Last update: 2020. All opinions are my own.

1. Overview

This thesis examines how U.S. public firms adjust narrative disclosures after data breaches, focusing on managerial discretion and information asymmetry.

2. Research Question

How do breach events influence the tone and structure of 10-K narrative disclosures, and what does that imply about transparency?

3. Methodology

  • Built a dataset linking breach events to firm filings.
  • Applied econometric models to test disclosure changes.
  • Validated results with alternative specifications.

4. Outputs

  • Undergraduate thesis project and 2019/2020 INNCYYBER Innovation Award.
  • Studied disclosure behavior in corporate 10-K reports.
  • Final grade: 9.7/10.

5. Skills and Tools

  • R (Tidyverse, ggplot, lubridate, PostgreSQL)
  • Fuzzy matching
  • Econometrics and statistics (DID, Logit, Fixed Effects)

6. Resources