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• Who gets stitches? The effects of rewarding whistleblowers and protecting their identity on subsequent cooperation 

  Sommerfeldt, Ryan David (2021-04-14)

  Companies are strongly encouraged to implement whistleblowing programs to help detect and deter misconduct in organizations. Rewarding the whistleblower and protecting the whistleblower’s identity are two highly recommended ...

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• Nonfinancial performance measures and risk-taking: evidence from the oil and gas industry 

  Kim, Minjeong (2021-04-13)

  This study examines the relation between nonfinancial performance measures (NFPMs) and firms’ risk-taking using CEO compensation contracts in the oil and gas industry (SIC 1311). The oil and gas industry provides an ideal ...

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• Private equity ownership and financial misreporting 

  Wang, Shuyang (2020-04-13)

  I study whether private equity (PE) ownership is associated with portfolio firms’ financial misreporting by examining the occurrence of restatements and SEC enforcement actions during the post-IPO period. Using a sample ...

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• Gamifying RPI: The benefits of avatars and knowledge-induced coworker familiarity 

  Williams Jr., Jeffrey O (2020-04-13)

  The growth of the gamification industry has increased the use of avatar-enhanced leaderboards as a method of providing public relative performance information (RPI). This study examines the effect of representing employees ...

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• Do tax aggressive executives influence corporate philanthropy? 

  Jang, Hansol (2020-04-22)

  This study examines whether personally tax aggressive executives pursue corporate philanthropy. Relative to a control group, corporate philanthropy increases by 3.0 percent, on average, following personal tax aggression ...

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