Research by UO accounting professors Laura Wellman and Dane Christensen explored communication between politicians and firms.
Laura Wellman
Richard W. Lindholm Professor in Taxation
Affiliations: Accounting
Email: wellman@uoregon.edu
Office: Lillis 380
Journal Articles:
Christensen, Dane M., Hengda Jin, Josh A. Lee, Suhas A. Sridharan, and Laura A. Wellman. "Corporate Political Activism and Information Transfers." The Accounting Review, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2021-0254.
November 2023
Christensen, Dane M., Arthur Morris, Beverly R. Walther, and Laura A. Wellman. "Political Information Flow and Management Guidance." Review of Accounting Studies 28, no. 3: 1466-1499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-022-09671-7.
September 2023
Brown, Jennifer L., K.C. Lin, Jared A. Moore, and Laura A. Wellman. "The Impact of Tax Policy Uncertainty on Forecasting." Journal of the American Taxation Association 44, no. 2: 7-33. https://doi.org/10.2308/JATA-19-014.
September 2022
Christensen, Dane M., Hengda Jin, Suhas A. Sridharan, and Laura A. Wellman. "Hedging on the Hill: Does Political Hedging Reduce Firm Risk?" Management Science 68, no. 6: 4356-4379. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4050.
June 2022
Pawliczek, Andrea, A. Nicole Skinner, and Laura A. Wellman. "A New Take on Voice: The Influence of Blackrock's 'Dear Ceo' Letters." Review of Accounting Studies 26, no. 3: 1088-1136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-021-09603-x.
September 2021
Stephan, Andrew P., Beverly R. Walther, and Laura A. Wellman. "Profiting from Connections: Do Politicians Receive Stock Tips from Brokerage Houses?" Journal of Accounting and Economics 72, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2021.101401.
August 2021
Nagar, Venky, Jordan Schoenfeld, and Laura Wellman. "The Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty on Investor Information Asymmetry and Management Disclosures." Journal of Accounting and Economics 67, no. 1: 36-57 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacceco.2018.08.011.
February 2019
Christensen, Dane M., Michael B. Mikhail, Beverly R. Walther, and Laura A. Wellman. "From K Street to Wall Street: Political Connections and Stock Recommendations." The Accounting Review 92, no. 3: 87-112. https://doi.org/10.2308/accr-51550.
May 2017
Wellman, Laura. "Mitigating Political Uncertainty." Review of Accounting Studies 22, no. 1: 217-250. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11142-016-9380-0.
March 2017
Brown, Jennifer L., Katharine Drake, and Laura Wellman. "The Benefits of a Relational Approach to Corporate Political Activity: Evidence from Political Contributions to Tax Policymakers." Journal of the American Taxation Association (American Accounting Association) 37, no. 1: 69-102. https://doi.org/10.2308/atax-50908.
April 2015