Sarbanes–Oxley Section 406 Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers and Firm Behavior
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3267-7
Abstract: Sarbanes–Oxley Section 406 requires a code of ethics for top financial and accounting officers in public companies. The objective of this research is to discover the impact of a financial code of ethics on firm behavior.… read more here.
Keywords: section 406; sarbanes oxley; code; firm behavior ... See more keywords
The effects of media slant on firm behavior
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.04.004
Abstract: The media can impose reputational costs on firms because of its important role as an information intermediary and its ability to negatively slant coverage. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment that holds constant the information event… read more here.
Keywords: information; slant firm; effects media; coverage ... See more keywords
Mood, firm behavior, and aggregate economic outcomes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.10.010
Abstract: This study examines whether mood affects the aggregate state-level macroeconomy through its impact on firm-level decisions. Using sky cloud cover as a proxy for mood, we show that mood affects the economic expectations of small… read more here.
Keywords: mood affects; state level; mood firm; level ... See more keywords
Institutional complementarity, firm behavior, and firm heterogeneity: A cross-national analysis
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DOI: 10.1017/bap.2019.29
Abstract: Abstract How do political economic institutions and different types of institutional complementarity in particular influence firm behavior? Existing studies do not offer much help in answering this question. In this research, we systematically connect institutional… read more here.
Keywords: institutional complementarity; firm; analysis; cross national ... See more keywords