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This study investigates the determinants of firms' decision to impair goodwill under IFRS. Our empirical analysis is … where firms apply IFRS. We specifically investigate which role national enforcement systems play for firms' decisions … whether or not to impair goodwill. We find that firms' decisions are related to measures of performance, but also to proxies …
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Whether fair value accounting should be used in financial reporting has been the subject of debate for many years. A key dimension to this debate is whether fair value earnings can provide information to financial statement users that is helpful in making their economic decisions. A criticism of...
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This study investigates the determinants of goodwill impairment decisions by firms applying IFRS based on a … comprehensive sample of stock-listed firms from 21 countries. Multivariate logistical regression findings indicate that goodwill …-level incentives. In addition, whereas goodwill impairment tends to be timely for firms in high enforcement countries, firms in low …
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This study addresses whether firms' share prices correctly reflect two accounting measures, dirty surplus and really dirty surplus. Dirty surplus is readily observable from the financial statements, but really dirty surplus, which arises from recognizing equity transactions such as employee...
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We directly test the reliability and relevance of fair values reported by listed private equity firms (LPEs), where the unit of account for the fair value measurement (FVM) is an investment stake in an individual investee company. FVMs are observable for multiple investment stakes, fair values...
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