Styles of regulators: evidence from the SEC's comment letters

• Main Authors: Do, Peter Truc Thuc, Zhang, Huai
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Business::Operations management; Regulation Enforcement; Comment Letters
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160076
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We investigate whether individual securities regulators exhibit personal styles in their work, a question of importance to corporate executives and capital market participants. Using the SEC's comment letters as our setting, we find that SEC staff members exhibit unique personal “styles.” We ma...