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and accounting numbers. Managers communicate economically relevant information both verbally, in documents distributed and … communication that occurs in organizational contexts. We also explore possible ways in which accounting researchers can draw useful …
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This study adopts a two-step approach to highlight the disclosure quality channel that drives economic consequences of International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS] adoption. This approach helps address the identification challenge noted by prior research and offer direct evidence on the...
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In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) mandated the use of a fair value based measurement …
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We measure managerial affective states during earnings conference calls by analyzing conference call audio files using vocal emotion analysis software. We hypothesize and find that when managers are scrutinized by analysts during conference calls, positive and negative affect displayed by...
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accounting structures across the countries. We consider a country's legal tradition, institutional and accounting characteristics … the accrual anomaly is more likely to occur in countries where extensive use of accrual accounting is permitted, the …
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A number of recent studies assume market efficiency and hence interpret an association between stock returns and leading indicators as evidence of the contribution of such indicators to future earnings. We explicitly examine (i) whether one leading indicator - order backlog - has predictive...
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Articles in the financial press suggest that institutional investors are overly focused on short-term profitability leading mangers to manipulate earnings fearing that a short-term profit disappointment will lead institutions to liquidate their holdings. This paper shows, however, that the...
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Using a sample of banks, this study examines the capital market pricing implications of three components of loan fair values. We find that the nondiscretionary component is priced on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the discretionary component is assigned a significantly larger multiple and the noise...
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Using a sample of petroleum refining firms, this paper provides evidence that earnings sensitivity measures analogous to those mandated by the SEC's (1997) new market risk disclosure rules are positively associated with stock market determined oil price exposures. We also find that earnings...
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In this study we investigate the role played by managerial actions in explaining stock market returns and accounting … firms' post-IPO life stock market returns beyond that explained by accounting earnings. However, accounting earnings do not … explain variation in post-IPO stock returns. Thus, investors appear to supplement relatively meager accounting information …
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