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Susan Shu
Associate Professor
Susan Shu
Contact
Fulton Hall 560A
Telephone: 617-552-1759
Email: susan.shu.1@bc.edu
Education
- B.S., University of Dubuque
- M.S., University of Rochester
- Ph.D., University of Rochester
Research Interests
Corporate disclosure; media; social media; security litigation; enforcement; insider trading; auditor-client alignment; and cost of capital.
Expertise
- Valuation, Asset Pricing, and Financial Statement Analysis
- Capital Markets
- Disclosure
Department
PUBLICATIONS
- Motivational optimism and short-term investment efficiency (with Meng Li and Stan Markov). The Accounting Review. Forthcoming.
- Does tax enforcement deter managers' self-dealing? (with Ben Yost). Journal of Accounting and Economics 74, Issue 1 (2022). 101512.
- Regulatory transparency and the alignment of private and public enforcement: Evidence from the public disclosure of SEC comment letters (with Amy Hutton and Xin Zheng). Journal of Financial Economics 145, Issue 1 (2022), 297-321.
- Can social media distort price discovery? Evidence from merger rumors (with Weishi Jia, Giulia Redigolo and Jingran Zhao). Journal of Accounting and Economics 70, Issue 1, (2020). 101334.
- Are all perks solely perks? Evidence from corporate jets (with Lian Fen Lee and Michelle Lowry). Journal of Corporate Finance 48 (2018), 460-473.
- Media mention: The Wall Street Journal. November 20, 2017
- The role of social media in the capital market: Evidence from consumer product recalls (with Amy Hutton and Lian Fen Lee). Journal of Accounting Research 53 (2015), 367-404.
- Top Cited Articles Contributing to the 2020 5-Year JAR Impact Factor
- Top Cited Articles Contributing to the 2020 5-Year JAR Impact Factor
- The insurance hypothesis: an examination of KPMG’s audit clients (with Billy Soo, Greg Trompeter and Darryl Brown). Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 32 (2013), 1-24.
- Do managers always know better? The relative accuracy of management and analyst forecasts (with Amy Hutton and Lian Fen Lee). Journal of Accounting Research 50 (2012), 1217–1244.
- Top Cited Articles, JAR 2015
- Properties of implied cost of capital using analysts’ forecasts (with Wayne Guay and S. P. Kothari). Australian Journal of Management 36 (2011), 125-149.
- Winner of E. Yetton Prize of Best Paper Award
- Do managers withhold bad news? (with S. P. Kothari and Peter Wysocki). Journal of Accounting Research 47 (2009), 475-679.
- Winner of Notable Contribution to Accounting Literature Award 2014, American Accounting Association
- Does disclosure deter or trigger litigation (with Michelle Lowry and Laura Field). Journal of Accounting and Economics 39 (2005), 487-507.
- IPO underpricing and litigation risks (with Michelle Lowry). Journal of Financial Economics 65 (2002), 309-335.
- Auditor resignations: clientele effects and legal liability. Journal of Accounting and Economics 29 (2000), 173-205.