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Top Publications


CentER is pleased to announce these recent publications in top journals.

(Forthcoming) in 2012

Department of Accountancy

Abernethy, Bouwens, Van Lent The role of performance measures in the intertemporal decisions of business unit managers Contemporary Accounting Research
De Waegenaere, Sansing, Wielhouwer Multinational taxation and R&D investments The Accounting Review
Dierynck, Landsman, Renders Do managerial incentives drive cost behavior? Evidence about the role of the zero earnings benchmark for labor cost behavior in Belgian private firms The Accounting Review
Masschelein, Cardinaels, Van den Abbeele ABC information, fairness perceptions, and interfirm negotiations The Accounting Review
Van Lent Discussion of “The influence of elections on the accounting choices of governmental entities Journal of Accounting Research, 50(2), 477-494
Numan, Willekens An empirical test of spatial competition in the audit market Journal of Accounting and Economics, 53(1-2), 450-465

Department of Econometrics & OR - Econometrics

Cizek Semiparametric robust estimation of truncated and censored regression models Journal of Econometrics, 168(2), 347-366
Cherchye, De Rock, Vermeulen Married with children: A collective labor supply model with detailed time use and intrahousehold expenditure information American Economic Review
Abbring Mixed hitting-time models Econometrica, 80(2), 783-819
Amann, Klein Returns to type or tenure? Journal of the Roy.Stat.Soc, Series A, 175(1), 153-166
Hall, Han, Boldea Inference regarding multiple structural changes in linear models with endogenous regressors Journal of Econometrics

Department of Econometrics & OR - Operations Research

Ben-Tal, Den Hertog Hidden conic quadratic representation of some nonconvex quadratic optimization problems Mathematical Programming
Ben-Tal, Den Hertog, De Waegenaere, Melenberg, Rennen Robust solutions of optimization problems affected by uncertain probabilities Management Science
Brekelmans, Den Hertog, Roos, Eijgenraam Safe dike heights at minimal costs: The nonhomogeneous case” Operations Research
Bley, Boland, Fricke, Froyland, Sotirov Clique-based facets for the precedence constrained knapsack problem Mathematical Programming
Gouveia, Laurent, Parrilo, Thomas A new semidefinite programming relaxation for cycles in binary matroids and cuts in graphs Mathematical Programming
De Klerk, Sotirov Improved semidefinite programming bounds for quadratic assignment problems with suitable symmetry Mathematical Programming

Department of Economics

Huizinga, Voget, Wagner Who bears the burden of international taxation? Evidence from cross-border M&As Journal of International Economics
Huizinga, Laeven Bank valuation and accounting discretion during a financial crisis Journal of Financial Economics
Vannoorenberghe Firm-level volatility and exports Journal of International Economics, 86(1), 57-67
Knaup, Wagner A market-based measure of credit quality and bank performance during the subprime crisis Management Science
Voors, Nillesen, Bulte, Lensink, Verwimp, Van Soest Violent conflict and behavior: A field experiment in Burundi American Economic Review, 102(2), 941-964
Wagner Systematic liquidation risk and the diversity-diversification trade-off Journal of Finance

Department of Finance

Renneboog, Spaenjers Buying beauty: On prices and returns in the art market Management Science
Spalt Probability weighting and employee stock options Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
De Roon, Szymanowska Asset pricing restrictions on predictability: Frictions matter Management Science
Christoffersen, Jacobs, Ornthanalai Dynamic jump intensities and risk premia: Evidence from S&P500 returns and options Journal of Financial Economics
Donelli, Larrain, Urzua Infante Ownership dynamics with large shareholders: An empirical analysis Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Giannetti, Ongena “Lending by example”: Direct and indirect effects of foreign bank presence in emerging markets Journal of International Economics, 86(1), 167-180
Driessen, Van Hemert Pricing of commercial real estate securities during the 2007-2009 financial crisis Journal of Financial Economics
Van Binsbergen, Brandt, Koijen On the timing and pricing of dividends American Economic Review
Jiménez, Ongena, Peydró, Saurina Credit supply and monetary policy: Identifying the bank balance-sheet channel with loan applications American Economic Review
Driessen, Lin, Phalippou A new method to estimate risk and return of non-traded assets from cash flows: The case of private equity funds Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Manconi, Massa, Yasuda The behavior of intoxicated investors: The role of institutional investors in propagating the financial crisis of 2007-2008 Journal of Financial Economics

Department of Information Management

Davison, Martinsons, Ou The roles of theory in canonical action research MIS Quarterly
Angun, Kleijnen An asymptotic test of optimality conditions in multiresponse simulation optimization INFORMS Journal on Computing, 24(1), 53-65

Department of Marketing

Van Horen, Pieters Consumer evaluation of copycat brands: The effect of imitation type International Journal of Research in Marketing
Raassens, Wuyts, Geyskens The market valuation of outsourcing new product development Journal of Marketing Research
Teixeira, Wedel, Pieters Emotion-induced engagement in internet video ads Journal of Marketing Research, 49(2), 144-159
Gijsbrechts, Szymanowski Consumption-based cross-brand learning: Are private labels really private? Journal of Marketing Research, 49(2), 231-246
Bronnenberg, Dubé, Gentzkow The evolution of brand preferences: Evidence from consumer migration American Economic Review
Pieters, Wedel Ad gist: Ad communication in a single eye fixation Marketing Science, 31(1), 59-73
Lemmens, Croux, Stremersch Dynamics in international market segmentation of new product growth International Journal of Research in Marketing, 29(1), 81-92
Lamey, Deleersnyder, Steenkamp, Dekimpe The effect of business cycle fluctuations on private-label share: What has marketing conduct got to do with it? Journal of Marketing, 76(1), 1-19
Albuquerque, Bronnenberg Measuring the impact of negative demand shocks on car dealer networks Marketing Science, 31(1), 4-23
Van Horen, Pieters When high similarity copycats lose and moderate similarity copycats gain: The impact of comparative evaluation Journal of Marketing Research, 49(1), 83-91

Department of Organization and Strategy

Monin, Noorderhaven, Vaara, Kroon Giving sense to and making sense of justice in post-merger integration Academy of Management Journal
Salomon, Wu Institutional distance and local isomorphism strategy Journal of International Business Studies, 43, 343-367
Mühlfeld, Rao Sahib, Van Witteloostuijn A contextual theory of organizational learning from failures and successes: A study of acquisition completion in the global newspaper industry, 1981-2008 Strategic Management Journal
Mulotte, Dussauge, Mitchell Does pre-entry licensing undermine the performance of subsequent independent activities? Evidence from the global aerospace industry, 1944-2000 Strategic Management Journal
Sytch, Tatarynowicz,Gulati Where do bridging tiescome from? Organization Science
Blettner, Chaddad, Bettis The CEO performance effect: Statistical issues and a complex fit perspective Strategic Management Journal
Gulati, Sytch, Tatarynowicz The dynamics of social structure: The emergence and decline of small worlds Organization Science