Working Paper Series
The Working Paper Series highlights the ongoing research of Coles College faculty. This collection features drafts of research articles usually intended for future publication, but shared in early stages to motivate intellectual discussions. Such discussions can potentially lead to novel research extensions; promote high impact collaborations across departments in addition to improving the quality of ongoing faculty research.
Final published versions of these papers are often available in the or Coles Faculty Research Webpage.
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Accepted Articles from Fall 2025 (Regular Issue)
- . Warning Signs: Climate Change Discourse and Subsequent Asset Write-downs. FALL25-01, November 2025.
- . When Universities Hire CMOs: A 12-Year Study of Marketing Leadership in Public Universities. FALL25-02, November 2025.
- , , Sarah Lefebvre. More on the Square: How Dinnerware Shape Influences Portion Size Estimates. FALL25-03, November 2025.
- , Kyoungmi (Kate) Kim, Daewoung Choi. The Role of CEO-TMT Generational Alignment in Driving Firm Innovation. FALL25-04, November 2025.
- , Katherine Smith, Lawrence Murphy Smith, . Which CSR Activities Motivate Socially Responsible Buying?. FALL25-05, November 2025.
- , , Carol Hulsey. The Effect of An Integrity Statement on Exam Cheating by Accounting Students. FALL25-06, November 2025.
- . Investment Expensing without Tax Credits or Interest Deductibility: A Macroeconomic
Evaluation. FALL25-07, November 2025.
- . The Effect of Institutional Distance on Cross-border M&A Performance: The Role of ‘Play of the Game’ Experience. FALL25-08, November 2025.
- NeCole Smith (MSHMI Student), . Neurodivergent Inclusion in Corporate Workplace Environments: A Literature Review
Integrating AI and Data-Driven Strategies. FALL25-09, November 2025.
- Paris Carter (MSHMI Student), . Plain Language Integration in Electronic Health Record Systems. FALL25-10, November 2025.
- Maryann Mugo (MSHMI Student), Oyebisi Oladeji. Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Telemedicine Utilization in NW Georgia. FALL25-11, November 2025.
- MSHMI Students: Sydney Lindsay, Jalyn Jackson, Jasmine Johnson, Shania Fernandes,
Faculty: , Soo Il Shin. A Data-Driven View of Virtual Nursing Productivity Using Microsoft Power BI. FALL25-12, November 2025.
- Maranie Brown (MSHMI Student), . Training & Curriculum at the Intersection of Cybersecurity & Healthcare. FALL25-13, November 2025.
- . Warning Signs: Climate Change Discourse and Subsequent Asset Write-downs. FALL25-01, November 2025.
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Accepted Articles from Fall 2025 (Special Issue - Coles Research Symposium on Homeland Security)
- Miloslava Plachkinovа. Ace Vо. AI Agents for Data Leak Prevention: A Framework for Critical Infrastructure Protection. SIFALL25-01, November 2025.
- Aaron French. Tabloids, Fake News, and the Overton Window: The COP Model on News Consumption in Uncertain Times. SIFALL25-02, November 2025.
- James Boudreau, . Private Strength and Public Signals: Optimal Information Disclosure under Spying. SIFALL25-03, November 2025.
- , . Conflict and Concealment: How Inequality Drives Elite Misrepresentation and Social Unrest. SIFALL25-04, November 2025.
- Miloslava Plachkinovа. Ace Vо. AI Agents for Data Leak Prevention: A Framework for Critical Infrastructure Protection. SIFALL25-01, November 2025.
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Accepted Articles from Spring 2025
- , Saim Kashmiri, Jason Koufodontis. The Dark Side of Integrity: Influence of CEO Integrity on Risk-Taking Propensity and
Digital Orientation. SPRING25-01, April 2025.
- Xi Zhang, Ann Atwater. The Quality of Online Instruction and Returns to Instructor Experience. SPRING25-02, April 2025.
