Standard equity valuation approaches (i.e., DDM, RIM, and DCF model) are derived under theassumption of ideal conditions, such as infinite payoffs and clean surplus accounting. Becausethese conditions are hardly ever met, we extend the standard approaches, based on thefundamental principle of...

Random Utility Maximization (RUM) models of recreation demand are typically plaguedby limited information on environmental and other attributes characterizing the available sitesin the choice set. To the extent that these unobserved site attributes are correlated with theobserved characteristics...

Efficient applications of expert systems to project risk management problemsare seldom, if not unusual. In this paper we overcome this lack by using the probabilisticexpert system shell SPIRIT. The rule-based shell’s power in conditioning, inference andreasoning under incomplete information...

The Paper analyzes wheather mandatory auditor rotation is means to reduce an expectation gap caused by moral hazard problems. The analysis is divided into two parts with reference to the two different types of auditor rotation systems: (1) rotation of audit firms, and (2) rotation of audit...

In diesem Forschungsprojekt werden verschiedene Formen der marktwertbasierten Residualgewinnermittlung (Refined Economic Value Added, Residual Economic Income) sowohl bezogen auf ihren Informationsgehalt als auch auf ihre Anreizwirkung im Kontext des Beteiligungscontrolling dem traditionell...

With the adoption and spreading use of IFRS, controllership as part of the overallaccounting and finance function in German-speaking countries has been subject tofundamental changes. From a conceptual point of view, IFRS-based financialaccounting systems have a twofold impact on controllership:...