We systematically examine which characteristics of a business opportunity - such as the likelihoods of potential gains and losses - affect managers' perception of risk and attractiveness. In an online experiment with a sample of 4,287 managers from smalland medium-sized enterprises in Denmark,...

We systematically examine which characteristics of a business opportunity - such as the likelihoods of potential gains and losses - affect managers' perception of risk and attractiveness. In an online experiment with a sample of 4,287 managers from smalland medium-sized enterprises in Denmark,...

This paper examines employee flows and the association with firm earnings and interest rates. We use administrative employer–employee matched panel data from Denmark spanning 17 years and hence exploit actual data on arriving (labor inflows) and departing (labor outflows) employees. Five...

This study seeks first to examine how firms implement impairment tests as required by IAS 36, and second, to explore factors which may explain why some firms are not entirely in compliance with IAS 36. It is based on a survey which includes 58 completed questionnaires representing 73% of the...

This paper examines whether owner-managers of small firms use their compensation strategically to change reported earnings. We identify an institutional setting, Denmark, in which the owner-manager has the discretion to shift compensation from salary to dividends and hence increase reported...