- Gunnar Heins, Matthew Michalak, Xi Zhang. Pricing in the Presence of an Inferior Good and Income Inequality: Evidence from Intercity
Bus Travel in Germany. SPRING25-03, April 2025.
- Alberto Peralta, . Entrepreneurial Perception of Institutional Voids. SPRING25-04, April 2025.
- , Zhenya Tang, Feng Xu, Xin Luo. An Investigation on Users’ In-category Password Reuse Behavior: The Critical Role of Account Similarities and Cognitive Load. SPRING25-05, April 2025.
- , Sarah Lefebvre, Merlyn Griffiths. Label Lust: How Eco-Claims Seduce Our Health Perceptions, Taste Buds, and What’s in Our Carts. SPRING25-06, April 2025.
- , , , . Do You Believe in Second Chances? SPRING25-07, April 2025.
- . Public Perception and Market Response to the FTX Crypto Exchange Collapse: A Twitter Analysis. SPRING25-08, April 2025.
- , Saim Kashmiri, Jason Koufodontis. The Dark Side of Integrity: Influence of CEO Integrity on Risk-Taking Propensity and
Digital Orientation. SPRING25-01, April 2025.
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Accepted Articles from Fall 2024 (Regular Issue)
- Julie Di Natale, Ganga Urumutta Hewage, Laura Boman. The Effect of Experiential and Material Purchases on Preference for Product-Country
Image Labels. FALL24-01, November 2024.
- , Saim Kashmiri, Jason Joufodontis. CEO Integrity’s Influence on Firm Digital Orientation: How CMOs and Ad Intensity Drive Digital Orientation. FALL24-01, November 2024.
- . Composite Quantile Regression for Alpha Estimation. FALL24-03, November 2024.
- , Hong Qian. Registered Direct Offerings and Confidentiality Marketed Public Offerings. FALL24-04, November 2024.
- , Melsa Ararat. The Role of Individual Shareholders in Advancing Board Gender Diversity: Insights
from an Emerging Market. FALL24-05, November 2024.
- Jong Gwang Kim, Sang Bin Moon, Christopher G. Brinton, Abolfazl Hashemi. A New Lagrangian Approach for NonConvex Non-Smooth Representatives of Fairness Constraints. FALL24-06, November 2024.
- Aaron French. A Framework for the Blockchain Ecosystem for Smart Tourism. FALL24-07, November 2024.
- , , Katherine Taken Smith, L. Murphy Smith. An Examination of Ethical Leadership in Academia: A Study of Accounting Faculty. FALL24-08, November 2024.
- , , , L. Murphy Smith. Business and Accounting Student Academic Dishonesty: Ethical Theory-Related Rationalizations
and Cheating Perceptions. FALL24-09, November 2024.
- , , , . What Factors Affect the Academic Performance and Financial Anxiety of Accounting Students? FALL24-10, November 2024.
- Jong Gwang Kim. A First-Order Decomposition Algorithm for Generalized Nash Equilibrium Problems. FALL24-11, November 2024.
- Jong Gwang Kim, Ashish Chandra, Abolfazl Hashemi, Christopher G. Brinton. A Fast Single-Loop Primal-Dual Algorithm for Non-Convex Functional Constrained Optimization. FALL24-12, November 2024.
- Ashish Chandra, Jong Gwang Kim. Reliability Certification of Supply Chain Networks Under Uncertain Failures and Demand. FALL24-13, November 2024.
- , Bryan Brockbank, , Wayne B. Thomas. The Power of Accounting: Capitalization of Cloud Computing for Utilities. FALL24-14, November 2024.
- Christine McCallum, , . How Loneliness Spurs Materialism: Roles of Emotion Regulation, Selfenhancement, And
Escapism. FALL24-15, November 2024.
- Ann Johnson, Calise Hammonds, Bunmi Simpson, . The Healing Power of Data: A Novel Data Visualization Solution Which Can Help Improve
Quality and Safety Through Data Democratization. FALL24-16, November 2024.
- Denise Thomas, Elizabeth Vasquez, . Unraveling the Influence of Social Determinants of Health. FALL24-17, November 2024.
