The business reporting standard XBRL offers the opportunity to easily extract and analyze a sufficient number of monetary items out of single annual reports for statistical analysis purposes. Using XBRL 10-K reports filed with the SEC EDGAR system, we derive first digit distributions for single...

This paper describes a simple way to integrate the debt tax shield into an accounting-based valuation model. The market value of equity is determined by forecasting residual operating income, which is calculated by charging operating income for the operating assets at a required return that...

Fälle wie der des insolventen amerikanischen Energiekonzerns Enron erwecken den Eindruck, dass Special Purpose Entities in erster Linie dazu gegründet werden, den Einblick Unternehmensexterner in die wirtschaftliche Lage eines Unternehmens zu begrenzen. Die kritische Einstellung zu solchen...

This article examines the influence of CEO changes in large German companies manifested in their financial statements during three defined phases of the turnover process. It is shown that the conflicting results in previous research might have stemmed from not differing among turnover reasons....

Statistical analysis of financial statements has reached a high degree of sophistication. But Consolidated financial statements of a group of companies seem to be resistent against these attempts. Analysts suspect that these statements can legally be manipulated to such an extent that they...

Die Auseinandersetzung mit Pensionsverpflichtungen gehört zu den Kontrollaufgaben des Aufsichtsrates, und bei der Ausgestaltung der betrieblichen Altersvorsorge besitzt der Betriebsrat ein gesetzliches Mitbestimmungsrecht. Als Informationsgrundlage steht Aufsichts- und Betriebsräten für die...