Quality disclosure and certification: Theory and practice

D Dranove, GZ ** - Journal of economic literature, 2010 - aeaweb.org
This essay reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on quality disclosure and
certification. After comparing quality disclosure with other quality assurance mechanisms …

Event study methodology in the marketing literature: an overview

A Sorescu, NL Warren, L Ertekin - Journal of the Academy of Marketing …, 2017 - Springer
Event studies examine stock price movements around corporate events. These events can
be voluntary firm announcements (eg, new product introduction, alliance formation, channel …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of mandatory CSR disclosure on firm profitability and social externalities: Evidence from China

YC Chen, M Hung, Y Wang - Journal of accounting and economics, 2018 - Elsevier
We examine how mandatory disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) impacts firm
performance and social externalities. Our analysis exploits China's 2008 mandate requiring …

The economics of disclosure and financial reporting regulation: Evidence and suggestions for future research

C Leuz, PD Wysocki - Journal of accounting research, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper discusses the empirical literature on the economic consequences of disclosure
and financial reporting regulation, drawing on US and international evidence. Given the …

The economic consequences of legal origins

RL Porta, F Lopez-de-Silanes, A Shleifer - Journal of economic …, 2008 - aeaweb.org
In the last decade, economists have produced a considerable body of research suggesting
that the historical origin of a country's laws is highly correlated with a broad range of its legal …

The law and economics of self-dealing

S Djankov, R La Porta, F Lopez-de-Silanes… - Journal of financial …, 2008 - Elsevier
We present a new measure of legal protection of minority shareholders against
expropriation by corporate insiders: the anti-self-dealing index. Assembled with the help of …

The short-run and long-run effects of behavioral interventions: Experimental evidence from energy conservation

H Allcott, T Rogers - American Economic Review, 2014 - aeaweb.org
We document three remarkable features of the Opower program, in which social comparison-
based home energy reports are repeatedly mailed to more than six million households …

International differences in the cost of equity capital: Do legal institutions and securities regulation matter?

L Hail, C Leuz - Journal of accounting research, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines international differences in firms' cost of equity capital across 40
countries. We analyze whether the effectiveness of a country's legal institutions and …

Information immobility and the home bias puzzle

S Van Nieuwerburgh, L Veldkamp - The Journal of Finance, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Many argue that home bias arises because home investors can predict home asset payoffs
more accurately than foreigners can. But why does global information access not eliminate …

Does mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in the European Union reduce the cost of equity capital?

S Li - The accounting review, 2010 - publications.aaahq.org
This study examines whether the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) in the European Union (EU) in 2005 reduces the cost of equity capital …