- Andre Derilus, Deborah Ojumu, Jordyn Fleming, Mariah Hubbard, Nathanial Blackmon IV, Kesjiah Wilcher, , . Predictave Analysis of Youth Risk Behavior and Suicidal Ideation Post-COVID. FALL24-18, November 2024.
- Julie Di Natale, Ganga Urumutta Hewage, Laura Boman. The Effect of Experiential and Material Purchases on Preference for Product-Country
Image Labels. FALL24-01, November 2024.
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Accepted Articles from Fall 2024 (Special Issue - Coles Research Symposium on Homeland Security)
- , , A Model of Fortification Using Bayesian Persuasion. SIFALL24-01, November 2024.
- , Shane Sanders. Tullock Contest Alliances With Proportional Prize-sharing Agreements: Private Collective
Action Mechanisms? SIFALL24-02, November 2024.
- Aaron French. A Typology Of Disinformation Intentionality And Impact. SIFALL24-03, November 2024.
- , , A Model of Fortification Using Bayesian Persuasion. SIFALL24-01, November 2024.
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Accepted Articles from Spring 2024
- , Samuel Staebler. Media Attention Given to Six CEO News Types and Its Influence on Consumer Evaluations. SPRING24-01, March 2024.
- , , . Characteristics of a Rubber Stamp Board: The Curious Case of Enron. SPRING24-02, March 2024.
- Bryan Brockbank, , . Supplier Financing Agreements and Cash Flows. SPRING24-03, March 2024.
- , Samuel Staebler. Media Attention Given to Six CEO News Types and Its Influence on Consumer Evaluations. SPRING24-01, March 2024.
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Accepted Articles from Fall 2023 (Regular Issue)
- Julius A. Wright, . CIVP: Cryptocurrency Internal Validation Process. FALL23-01, November 2023.
- , Saim Kashmiri, Duncan Nicol. Do Powerful Female CEOs Prefer Relational CSR Compared to Male CEOs? FALL23-02, November 2023.
- Nik Nikolov, Mihail Miletkov, Viktoria Staneva. The X Factor in the Boardroom: Generation X Directors and their Impact on the Firm’s Advertising Mix and its Efficiency. FALL23-03, November 2023.
- Aaron French, , , David Rusk. Gender in IS Research: Who’s on Top? FALL23-04, November 2023.
- Austin Brown, , MSHMI Students: Jazmyne Lane, Anas Alhasan Almashhour. Assessing the Relationship Between Preventive Care Practices and Suicidal Ideation
Among High School Students: An Analysis Using the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
System. FALL23-05, November 2023.
- Valentina Nino, Maria Valero de Clemente, , MSHMI Students: Bonnie Theresias, Riley Tucker, Janice Goins, Jovelle Patterson,
Nicole Ogbuagu. Virtual Nursing Discharge: Enhancing Health and Well-Being while Reducing Readmissions. FALL23-06, November 2023.
- , MSHMI Students: Joli Miracle, Farah Muttardy, Richard Ogniewski, Eli Tannouri. Barcode Medication Administration – Process Mapping and Assessing in a Military Hospital. FALL23-07, November 2023.
- Julius A. Wright, . CIVP: Cryptocurrency Internal Validation Process. FALL23-01, November 2023.
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Accepted Articles from Fall 2023 (Special Issue - Coles Research Symposium on Homeland Security
- , . A Model of Fortification Using Bayesian Persuasion. SIFALL23-01, November 2023.
- . When Does a Country Attack an Adversary? the Joint Role of Cost of Attack and Quality
of Information. SIFALL23-02, November 2023.
- , . A Differential Game Analysis of Attack-Defense Strategies Involving Cybersecurity. SIFALL23-03, November 2023.
- . Using Honeypot Data to Detect Adversarial Tactic, Technique, and Procedure Changes
Based on Victim Geolocation. SIFALL23-04, November 2023.
- Jason Williams, , . Fortifying Healthcare: An Action Research Approach to Developing an Effective SETA
Program. SIFALL23-05, November 2023.
