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Scholars emphasize that poverty in Britain has risen sharply since the late 1970s. Meanwhile in the United States, both … official figures and traditional poverty scholars report sharp declines in poverty. We seek to provide a comparison of poverty …, or policy-account for the observed changes in poverty in the two nations and what role could policy play in reducing …
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This paper investigates the impact of market structure on the joint determination of exchange rate pass- through and currency of invoicing in international trade. A novel feature of the study is the focus on market share of firms on both sides of the market—that is, exporting firms and...
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This paper discusses the issues surrounding the proposals to conform financial accounting income and taxable income …. The two incomes diverged in the late 1990s with financial accounting income becoming increasingly greater than taxable … of earnings management for financial accounting and/or the tax sheltering of corporate income. Our paper outlines the …
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traders to build credits that generate a high level of accounting profits. Constructing opportunity-cost measures of profit … to identify the true sources of accounting profit and to challenge counterfeit earnings …
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version of the financial accounting for the tangible assets of a business firm. Economic analysis calls instead for the …
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This paper develops a signaling model in which accounting information improves real investment decisions. Pure cash …' interests. Accounting by prespecified, quot;objectivequot; rules alleviates the underinvestment problem …
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When self-interested agents compete for scarce resources, they often exaggerate the promise of their activities. As such, principals must consider both the quality of each opportunity and each agent's credibility. We show that principals are better off with less transparency because they gain...
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We investigate the impact of reporting regulation on corporate innovation activity. Exploiting thresholds in Europe's regulation and a major enforcement reform in Germany, we find that forcing a greater share of firms to publicly disclose their financial statements reduces firms' innovative...
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This paper comprehensively reviews Accounting for Income Taxes (AFIT). The first half provides background and a primer …
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This paper presents a simple agency model to explain why third-party income reporting by employers dramatically improves income tax enforcement. Modern firms have a large number of employees and carry out complex production tasks, which requires the use of accurate business records. Because such...
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