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Auditor resignations are considered more negative signals than auditor dismissals, but firms' self-reported distinction between the two may not offer a complete or reliable representation of the nature of the auditor change. 8-K regulations require the disclosure of the adjournment of an audit...
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The decade-long debate on required book-tax conformity has centered on three areas: the information content of earnings, the incentive to engage in earnings management, and the costs of compliance. While the first two have been studied extensively, studies on the effect that conformity may have...
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This paper examines whether former auditors on the audit committee constrain earnings management in the banking industry. Given the complexity and the size of banking organizations, it can be argued that the audit committees of large banks should possess a higher level of financial expertise...
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This paper analyzes the relationship between a firm's demand for different quality auditors and opportunities for earnings management.In our model, the firm simultaneously chooses the bias it introduces into its pre-audited earnings and the quality of its auditor. We show that firms that choose...
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In 2004 German legislation established the Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel. In 147 cases since then, the panel has ordered the announcement of errors in previously disclosed and audited financial statements of German firms. We use this unique dataset to evaluate the consequences of...
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We examine the effects of audit quality on earnings management and cost of equity capital for two groups of Chinese firms: state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and non-state-owned enterprises (NSOEs). The differences in the nature of the ownership, agency relations and bankruptcy risks lead SOEs to...
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accounting harmonization by way of IFRS adoption, this paper reviews selected literatures on consequences of IFRS adoption. This … Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Norway, Greece, Poland, Belgian, France, Italy, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Jordan …
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This paper presents empirical evidence on applied analysis interdependences with created accounting policies and … financial indicators, non financial indicators, enterprise resource planning and management accounting insight frequencies …. Recently, standard setters (International Accounting Standards Board and International Federation of Accountants) have …
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In this paper, we investigate whether the use of accounting conservatism in India decreases IPO underpricing, which is … implication of accounting conservatism for IPOs. Based on a regression analysis of 527 firms that went public through IPOs of "A … conservatism and under-pricing is robust to alternative measures of accounting conservatism, mean regressions, sample exclusions …
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consequences of mandatory IFRS adoption in Europe in terms of accounting conservatism. Indeed, a mandatory adoption setting may … control for firm-level reporting incentives when gauging the effects of a change in accounting standards. However, companies … still have some flexibility in their choice of auditor, and the later has a significant say on the accounting policy. We use …
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