English Abstract: The long-horizon event study methodology is used to document the severe impact of the US subprime mortgage crisis on the Colombian economy. The estimated parameter of a constant mean return model is used to derive the “abnormal return” on the market portfolios of Colombia...

The purpose of this research is to examine the international insertion of Brazilian banking system, in comparison with the South Korean and Mexican experiences. Since the second half of the 1990s, these countries deepened the financial integration between their economies and international...

The purpose of this research is to examine the international insertion of Brazilian banking system, in comparison with the South Korean and Mexican experiences. Since the second half of the 1990s, these countries deepened the financial integration between their economies and international...

Motivado pelas dificuldades do financiamento público das universidades, a contabilidade de gestão, ao ser um efectivo sistema de apuramento de custos (Jarrar, Smith e Dolley, 2007), tem cada vez maior relevância na administração das universidades. Neste livro apresenta-se um modelo de...

O novo modelo de normalização contabilística designado por Sistema de Normalização Contabilística (SNC), aprovado pelo Decreto-Lei n. 158/2009, de 13 de Julho, com entrada em vigor a partir de 01 de Janeiro de 2010, veio trazer à comunidade técnica uma nova realidade contabilística e de...

Bien souvent, les recherches en contrôle de gestion n'accordent pas la même importance à la qualité des mesures utilisées que d'autres domaines de la gestion (lemarketing notamment). Pourtant, la qualité de la mesure peut largement influencer les résultats d'une recherche. Ainsi une...

Neste artigo elabora-se uma abordagem empírica, com recurso a técnicas econométricas apropriadas para dados em painel, que visa contribuir para a redução (ou mesmo eliminação) do desvio entre os valores contabilístico e de mercado das empresas. Tendo por base 20 das empresas que mais...

This study tests the value relevance of R&D expenses for the Portuguese context. The methodology adopted is based on econometric models, and takes into consideration the kind of information companies display and the adoption of IASB accounting standards in 2005. The empirical evidence suggests...

In this paper I analyze the interaction between firms’ earnings management behavior and conservatism. I predict that firms having conservatism-related bad news in the period have more pervasive earnings management than firms having good news. Departing from Burgstahler and Dichev (1997)...

This paper discusses the sign of the expected measurement error in discretionary accruals (DAC) estimates when accrual models do not control for the asymmetric treatment of gains and losses underlying conservatism. I find that DAC in firms with “bad news” are expected to be understated...