This study examines the relation between narrative risk disclosures and accounting conservatism by utilizing the SEC's 2005 mandate that firms disclose “the most significant factors that make the company speculative or risky” in their 10-K filings. By viewing such risk factor disclosures...

We examine the relation between the use of collateral and accounting conservatism for a sample of Chinese firms during 2001 to 2006. China provides a powerful setting for testing the direct effect of accounting conservatism on collateral requirements because of the government's tight control...

Risk measures in finance and insurance -- Fixed-probability level in a diffusion model -- Fixed-probability level in an exceptional renewal model -- Implicit function defined by M-equation -- Fixed-probability level in general renewal model -- Case study : numerical evaluation of...

This paper investigates the association between investor sentiment and accounting conservatism. We find that managers recognize economic losses in earnings in a more timely manner during periods of high investor sentiment. Further, the sentiment-conservatism relation is stronger for firms with...