The authors thank Brian Bushee (editor), two anonymous reviewers, Mustafa Ahci, Jason Bangert, Zhangfan Cao, Tzu-Ting Chiu, Xi Fu, Igor Goncharov, Lars Helge Hass, Woon Sau Leung, Michael Peel, Selina Pei, Roy Schmardebeck, Dan Segal, Christoph Sextroh, Ruidi Shang, Eric Stakebake, Manson Stuart, Laurence van Lent, Skralan Vergauwe, Qingwei Wang, Jason Xiao, and Yachang Zeng as well as workshop participants at the Essex Accounting Conference, Cardiff Business School, and Tilburg University for helpful comments and suggestions. Data are available from the sources identified in the text.