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We investigate whether bank performance during the credit crisis of 2008 is related to CEOincentives and share ownership before the crisis and whether CEOs reduced their equity stakes intheir banks in anticipation of the crisis. There is no evidence that banks with CEOs whoseincentives were...
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We document accounting quality improvements following voluntary IFRS adoption.However, we find no evidence of such improvements subsequent to mandatory adoptionby firms that resist IFRS adoption. We exploit a unique setting in Germany where firmscould voluntarily adopt IFRS before mandatory...
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Die Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Europäischen Ratesvom 19. Juli 2002 kodifizierte die Pflicht zur Anwendung der InternationalFinancial Reporting Standards (IFRS) auf Konzernabschlüsse kapitalmarktorientierterUnternehmen ab dem Jahr 2005 bzw. 2007. In Deutschland sinddie...
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Durch die zunehmende Verflechtung der Weltwirtschaft hat die deutscheRechnungslegung in den vergangenen Jahren einen grundlegenden Wandelerfahren. Seit dem 01.01.2005 sind alle kapitalmarktorientierten Konzernmutterunternehmenzur Aufstellung ihres Konzernabschlusses nach den Normender IAS/IFRS...
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Maßnahmen des EU-Aktionsplans für Finanzdienstleisungen, insbesondere die IAS-Verodrnung, bedeuten einen großen Enschnitt für alle kapitalmarktorientierten Unternehmen in der EU.Die Bundesregierung setzt nun ...
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Im April 1997 hat ein Steering Committee des International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) als ersten Schritt für die Entwicklung eines International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) im Bereich Versicherungen mit der Erarbeitung eines "Issues Paper" begonnen. Das "Issues Paper" wurde...
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Directors’ Dealings have been extensively analysed especially for U.S. and U.K.stock markets. This event study is meant to bridge the gap for Germany, Italy andthe Netherlands. The question to be investigated is whether board members andother company insiders earn abnormal returns with market...
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In this paper we study information revelation on asset markets with endogenousand exogenous information. Our results indicate that superior informationcan only be exploited in the beginning of trading. Information disseminateson the market and informational advantages are counter-balancedover...
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This paper provides an analysis of legal insider trading on the Euronext Amsterdamstock exchange by using data published in the register held by the AFM, the dutchfinancial markets authority. The sample includes 822 transactions executed bycorporate insiders between the beginning of January 1999...
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Does legal insider trading contribute to market efficiency? Using the refinementproposed by the recent microstructure literature, we analyze the information contentof legal insider trading. Our sample encompasses 2,110 different companies subject to59,244 aggregated daily insider trades over the...
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