Costello College of Business Faculty Research

Mason finance professor Lei Gao, finds a “precautionary effect” at work in the minds of Republican-supporting CEOs, leading to more frequent and accurate earnings forecasts. 

To stay competitive in the war for talent, tech companies must weigh secrecy against specificity when crafting job ads. Are they disclosing too much?

A Mason professor unpacks the complex, nuanced impact of the “revolving door” between industry and regulators in the accounting world.

Even famously neutral news organizations are not immune to the pressure to compete for clicks in the increasingly partisan online marketplace.

Despite the fears of regulators and skittish investors, clear and accurate signals of cryptocurrency quality may be hidden in plain sight.

Open-source learning materials promise to democratize education, while reducing the financial burden on students. But how can schools bring faculty on board?

No matter who you are, feeling threatened in your identity is bad for your well-being—and your career.

What if you could outsource any computing task to the crowd without risking an epic fail? A newly developed set of technological tools could make this a reality.

With the rise of online learning, cheating has become easier than ever. And perhaps more prevalent as well, suggests one Mason accounting professor.

A disproportionate number of the most innovative CEOs hail from U.S. counties with a frontier history.