Research

My research interests include accounting fraud, insider trading, corporate governance, and executive compensation. I am currently working on several projects that test the relation between specific executives and firm outcomes such as fraud, bankruptcy, insider trading, and employment using observable behaviors and traits of executives.

Robert Davidson CV

 

Papers

Executives’ “Off-The-Job” Behavior, Corporate Culture, and Financial Reporting Risk
With Aiyesha Dey and Abbie Smith. Journal of Financial Economics, 2015

Executive Equity Compensation and Financial Statement Fraud

Executives’ Legal Records and Insider Trading Activities
With Aiyesha Dey and Abbie Smith

Income Statement Fraud and Balance Sheet Fraud: Different Manipulations, Different Incentives

CEO Bank Materialism, Corporate Culture, and Risk
With Robert Bushman, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith

CEO Materialism and Corporate Social Responsibility
With Aiyesha Dey and Abbie Smith

Personal Determinants of External Finance
With Christo Pirinsky

Appendices

Internet Appendix – Executives’ “Off-The-Job” Behavior, Corporate Culture, and Financial Reporting Risk
Internet Appendix – Income Statement Fraud and Balance Sheet Fraud: Different Manipulations, Different Incentives
Internet Appendix – CEO Materialism and Corporate Social Responsibility
 

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

Albert Einstein