- , Dejarvis Oliver, . To Report or Not to Report? Exploring Protection Motivation Theory to Understand Decision-Making
of Cybersecurity Researchers Who Discover Vulnerabilities. SIFALL23-06, November 2023.
- . The Effect of Media Bias on Conflict and the Provision Of a Public Good in a Model of Location Choice. SIFALL23-07, November 2023.
- , . A Model of Fortification Using Bayesian Persuasion. SIFALL23-01, November 2023.
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Accepted Articles from Spring 2023
- , Wesley Friske, Todd Morgan. Making the Grade: An Analysis of Sustainability Reporting Standards and GRI Adherence
Ratings. SPRING23-01, March 2023.
- , Mike W. Peng. Subnational Institutional Differences, R&D-Performance, Relationship, and FDI Spillovers
in Russia. SPRING23-02, March 2023.
- , Vishal K. Gupta, Daniel G. Bachrach, Sandra C. Mortal, Xiahu Guo. CEO Pay Slice and Firm Value: Is Corporate Social Responsibility a Missing Link? SPRING23-03, March 2023.
- . The Macroeconomic Effects of Business Tax Cuts. SPRING23-04, March 2023.
- , . A Generic Decision Support Framework for Identification of Societal Impact Themes
and Its Measurement in a B-School. SPRING23-05, March 2023.
- Gohar S. Sedrakyan. The Impact of RTAs on Trade in Indonesia. SPRING23-06, March 2023.
- . Immigration Narrative Sentiment and Home Prices. SPRING23-07, March 2023.
- , Wesley Friske, Todd Morgan. Making the Grade: An Analysis of Sustainability Reporting Standards and GRI Adherence
Ratings. SPRING23-01, March 2023.
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Accepted Articles from Fall 2022 (Special Issue - Coles Research Symposium on Homeland Security
- , Xinfang (Jocelyn) Wang, . COVID-19 Policy Failure and Success: A Configurational Perspective. SIFALL22-01, November 2022.
- , , . Conflicts and Education Expenditure. SIFALL22-02, November 2022.
- , . Dynamic Model of Conflict with Endogenous Destruction. SIFALL22-03, November 2022.
- . Conflict, Inequality and the Provision of a Public Good in a Model of Location Choice. SIFALL22-04, November 2022.
- , Abhra Roy. A Model of Fortification: A Bayesian Persuasion Approach. SIFALL22-05, November 2022.
- , Xinfang (Jocelyn) Wang, . COVID-19 Policy Failure and Success: A Configurational Perspective. SIFALL22-01, November 2022.
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Accepted Articles from Fall 2022 (Regular Issue)
- , Duncan Nicol. Putting People First: Female CEOs and Relational CSR. FALL22-01, November 2022.
- , . Do SPAC Combinations Affect Their Peers’ Accounting Quality? FALL22-02, November 2022.
- , Shelby Solomon, Josh Bendickson. History and Race in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. FALL22-03, November 2022.
- , , Stacy Campbell. The Differential Effects of Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism on Justice Orientation. FALL22-04, November 2022.
- , , Hyungshin Park, . Market Reactions to Innovative Firms’ Earnings News. FALL22-05, November 2022.
- , Duncan Nicol. Putting People First: Female CEOs and Relational CSR. FALL22-01, November 2022.
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Accepted Articles from Spring 2022
- , , , . The Joint Effect of Justification and Uncertainty on Real Earnings Management. SPRING22-01, March 2022.
- Frank Kleibergen, . Misspecification and Weak Identification in Asset Pricing. SPRING22-02, March 2022.
- , , , . The Joint Effect of Justification and Uncertainty on Real Earnings Management. SPRING22-01, March 2022.
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Aniruddha Bagchi
Laura Boman
Marcus Caylor
Rongbing Huang
Pramod Iyer
Leo MacDonald
Nik Nikolov
Vineeta Sharma
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Rajaram Veliyath
Humayun Zafar
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