Causality redux: The evolution of empirical methods in accounting research and the growth of quasi-experiments

C Armstrong, JD Kepler, D Samuels, D Taylor - Journal of Accounting and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the empirical methods used in the accounting literature to draw causal
inferences. Recent years have seen a burgeoning growth in the use of methods that seek to …

Corporate tax disclosure

JL Hoopes, L Robinson, J Slemrod - 2023 - nber.org
Policies that require, or recommend, disclosure of corporate tax information are becoming
more common throughout the world, as are examples of tax-related information increasingly …

To read or to listen? Does disclosure delivery mode impact investors' reactions to managers' tone language?

WB Elliott, S Loftus, A Winn - Contemporary Accounting …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We examine how disclosure delivery mode—oral versus written—influences investors'
reactions to managers' tone language. We hypothesize that listening to disclosures, relative …

Firms' Real and Reporting Responses to Taxation: A Review

R Lester, M Olbert - Available at SSRN 4779893, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Taxation is a central economic policy tool; in recent years, governments use tax policy to
stimulate local economic growth, regulate multinational firms, and mitigate climate change …

Tax aggressive behavior and voluntary tax disclosure: Evidence from corporate sustainability reporting

JR Adams, E Demers, KJ Klassen - Available at SSRN 4284813, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
Voluntary tax disclosure has become increasingly important in corporate sustainability
reporting. We examine the role of tax aggressiveness as a determinant of tax disclosures in …

The impact of descriptor identicalness on investors' judgements of managers' opportunistic estimation choices

LL Harris, EY Wang - Accounting, Organizations and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
We conduct two experiments to examine how descriptor identicalness influences investors'
assessments of managers' opportunistic estimation choices. We manipulate the …

How do consumers use firm disclosure? evidence from a randomized field experiment

S Leonelli, M Muhn, T Rauter, G Sran - Evidence from a …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
We combine a large-scale field experiment with a customized survey to study whether and
how consumers use firm disclosure. In a sample of more than 24,000 US households, we …

How do investors value the publication of tax information? Evidence from the European public country‐by‐country reporting

R Müller, C Spengel, S Weck - Contemporary Accounting …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the costs associated with public disclosure, as opposed to confidential
reporting, of tax country‐by‐country reporting (CbCR) information. Our study addresses a …

[PDF][PDF] Consumer Responses to the Revelation of Corporate Social Irresponsibility.”

H Christensen, E De George, A Joffre… - … Responses to the …, 2023 - warrington.ufl.edu
Using micro-level data of US weekly brand-level sales, we examine end-consumer
responses to public revelations of corporate social irresponsibility (CSI). Despite survey …

[HTML][HTML] Inconsistency across short-term and long-term oriented signals: Effect on investor reactions

M Sun, Z Li, L Yang - Journal of Business Research, 2025 - Elsevier
We examine how investors evaluate firms when they receive inconsistent signals with
different temporal orientations—short-term signals about the firm's status quo versus long …