Evidence on the asymmetric timeliness in the reporting of good and bad news follows the argument that accountants tend to use discretionary accruals to over-recognise bad news in order to be conservative. The Greek reporting framework, before the adoption of International Accounting Standards,...

The aim of this paper is to examine the effect that Research and Development (R&D) expenditures have on a company's market value and earnings. Prior literature shows that R&D expenses have a positive impact on a firm's market performance, as well as a positive impact on a firm's earnings. The...

In this paper we investigate the value relevance of accounting information for the Greek listed companies for the period 1995-2009. For our purpose we examine the way that two accounting variables, earnings and book value, affect the share price. According to our findings from the statistical...

Purpose - Our purpose is to examine the impact of the financial crisis that occurred in the United States of America in 2008 on the value relevance of companies ‘financial statements. Also to examine what changed on the importance of the two most significant accounting variables, earnings and...

The aim of this paper is to examine the effect that Research and Development (R&D) expenditures have on a company’s market value and earnings. Prior literature shows that R&D expenses have a positive impact on a firm’s market performance, as well as a positive impact on a firm’s earnings....

The goal of this study is to investigate the impact of long-term debt on the value of the firm for international listed manufacturing firms. The testing period is based on quarterly data from 1999 to 2009, while 346 internationally listed firms are employed. The methodologies are those of panel...

In the research fields of earnings forecast and the behavior of cost accounts there aremany studies that indicate factors that affect earnings and factors that are affected by the costaccounts.Earnings affected by many factors as investments, cash flows, ROI, cost of capital, size, and...