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How experiences of fraud impact support for financial regulation | Coffee break research at LSE

Accounting scholars have long been interested in understanding the forces that shape financial regulation.
Accounting scholars have long been interested in understanding the forces that shape financial regulation.
Tuesday 19 November 2024 | 16 minutes 15 seconds
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Accounting scholars have long been interested in understanding the forces that shape financial regulation. Dr Alexandra Scherf examines how legislators’ personal exposure to financial fraud affects their support for legislation that tightens financial regulation. She suggests that legislators are more likely to vote in favour of financial regulation after being exposed to fraud, highlighting a personal – rather than professional – factor than can affect oversight of the US financial sector.

"How Does Judges' Personal Exposure to Financial Fraud Affect White-Collar Sentencing?", Nguyen, Trung, Raghunandan, Aneesh and Scherf, Alexa (2024), Journal of Accounting Research, https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/124397/

Alexandra Scherf is Assistant Professor of Accounting at LSE.

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Read more about LSE research in Research for the World, our online social science magazine: https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world

Accounting scholars have long been interested in understanding the forces that shape financial regulation. Dr Alexandra Scherf examines how legislators’ personal exposure to financial fraud affects their support for legislation that tightens financial regulation. She suggests that legislators are more likely to vote in favour of financial regulation after being exposed to fraud, highlighting a personal – rather than professional – factor than can affect oversight of the US financial sector.

"How Does Judges' Personal Exposure to Financial Fraud Affect White-Collar Sentencing?", Nguyen, Trung, Raghunandan, Aneesh and Scherf, Alexa (2024), Journal of Accounting Research, https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/124397/

Alexandra Scherf is Assistant Professor of Accounting at LSE.

Find out more about the LSE Research Showcase events: https://www.lse.ac.uk/researchshowcase

Read more about LSE research in Research for the World, our online social science magazine: https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world