This paper examines the provision of managerial investment incentives by an accounting based incentive scheme in a multiperiod agency setting in which an impatient manager has to choose between mutually exclusive investment projects. We study the properties of accounting rules that motivate an...

Capital rationing is an empirically well-documented phenomenon. This constraint requiresmanagers to make investment decisions between mutually exclusive investmentopportunities. In a multiperiod agency setting, this paper analyses accounting rules thatprovide managerial incentives for efficient...

Vor dem Hintergrund allgemeiner Bedingungen der Anreizkompatibilität wird für verschiedenen Kapitalmarktmodelle untersucht, ob zwischen den Anteilseignern eines Unternehmens Einmütigkeit besteht und, wenn ja, mit welchem Unternehmensziel der finanzielle Nutzen der Anteilseigner maximiert...

This paper develops a signalling game in which the decision to raise public equityis a real option of the …rm. Firms may use multiple signals to reveal their type:the timing of the IPO, the fraction of shares issued and the underpricing of shares.The model provides a tractable approach for...

Earnings less riskfree Interest Charge (ERIC) is a new residual income concept forValue Based Management (VBM), which takes the true risk and time preferences ofshareholders into account. In this paper management based on ERIC is discussedfrom a theoretical and from a more practical point of...

This paper investigates whether firms employing IAS or US GAAP exhibit measurable differences in proxies for information asymmetry and market liquidity. Sample firms are drawn from the "New Market" at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. All firms listed in this market segment are required to provide...

In der Literatur zur Abschlußprüfung ist ein negativer Effekt eines ökonomischen Vorteils aus der wiederholten Mandatsannahme, der aufgrund von Transaktionskosten entsteht, auf die Unabhängigkeit des Abschlußprüfers diskutiert worden. Anders als die bisher vorgestellten Ansätze wird im...

During the last years issues of strategic management accounting have received widespread attention in the accounting literature. Yet the conceptual foundation of most proposals is not clear. This paper presents a theoretical analysis of one of the most prominent approaches of strategic...

Der Beitrag erweitert die jüngste Diskussion um die Eignung verschiedener Verrechnungspreissysteme zur Handels- und Investitionssteuerung in zwei Richtungen. Zum einen wird die Leistungsfähigkeit kostenbasierter Verrechnungspreise analysiert, falls die unmittelbaren Erfolgswirkungen...

Incentives often fail in inducing economic agents to engage in a desirableactivity; implementability is restricted. What restricts implementability?When does re-organization help to overcome this restriction?This paper shows that any restriction of implementabilityis caused by an identification...