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According to optimal contracting theory, compensation contracts are effective in solving the agency problem between stockholders and managers. Executive compensation is naturally related to firm performance. However, contracts are not always perfect. Managers may exert influence on the...
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This study examines the sensitivity of CEO compensation to fair value gains and losses in derivatives for firms in the U.S. oil and gas industry. Our evidence indicates that firms use derivatives for both hedging and non-hedging purposes and that the derivative gains have a substantial impact on...
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We examine the effect of IFRS on the use of accounting-based performance measures for evaluating and rewarding managers …. We show that post-IFRS firms decrease the weight of Earnings-per-Share (EPS) based performance measures in CEO pay … contracts. We provide indications that IFRS add “noise” to accounting numbers which, based on optimal contracting theory, makes …
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We examine whether UK managers exploited the discretion provided in the UK GAAP to IFRS reconciliation process to … existence of an accounting-related vesting target in their pay schemes, CEOs use UK GAAP to IFRS reconciliations as an earnings …
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We investigate the moderate effect of the CEO knowledge-based background on goodwill impairment and abnormal return, and its direct effect on the likelihood of goodwill impairment announcement. We apply the educational background, financial background, and overseas background to represent the...
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accounting according to IFRS 13. The empirical quantitative study covers a sample of German companies listed at the Prime … value accounting according to IFRS 13. Surprisingly, gender diversity only has a significant impact on the value relevance …
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This study analyzed the current practice of Malaysian agricultural companies in disclosing their biological assets by examining the effect of chief executive officer (CEO), chief financial officer (CFO), and board attributes on fair value agriculture disclosure (FVAD), consequently proposing a...
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