Khallaf, Ashraf; Kannan, Yezen - In: China journal of accounting research : CJAR 17 (2024) 2, pp. 1-20
We investigate how the accounting treatment of intangible assets on managers' likelihood of issuing voluntary earnings guidance (MEF). We find that unrecognized intangibles (immediately expensed) are negatively associated with MEF issuance, while recognized intangibles (capitalized) show a...