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Drag Bingo - Third Image of Crowd
Get PDFPhotograph of first Drag Bingo event at Bryant University held in the Stephen Bello Grand Hall. The event was sponsored by the Krupp Library, IDEI, the Pride Center, Bryant Pride, Queer @ Bryant, and Student Affairs. Drag hosts and performers were Ladda Nurv and Lucy Diamonds
Cancel Anytime! How Easy Cancellation Options Enhance Purchase Intentions for Services that Require Long-Term Commitments
Get PDFThe authors recognize that an uncertain environment associated with prolonged pandemic conditions have made consumers reluctant to make long-term contractual commitments in various retail contexts. Hypothesizing that retailers might offer cancellation options to motivate consumers to undertake long-term commitments, the authors conduct two studies in which cancellation messages accompany ads for an online language course and a gym membership. Findings indicate that retailers can alleviate the pressures associated with long-term commitment decisions and can heighten purchase intentions by providing cancel options for consumers who register for services requiring long-term but not short-term commitments. Perceived goal achievability is identified as an underlying mechanism that mediates the effects
The Influence of Uncertainty on Financial Reporting Behavior: The Case of P&C Insurers
No full textWe examine how uncertainty about a firm\u27s future cash flows influences the quality of its accounting information. As uncertainty increases, information asymmetry between managers and stakeholders will almost certainly increase, amplifying the potential influence of uncertainty. We focus on a specific setting where severe levels of uncertainty can influence financial reporting, the property-casualty (P&C) insurance industry and use catastrophes as a shock to the level of uncertainty regarding P&C insurer\u27s future cash flows. We use P&C firms’ claim loss estimation errors as a proxy for accounting information quality. Results suggest that, in times of heightened uncertainty, managers respond by increasing accounting information quality. Moreover, managerial claim loss forecasts are more accurate for publicly traded P&C firms relative to privately—or mutually—owned P&C firms as catastrophe exposure increases. Additionally, claim loss estimates are incrementally more accurate in times of heightened uncertainty for public P&C firms with higher institutional ownership or analyst following. These results corroborate the conjecture that managers’ decisions to provide more accurate forecasts in times of heightened uncertainty are attributable to an increased demand for better information by external stakeholders
