Den Patten
Professor Emeriti
Accounting

Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 301
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- Education
- Research
PhD Accounting
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
MS Accounting
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
BS Accounting
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Conference Proceeding
Crampton, W., & Patten, D. Corporate Web Page Financial Disclosures by Small Businesses. Hawaii International Conference on Business (2002)
Journal Article
Antonini, C., Olczak, W., & Patten, D. Corporate Climate Change Disclosure During the Trump Administration: Evidence from Standalone CSR Reports. Accounting Forum 45.2 (2021): 118-141.
Patten, D. Seeking Legitimacy. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 11.6 (2020): 1009-1021.
Blanc, R., Branco, M., & Patten, D. Cultural Secrecy and Anti-Corruption Disclosure in Large Multinational Companies. Australian Accounting Review 29.2 (2019): 438-448.
Michelon, G., Patten, D., & Romi, A. Creating Legitimacy for Sustainability Assurance Practices: Evidence from Sustainability Restatements. European Accounting Review 28.2 (2019): 395-422.
Patten, D., & Shin, H. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal's Contributions to Sustainability Disclosure Research: A Review and Assessment. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 10.1 (2019): 26-40.
Ren, Y., & Patten, D. The Impact of Governmental Pressure on Corporate Corruption Spending: Evidence from China. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 39.2 (2019): 124-136.
Birkey, R., Islam, M., Guidry, R., & Patten, D. Mandated Social Disclosure: An Analysis of the Response to the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010. Journal Of Business Ethics 152.3 (2018): 827-841.
Sankara, J., Patten, D., & Lindberg, D. Mandated Social Disclosure: Evidence that Investors Perceive Poor Quality as Increasing Social and Political Cost Exposures. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 10.1 (2018): 208-228.
Birkey, R., Guidry, R., & Patten, D. Does CSR Reporting Really Impact FERCs?. Accounting and the Public Interest 17.1 (2017): 144-162.
Blanc, R., Islam, M., Patten, D., & Branco, M. Corporate Anti-Corruption Disclosure: An Examination of the Impact of Media Exposure and Country-Level Press Freedom. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal 40.8 (2017): 1746-1770.
Blanc, R., Patten, D., & Branco, M. Market Reactions to Transparency International Reports on Corporate Anti-Corruption. Accounting and the Public Interest 16.1 (2017): 84-99.
Lee, W., Birkey, R., & Patten, D. Exposing Students to Environmental Sustainability in Accounting: An Analysis of Its Impacts in a U.S. Setting. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 37.2 (2017): 81-96.
Liesen, A., Figge, F., Hoepner, A., & Patten, D. Climate Change and Asset Prices: Are Corporate Carbon Disclosure and Performance Priced Appropriately?. Journal Of Business Finance & Accounting 44.1/2 (2017): 35-62.
Negre, E., Verdier, M., Cho, C., & Patten, D. Disclosure Strategies and Investor Reactions to Downsizing Announcements: A Legitimacy Perspective. Journal Of Accounting And Public Policy 36.3 (2017): 239-257.
Yook, K., Song, H., Patten, D., & Kim, I. The Disclosure of Environmental Conservation Costs and Its Relation to Eco-efficiency: Evidence from Japan. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 8.3 (2017): 20-42.
Birkey, R., Michelon, G., Patten, D., & Sankara, J. Does assurance on CSR reporting enhance environmental reputation? An examination in the U.S. context. Accounting Forum 40.3 (2016): 143-152.
Guidry, R., Islam, A., Patten, D., & Birkey, R. Mandated Social Disclosure: An Analysis of the Response to the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010. Journal Of Business Ethics (2016)
Vourvachis, P., Woodward, T., Woodward, D., & Patten, D. CSR Disclosure in Response to Major Airline Accidents: A Legitimacy-Based Exploration. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 7.1 (2016): 26-43.
Zhao, N., & Patten, D. An Exploratory Analysis of Managerial Perceptions of Social and Environmental Reporting in China: Evidence from State-Owned Enterprises in Beijing. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 7.1 (2016): 80-98.
