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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)
Are Individuals Entering Self-Employment Overly-Optimistic? An Empirical Test of Plans and Projections on Nascent Entrepreneur Expectations download at SSRN
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)
Initial Retention of External Accountants in Start-up Ventures (with Christopher Ittner)
External Financing and Firm Operating Performance
Forthcoming and Recently Published Papers
Financial Statement and Projection Preparation in Start-up Ventures, forthcoming at The Accounting Review download at SSRN
An Investigation of Hindsight Bias in Nascent Venture Activity (with Justin Craig), forthcoming at Journal of Business Venturing
Budgets, Internal Reports and Manager Forecast Accuracy (with Brian Gibson), forthcoming at Contemporary Accounting Research 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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