compensation, authority, organization