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We study the association between corporate governance and impression management in annual results press releases (ARPRs). Press releases constitute a timely vehicle to communicate firm performance to third parties. However, oftentimes, managers provide self-serving disclosures that attempt to...
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In this paper we focus on, for the period 1995-2007, the analysis of the variables that can affect thebehavior of target company shareholders in a takeover bid and how legislation can influence the sellingdecisions of the agents involved.For this analysis we review the theoretical and empirical...
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Many studies have examined the impact of various characteristics of the board of directors on firm value. However, little attention has been paid to the impact of female board membership on firm value, with the exception of a number of U.S. studies. The aim of this paper is to investigate this...
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We study accounting choice around firm-level collective agreement negotiations. Prior literature argues that managers … make income-decreasing accounting choices to limit the concessions made to trade unions. However, empirical research to … than accounting actions to minimize payments. In particular, we find evidence consistent with (i) managerial strategic …
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This paper examines the effect of accruals subjectivity on the way investors use the information contained in accruals to set the interest rates charged in debt contracts. To measure the degree of subjectivity involved in the estimation of accruals we use several indicators of their ex ante...
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independent experts are inefficient in reducing accounting manipulation in our sample, except when they are designated by …
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artificially smooth earnings and it¿s possible to reduce the stock¿s systematic risk manipulating accounting profits. El presente …
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The poor stock price performance of firms that raise capital through seasoned equity offerings is one of the recent puzzles in financial literature. In this study we investigate whether pre-issue earnings management can explain these results for rights issues in Spain. Consistent with this...
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A fundamental question about the analysis of financial information is the potential manipulations that could be introduced by insiders in the information that is revealed to investors. In this context, this article is focused on the analysis of abnormal accruals as a potential instrument to...
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In the advent of Customer Relationship Management, a more accurate profile of the consumer is needed. The objective of this paper is to show the usefulness of knowing consumer¿s complete utility function through his/her marginal utilities. This approach allows one to form groups of individuals...
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