Matthew Kubic, assistant professor of accounting, and Sara Toynbee, associate professor of accounting, examined SEC reviews of corporate financial statements. They found regulators were less likely to flag errors when they were reviewing companies audited by their former accounting firms. “Oversight appears less rigorous when prior employment ties are present,” Kubic says.

Gambling companies are reaching young men – the group most likely to exhibit problem gambling behaviour – on social media at more than double the rate of women, a study has found.

A study shows that enrollees in Michigan's Medicaid expansion program had large drops in medical debt in collections and in rates of sub-prime credit scores

About The Study: The results of this economic evaluation quantified the potential impact of changing Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendations. Even brief delays in hepatitis B vaccine initiation were associated with a substantial increase in hepatitis B virus infections, adverse health outcomes, and health care costs. 

After Sweden removed inheritance and gift taxes in 2005, private firms with potential family successors grew faster, invested more, and paid higher corporate taxes than firms without natural heirs, according to a new white paper from the Stockholm School of Economics. The study adds empirical evidence in a policy debate often dominated by ideology and comes as several European countries debate inheritance tax reforms.

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About The Study: This study documents out-of-state Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF) callers traveling more than 3 times the distance to Illinois after Dobbs compared with before, with age younger than 18 years, private or no insurance, rural zip code, second trimester of pregnancy, and hospital-based care also associated with further travel distance. The CAF provides logistical and financial support to individuals seeking abortion, with the majority of CAF callers obtaining care in Illinois, the state with the largest cumulative increase in abortion provision since Dobbs.