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A measurement approach to conservatism and earnings management

Gao, Pingyang - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 55 (2013) 2, pp. 251-268

This paper formalizes a two-step representation of accounting measurement and uses it to formalize a general rationale for conservatism as a measurement principle. A transaction's economic substance manifests itself in characteristics of the transaction, and an accounting rule is a mapping from...

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From low-quality reporting to financial crises: Politics of disclosure regulation along the economic cycle

Bertomeu, Jeremy; Magee, Robert P. - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 52 (2011) 2, pp. 209-227

This paper examines how financial reporting regulations affect, and respond to, macroeconomic cycles by exploring a positive framework in which regulators subject to political pressures respond to cyclical demands by borrowers and lenders. We establish that, as economic conditions initially...

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Accounting standards and debt covenants: Has the “balance sheet approach” led to a decline in the use of balance sheet covenants?

Demerjian, Peter R. - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 52 (2011) 2, pp. 178-202

Recent years have seen a sharp decline in the use of balance sheet-based covenants in private debt contracts. I hypothesize that changes in accounting standards can explain part of this decline. Standard setting has shifted towards a “balance sheet approach”, which I predict has made the...

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The unintended consequences of PCAOB auditing Standard Nos. 2 and 3 on the reliability of preliminary earnings releases

Bronson, Scott N.; Hogan, Chris E.; Johnson, Marilyn F.; … - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 51 (2011) 1, pp. 95-114

Implementation of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standards No. 2 on internal control and No. 3 on documentation has delayed audit completion. However, due to market demand for timely disclosures, most firms maintain the same preliminary earnings release date even though the...

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Does investment efficiency improve after the disclosure of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting?

Cheng, Mei; Dhaliwal, Dan; Zhang, Yuan - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 56 (2013) 1, pp. 1-18

We provide more direct evidence on the causal relation between the quality of financial reporting and investment efficiency. We examine the investment behavior of a sample of firms that disclosed internal control weaknesses under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We find that prior to the disclosure,...

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Research in accounting for income taxes

Graham, John R.; Raedy, Jana S.; Shackelford, Douglas A. - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 53 (2012) 1, pp. 412-434

This paper comprehensively reviews the Accounting for Income Taxes (AFIT) literature. We begin by identifying four distinctive aspects of AFIT and briefly covering the rules surrounding AFIT. We then review the existing studies in detail and offer suggestions for future research. We emphasize...

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The valuation impact of reconciling pro forma earnings to GAAP earnings

Zhang, Huai; Zheng, Liu - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 51 (2011) 1, pp. 186-202

Regulation G requires all companies to quantitatively reconcile pro forma earnings with GAAP earnings. This paper provides three findings related to the impact of reconciliations on mispricing of pro forma earnings. First, prior to Reg G, we find that mispricing of pro forma earnings is limited...

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Mandatory IFRS reporting and changes in enforcement

Christensen, Hans B.; Hail, Luzi; Leuz, Christian - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 56 (2013) 2, pp. 147-177

In recent years, reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) became mandatory in many countries …, across all countries, mandatory IFRS reporting had little impact on liquidity. The liquidity effects around IFRS introduction … reporting enforcement. There is little evidence of liquidity benefits in IFRS countries without substantive enforcement changes …

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Evidence on differences between recognition and disclosure: A comparison of inputs to estimate fair values of employee stock options

Choudhary, Preeti - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 51 (2011) 1, pp. 77-94

I investigate reliability differences across recognition and disclosure regimes to shed light on differing incentives and reporting of employee stock option (ESO) fair values. I compare ESO fair values based on firm-reported inputs with ESO fair values based on benchmark inputs, estimated...

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Estimation sample selection for discretionary accruals models

Ecker, Frank; Francis, Jennifer; Olsson, Per; Schipper, … - In: Journal of Accounting and Economics 56 (2013) 2, pp. 190-211

We examine how the criteria for choosing estimation samples affect the ability to detect discretionary accruals, using several variants of the Jones (1991) model. Researchers commonly estimate accruals models in cross-section, and define the estimation sample as all firms in the same industry....

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