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We analyse to what extent the accrual anomaly is related to the choice of the accounting system as well as firm … first corroborate former results indicating that the accrual anomaly is also present in Germany. However, this anomaly seems … reduce the accrual anomaly, shareholder monitoring is not. Apart from offering evidence related to the cross …
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We examined the impact of corporate diversification and financial structure on the firms' financial performance. We … product diversification and geographic diversification significantly affected the firms' financial performance. We further …
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The literature on portfolio selection and risk measurement has considerably advanced in recent years. The aim of the present paper is to trace the development of the literature and identify areas that require further research. This paper provides a literature review of the characteristics of...
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Grundpfeilern der Corporate Governance, einen wesentlichen Erfolgsfaktor zur Reduktion von Bilanzpolitik, zur Aufdeckung von …
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This paper aims to shed light on some of the major allocative consequences of financial market bubbles. In March 1997, the Neuer Markt in Germany opened. Six years later, in June 2003, it closed forever. In the interim period lay the spectacular rise and fall of the first and most important...
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This paper aims to investigate the association between firm’s corporate governance and financial attributes (namely, board of directors’ size, board of directors’ independence, chief executive officer (CEO) duality, ownership structure, audit type, firm’s size, firm’s return and...
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out to limit the managerial accruals discretion. The monitoring role exerted by the active-institutional investors does … value of discretionary accruals with regards to the absorbing firms proves to be influenced by the nature of merger deal …
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Cost and expense stickiness is an important issue in accounting and economics research, and the literature has shown that cost stickiness cannot be separated from managers' motivations. In this paper, we examine the effects that earnings management has on expense stickiness. Defining small...
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Unlike previous studies that focus on accrual-based earnings management, this study analyzes real activities …
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We analyze the effect of committee formation on how corporate boards perform two main functions: setting CEO pay and overseeing the financial reporting process. The use of performance-based pay schemes induces the CEO to manipulate earnings, which leads to an increased need for board oversight....
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