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We study the consequences of mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards for earnings quality. On transitioning from local GAAP to IFRS, firms can make strategic balance sheet adjustments that in turn affect future reported earnings. We predict that earnings quality after...
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This study investigates whether the 2009 German Accounting Law Modernization Act has affected the reporting and accounting practices of German private firms. In reforming German accounting standards, numerous accounting options were deleted, several accounting rules were transferred from IFRS to...
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composition per category are analysed. A specific look on the classification of equity instruments as well as potential changes in … maturity of long term investments in loans and bonds are taken. It can be shown that the equity investments usually are not … transition impact from the incurred loss to the expected loss model with a focus on the allocation of assets to the newly …
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A topic of recent interest in accounting research has been the investigation of the role of fair value accounting (FVA) in the global financial crisis. This research focused on finding a link during the crisis time-period and often states that “accounting is only a messenger”. The model...
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level of public finance) in weak equity-outsider markets (capital markets where public equity finance is not the dominant …
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valuation. Consistent with these perceptions, we find that total assets and book value of equity, as well as variability of book …
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We investigate how managers smooth volatility in balance sheets, using the pension accounting change IAS 19R as a shock to balance sheet volatility. This shock increases pension plans' funding transparency, which is the source of volatility, without targeting actual plan funding. We find that...
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narrower picture for further 37 countries and territories. Comprehensive PSBSs bring together all the accumulated assets and … liabilities that governments control, including public corporations, natural resources, and pension liabilities. They therefore … allow better balance sheet management, thereby potentially increasing return on assets, reducing risks and the costs of …
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We use a unique matched tax return-financial statement data set to examine the magnitude and sources of book-tax differences in Germany. For the first time, the data set enables us to evaluate the extent to which financial and tax accounting differ in Germany in the most accurate manner. Despite...
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