Chauvey, J., Giodarno-Spring, S., Cho, C., & Patten, D. The Normativity and Legitimacy of CSR Disclosure: Evidence from France. Journal Of Business Ethics 130.4 (2015): 789-803.
Chen, J., Chen, J., & Patten, D. Manipulative Environmental Disclosure: Further Analysis of Corporate Projections of Environmental Capital Speding. Accounting and the Public Interest 14.1 (2015): 87-109.
Cho, C., Michelon, G., Patten, D., & Roberts, R. CSR Disclosure: The More Things Change . . .?. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal 28.1 (2015): 14-35.
Liesen, A., Hoepner, A., Patten, D., & Figge, F. Does Stakeholder Pressure Influence Corporate GHG Emissions Reporting? Empirical Evidence from Europe. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal 28.7 (2015): 1047-1074.
Patten, D. An Insider's Reflection on Quantitative Research in the Social and Environmental Domain. Critical Perspectives On Accounting 32 (2015): 45-50.
Patten, D., Ren, Y., & Zhao, N. Standalone CSR Reporting in China: An Exploratory Analysis of Its Relation to Legitimation. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal 35.1 (2015): 17-31.
Presentations
Does society trump Trump? Climate Change Disclosure during the Trump Administration. 31st International Conference on Social and Environmental Accounting Research. (2019)
Further Exploration of the Impact of Environmental Disclosure: The Market Reaction to the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. CSEAR Summer Congress. (2018)
Seeking Legitimacy. CSEAR North American Congress. (2018)
Corporate Anti-Corruption Disclosure: An Examination of the Impact of Media Exposure and Country-Level Press Freedom. CSEAR France Congress. (2015)
CSR Disclosure in China: An Analysis of Recent Standalone Reporting. CSEAR North American Congress. (2014)
The Age of Discovery, Simon & Garfunkle, and Quantitative SEA Research: Reflections and Connections on My Cargo Cult Science. GECAMB Portuguese Conference. (2014)
Corporate projections of environmental capital spending: Further analysis of its incidence and its realtion to legitimation. CSEAR Summer Congress. (2013)
Does Today's CSR Disclosure Differ from that of the 1970s? An Empirical Analysis. European Accounting Association Annual Congress. (2013)
Standalone CSR Reporting by U.S. Retail Companies: An Analysis of the Practice and Its Impact. CSEAR North American Congress. (2013)
Welcome to My World. Now, %(*&)#), Get it Right. CSEAR France Congress. (2013)
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and the Informativeness of Future Earnings: An Alternative Argument. CSEAR Summer Congress. (2012)
Initiating Disclosure of Environmental Liability Information: An Empirical Analysis of Firm Choice. CSEAR North American Congress. (2011)
The Informational Quality of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure: An Exploratory Analysis. CSEAR Summer Congress. (2011)
White Tigers, Zoos, and Sustainability Reporting: A Cynical Reflection. American Accounting Association - Public Interest Section. (2011)
CSR Research in Accounting: The Pursuit of Corporat Social and Environmental Accountability. University of Washington Academic Conference on Social Responsibility. (2010)
Do Actions Speak Louder than Words? An Empirical Investigation of Corporate Environmental Reputation. CSEAR Summer Congress. (2010)
Evironmental Reputation and the Financial Halo Effect. North American Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research Conference. (2010)
Corporate Disclosure of Environmental Capital Expenditures: A Test of Alternative Theories. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting. (2009)
Islands, Frogs, and the Social and Environmental Accounting Community. CSEAR Australasia. (2009)
Market Reactions to the First-Time Issuance of Corporate Social Responsibility Reports. American Accounting Association Midwest Regional Meeting. (2009)
Sustainability Reporting and Perceptions of Corporate Reputation: An Analysis Using Fortune Most Admired Scores. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting. (2009)
The Use (and Misuse) of Graphs in Corporate Sustainability Reports: An International Comparison. CSEAR Summer Congress. (2009)