Accounting & Information Assurance Theses and Dissertations

• Are the voices of customers louder when they are seen? Evidence from CFPB complaints 

  Mazur, Laurel Celastine (2022)

  This paper exploits a unique policy change in the banking sector – the first disclosure of the customer complaints submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – to examine whether regulatory scrutiny ...

• BEYOND RISK: VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE UNDER AMBIGUITY 

  Rava, Ariel (2022)

  In my dissertation, I examine the impact of ambiguity (Knightian uncertainty), alongside that of risk, on firms’ voluntary disclosure decisions. I confirm the well-known result that an increase in risk—uncertainty over ...

• CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY: EVIDENCE FROM SUPPLIER IDENTITY DISCLOSURE. 

  Choi, Jin Kyung (2021)

  This study examines the determinants and consequences of managers’ choices to disclose the identity about their firm’s first-tier suppliers. I find that reputational benefits, informational benefits, and proprietary costs ...

• Does Climate Change Transparency Affect Capital Flows? Evidence from Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure 

  Zotova, Viktoriya (2021)

  In this study, I exploit a quasi-natural experiment—the introduction of the mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program (GHGRP) in the United States—to examine the impact of climate change regulations on corporate ...

• Earnings Uncertainty and Nonprofessional Intermediaries 

  Hyman, Cody Alyssa (2021)

  Prior research is mixed on individual investors’ ability to utilize earnings information and generally credits professional information intermediaries with alleviating processing costs. Over the past decade, individual ...

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