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Overview

Bill B. Francis is affiliated with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the United States. Their research spans a significant body of work within Business, Management and Accounting as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a strong focus on topics related to corporate finance, governance, and financial markets.

Their research contributions include multiple articles in key academic journals, such as:

  • The impact of organization capital on firm innovation, 2020, Journal of Financial Stability
  • Do activist hedge funds target female CEOs? The role of CEO gender in hedge fund activism, 2021, Journal of Financial Economics
  • Managerial ability and tax aggressiveness, 2022, China Accounting and Finance Review

Bill B. Francis has also collaborated on research in fields closely connected to accounting and entrepreneurship, although those works may include other primary authors.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Qiang Wu
  • Iftekhar Hasan
  • Zenu Sharma
  • Thomas Shohfi
  • Yinjie Shen

Key publication venues for Bill B. Francis's works reflect a focus on finance and accounting literature. They have published notably in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The British Accounting Review
  • Journal of Financial Stability
  • Journal of Corporate Finance
  • China Accounting and Finance Review

Their research covers a range of subfields including accounting, finance, economics and econometrics, strategy and management, and gender studies. The primary topics explored in their publications focus on:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
  • Corporate Taxation and Avoidance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies

Best Publications

  • Gender differences in financial reporting decision-making: Evidence from accounting conservatism

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Jong Chool Park;Qiang Wu

  • The Choice of IPO versus Takeover: Empirical Evidence*

    James C. Brau;Bill Francis;Ninon Kohers

  • Political connections and the process of going public: evidence from China

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Xian Sun

  • Political connections and the process of going public : evidence from China

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Xian Sun

  • Professors in the Boardroom and Their Impact on Corporate Governance and Firm Performance

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Political uncertainty and bank loan contracting

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Yun Zhu

  • The benefits of conservative accounting to shareholders : Evidence from the financial crisis

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Are Female CFOs Less Tax Aggressive? Evidence from Tax Aggressiveness

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu;Meng Yan

  • Abnormal real operations, real earnings management, and subsequent crashes in stock prices

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Lingxiang Li

  • The Benefits of Conservative Accounting to Shareholders: Evidence from the Financial Crisis

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Financial market integration and the value of global diversification: Evidence for US acquirers in cross-border mergers and acquisitions ☆

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Xian Sun

  • Do corporate boards affect firm performance?: New evidence from the financial crisis

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Testing for Deliberate Underpricing in the IPO Premarket: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

    Janet Hunt-McCool;Samuel C. Koh;Bill B. Francis

  • Twin Deficits: Apparition or Reality?

    Lori L. Leachman;Bill Francis

  • The Underpricing of Venture and Nonventure Capital IPOs: An Empirical Investigation

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan

  • The Impact of CFO Gender on Bank Loan Contracting

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Corporate governance and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Evidence from emerging markets

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Liang Song;Maya Waisman

  • The effect of state antitakeover laws on the firm's bondholders.

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Kose John;Maya Waisman

  • Analyst coverage and corporate tax aggressiveness.

    Arthur Allen;Bill B. Francis;Qiang Wu;Yijiang Zhao

  • CEO political preference and corporate tax sheltering

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Xian Sun;Qiang Wu

  • Are CFOs’ Trades More Informative Than CEOs’ Trades?

    Weimin Wang;Yong-Chul Shin;Bill B. Francis

  • CEO political preference and corporate tax sheltering

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Xian Sun;Qiang Wu

  • Corporate Governance and Dividend Payout Policy: A Test Using Antitakeover Legislation

    Bill B. Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Kose John;Liang Song

  • Do corporate boards affect firm performance? : New evidence from the financial crisis

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Qiang Wu

  • Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision-Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism

    Bill Francis;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Iftekhar Hasan;Jong Chool Park;Qiang Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Iftekhar Hasan
Iftekhar Hasan Fordham University
Qiang Wu
Qiang Wu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xian-He Sun
Xian-He Sun Illinois Institute of Technology
Kose John
Kose John New York University
Michael Koetter
Michael Koetter Halle Institute for Economic Research
Bernard Yeung
Bernard Yeung National University of Singapore
G. William Schwert
G. William Schwert National Bureau of Economic Research
Gary Charness
Gary Charness University of California, Santa Barbara
Bing Liang
Bing Liang University of Massachusetts Amherst
Maximo Torero
Maximo Torero Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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