1 Introduction -- 2 The family business -- 3 Earnings management in family firms -- 4 Accounting conservatism in family firms -- 5 Corporate disclosure in family firms -- 6 The relationship between accounting choice and family business: What is the role of culture? -- 7 Conclusions.

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Conducting an experiment Theresa Herrmann investigates why nonprofessional investors fail to incorporate disclosures on fair value estimates into their investment decision and what causes this exclusion. Differentiating between different types of disclosures and the development of the fair value...

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