This study examines the relationship between the internal corporate governance mechanism related to the board of directors, the audit committee characteristics and the performance of the Saudi companies listed in the Saudi stock exchange (TADAWL) in 2010, excluding financial companies. The...

This paper empirically and critically investigates the issue of creative accounting in financial reporting. It not only analyzes the ethical responsibility of creative accounting but also focuses on other factors which influence the financial reporting like role of auditors, role of government...

Our paper examines the origins, growth, and the development of accounting practices and disclosures in Pakistan and the factors that influenced them. We traced the early days of accounting in the Indian subcontinent and the British colonial influence over the accounting of newly independent...

The main goal of this particular research was to assess whether the listed companiesin Spain behave differently in bad economic times versus good economic times. In this regard, thesmoothing behavior of Spanish listed firms was examined. The results obtained document for the2008-2009 financial...

In a modern economy SMEs have to function beside the large enterprises in anefficient way. Both large enterprises and small enterprises have a role and weighted well defined onthe market, in the light of the priorities on which the economy and social structure requires. In theperiod of crisis,...

Companies can increase executive compensation by allowing dividends to be paid on unvested restricted stocks grants, also known as stealth compensation. Examining all S&P 500 firms over the period 2003–2007, we find that more than half of the dividend paying firms allow this practice. We look...

This paper identifies a distinct immediate announcement period negative relation between earnings announcement surprises and aggregate market returns. Such a relation implies that market participants use earnings information in forming expectations about expected aggregate discount rates and,...

In this teaching note I list some suggestions that might be useful to take into account when forecasting financial statements departing from historical data. The ideas presented in this note are the result of advising undergraduate and graduate students in the course Econ 195.96/295.96...

This paper analyses value-investing strategies based on the residual income valuation approach which has become popular due to the work of Ohlson (1995) and Feltham and Ohlson (1995) for the German stock market. Plenty of empirical evidence shows that it is possible to earn positive abnormal...

The paper aims to investigate the intricate relationship between accounting information systems, managerialism and accountability in Local Governments. The exploratory case study was conducted using a mix of method both qualitative and quantitative, in the context of a medium-size Italian...