A&F Research Seminar & “Meet the editor” session

10 November 21 13.30 – 15.45, Zoom

Guest Speaker: Prof Douglas Cumming

13.30-14.30 – “Covid, Work-from-Home, and Securities Misconduct” – research seminar

Abstract: We consider whether traders are more likely to commit securities violations when trading at home. We examine data pre- and post-Covid, where some traders work at home prior to Covid due to selection, and others were forced to unexpectedly work at home after Covid (treatment). The data indicate the presence of a selection effect where those opting to work at home less often exhibit misconduct. The data further indicate a treatment effect whereby forced work from home post Covid causes fewer cases of trading misconduct, although not fewer cases of communications misconduct. The economic significance of the effect of working from home is large and similar in magnitude for the treatment and selection effects.

14.30-14.45 – break

14.45-15.45 – Tips for publishing finance papers in BJM – “Meet the Editor” session

Professor Cumming is the DeSantis Distinguished Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at the College of Business, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. He is the Managing Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Corporate Finance (2021-current) and British Journal of Management (2020-current), and past editor of the Journal of Corporate Finance, along with other prestigious journals. During the session, Professor Cumming will draw on his extensive publishing and editing experience to help students and colleagues enhance their publication successes. Full biography available at https://business.fau.edu/faculty-research/faculty-profiles/profile/cummingd.php

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