Henry L. Friedman
Associate Professor of Accounting
About
Henry Friedman’s research interests relate broadly to how information is produced and used in firms and capital markets involving issues related to incentive provision, price formation, managerial expropriation and investor beliefs. He has investigated interactions between incentive compensation, reporting quality and the role and responsibilities of the CFO, with an emphasis on the effects of CEO power over the CFO in the reporting process.
Topics
11 Articles
Why Would a Hedge Fund Manager Reveal Stock Positions?
A model suggests that the data might lead index funds to target those same stocks in oversight of corporate management
Technology’s Hidden Role in the Accountant Shortage
Software that saves time and money may paradoxically be resulting in a shortage of accountants
When Individuals Concentrate in a Stock, Earnings Surprises Play Out Differently
Price movements can be more extreme
ESG Investors in China Focused on Profit Potential of Climate Change
Less attention to downside of nation’s carbon-neutral goals
Does Cross Ownership By Big Investors Make Industries Less Competitive?
Examining executive pay tied to revenue growth to identify any correlation
Separating Auditing from Consulting: More Complex than it Seems
Market concentration, price and quality drive choice of firms
Does Better Corporate Disclosure Boost Markets?
Stronger financial reporting standards seem to mean more for growth of countries’ credit markets than their stock markets
Might More Lobbying Groups, Rather than Fewer, Be Good for Industry and the Public?
Make the influence industry more competitive, a theoretical study suggests
Does Big News Drown Out Corporate Earnings Disclosures?
Henry Friedman’s research finds, surprisingly, that major economic news actually heightens attention paid to company announcements
Low-Quality Earnings: The Uncoupling of Stock Price from Fundamentals
Studying Chinese A and B shares reveals investor uncertainty
You Have Women on Your Board? Gender Inequality and the Choices of Foreign Fund Manager
How investment data and country rankings correlate on treatment of women