Participation in the FASB's standard-setting process and the Big-4 accounting firms' extent and motivations for lobbying using textual analysis

BIG-4 ACCOUNTING FIRMS’ EXTENT AND MOTIVATIONS FOR LOBBYING USING TEXTUAL ANALYSIS by Amy K. Lysak A Dissertation submitted to the Graduate School-Newark Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Program in written under the direction of Dr. Carolyn Levine and approved by Dr. Carolyn Levine Dr. Bharat Sarath Dr. Feng Gao Dr. Steven Balsam