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Gavin Cassar
Malta, Australia

Associate Professor of Accounting and Control

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Discussion of The Value of Financial Statement Verification in Debt Financing: Evidence from Private U.S. Firms, Journal of Accounting Research Vol. 49, N°2, pp 507-528, May 2011 (Journal Articles)
Hedge Funds: Pricing Controls and the Smoothing of Self-reported Returns, Review of Financial Studies Vol. 24, N°5, pp 1698-1734, May 2011 (Journal Articles)
Determinants of Hedge Fund Internal Controls and Fees, The Accounting Review Vol. 85, N°6, pp 1887-1919, November 2010 (Journal Articles)
Are Individuals Entering Self-employment overly Optimistic? An Empirical Test of Plans and Projections on Nascent Entrepreneur Expectations, Strategic Management Journal Vol. 31, N°8, pp 822-840, August 2010 (Journal Articles)
An Investigation of Hindsight Bias in Nascent Venture Activity, Journal of Business Venturing Vol. 24, N°2, pp 149-164, March 2009 (Journal Articles)
Initial Retention of External Accountants in Start-up Ventures, European Accounting Review Vol. 18, N°2, pp 313-340, January 2009 (Journal Articles)
Financial Statement and Projection Preparation in Start-up Ventures, The Accounting Review Vol. 84, N°1, pp 27-41, January 2009 (Journal Articles)
Does Self-Efficacy Affect Entrepreneurial Investment?, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Vol. 3, N°3, pp 241-260, January 2009 (Journal Articles)
Budgets, Internal Reports, and Manager Forecast Accuracy, Contemporary Accounting Research Vol. 25, N°3, pp 707-738, October 2008 (Journal Articles)
Forecast Rationality in Small Firms, Journal of Small Business Management Vol. 45, N°3, pp 283-302, July 2007 (Journal Articles)

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Gavin Cassar is an Associate Professor of Accounting and Control at INSEAD, which he joined in 2012. Before joining INSEAD he was a member of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania faculty. Gavin received his PhD in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and his Bachelor of Commerce (with First Class Honours) from the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Professor Cassar's research is centered on the role of information, especially financial, in settings of high uncertainty and opacity. In particular, he explores how entrepreneurs and hedge fund managers use information for their decision making needs and contracting with investors. His research has been published in top-tier accounting, finance, management, and entrepreneurship academic journals including The Accounting Review, Review of Financial Studies, Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Business Venturing. He is an editor of the Journal of Business Venturing and on the editorial boards of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Journal of Small Business Management.

Professor Cassar primarily teaches management accounting concepts across several programmes and is the recipient of several teaching awards including The David W. Hauck Award for Outstanding Teaching, which is the most prestigious teaching award at Wharton.