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Gavin Cassar Assistant Professor
of Accounting The Wharton School Phone: (215) 898 2023
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Gavin Cassar Assistant Professor
of Accounting The Wharton School Phone: (215) 898 2023
Fax: (215) 573 2054 |
Working
Papers
Determinants of Hedge Fund Internal Controls and Fees (with Joseph Gerakos)
Cash versus Accrual Accounting and the Availability and Cost of Small Business Debt (with Ken Cavalluzzo & Christopher Ittner) download at SSRN
Does Self-Efficacy Affect Entrepreneurial Investment? (with Henry Friedman)
External Financing and Firm Operating Performance
Forthcoming and Recently Published Papers
Are Individuals Entering Self-Employment Overly-Optimistic? An Empirical Test of Plans and Projections on Nascent Entrepreneur Expectations, forthcoming, Strategic Management Journal. download at SSRN
Initial Retention of External Accountants in Start-up Ventures (with Christopher Ittner), European Accounting Review 18 (2009), 313-340.
An Investigation of Hindsight Bias in Nascent Venture Activity (with Justin Craig), Journal of Business Venturing 24 (2009), 149-164.
Financial Statement and Projection Preparation in Start-up Ventures, The Accounting Review 84 (2009), 27-51. download at SSRN
Budgets, Internal Reports and Manager Forecast Accuracy (with Brian Gibson), Contemporary Accounting Research 25 (2008), 707-737. download at SSRN
Forecast Rationality in Small Firms (with Brian Gibson), Journal of Small Business Management 45 (2007), 283-302.
Money, Money, Money? A Longitudinal Investigation of Entrepreneur Career Reasons, Growth Preferences, and Achieved Growth, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 19 (2007), 89-107.
Entrepreneur Opportunity Costs and Intended Venture Growth, Journal of Business Venturing 21 (2006), 610-632.
A Ten Year Longitudinal Investigation of Strategy, Systems and Environment upon Innovation in Family Firms (with Justin Craig & Ken Moores), Family Business Review 19 (2006), 1-10.
Longitudinal Analysis of Relationships between Planning and Performance in Small Firms (with Brian Gibson), Small Business Economics 25 (2005), 207-222.
The Financing of Business Start-ups, Journal of Business Venturing 19 (2004), 261-283.
Capital Structure and Financing of SMEs: Australian evidence (with Scott Holmes), Accounting and Finance 43 (2003), 123-147.
Planning Behavior Variables in Small Firms (with Brian Gibson), Journal of Small Business Management 40 (2002), 171-186.
Self-serving Behaviour and the Voluntary Disclosure of Capital Market Performance, Accounting Research Journal 14 (2001), 126-137.
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