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Limited Attention: Implications for Financial Reporting
Accountancy
Limited Attention: Implications for Financial Reporting

Journal of Accounting Research, April 2022

Dr Jinzhi Lu develops a theory to study the consequences of providing more detailed information to rationally inattentive investors. [...]

 

AdaBoost Semiparametric Model Averaging Prediction for Multiple Categories
Business Statistics
AdaBoost Semiparametric Model Averaging Prediction for Multiple Categories

Journal of the American Statistical Association, March 2022.

How can data mining devices be enhanced using cutting-edge statistical methodology? [...]

Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Multiplier in China
Economics
Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Multiplier in China

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, November 2021

This study analyses China's fiscal decentralization post-tax reform, revealing that revenue decentralization strengthens spending policies, while expenditure decentralization weakens efficacy, impacting provincial spending multipliers. [...]

What Drives Firms’ Hiring Decisions? An Asset Pricing Perspective
Finance
What Drives Firms’ Hiring Decisions? An Asset Pricing Perspective

Review of Financial Studies, September 2023.

Uncovering a pivotal link, this research uncovers the impact of labour dynamics on U.S. publicly traded firms and stock market performance. [...]

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Is investing in IT more effective than security investment alone in preventing data breaches?
Information Systems
Is investing in IT more effective than security investment alone in preventing data breaches?

MIS Quarterly, March 2023

Data breaches can harm a firm's reputation and customer confidence. Are current cybersecurity measures effective? And if not what strategies could improve the situation? [...]

Information voids and cross-border bandwagons of foreign direct investment into an emerging economy
Management
Information voids and cross-border bandwagons of foreign direct investment into an emerging economy

Strategic Management Journal, May 2023 (Online)

Exploring cross-border FDI bandwagons, this study finds cohesion-based mechanisms gain prominence in information voids, impacting global investors' entries into emerging economies. [...]

Unleashing Human Potential: How Superhuman AI Influences Decision-Making
Marketing
Unleashing Human Potential: How Superhuman AI Influences Decision-Making

PNAS, March 2023

How exactly does AI influence human decision-making? And what are the implications of this influence on our professional and personal lives? [...]

Food Delivery Service and Restaurant: Friend or Foe?
Operations Research and Operations Management
Food Delivery Service and Restaurant: Friend or Foe?

Management Science, February 2022

Food delivery services have increased exponentially in recent times, with one major Hong Kong provider reporting a more than 50% increase in the two-year period to early 2022. [...]