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validity test on accounting research. If the economic magnitude of the study's proxy for quality on firm value is “too large …
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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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We examine the costs and benefits of proactive financial reporting enforcement by the UK Financial Reporting Review Panel. Enforcement scrutiny is selective and varies by sector and over time, yet can be anticipated by auditors and companies. We find evidence that increased enforcement intensity...
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, are associated with the propensity to engage in earnings management through accounting choices or operational decisions in … manipulation by accounting choices and operational decisions, we investigate if firms that manage earnings through discretionary … practices, among other requirements, and auditing by one of the Big Four firms reduce earnings management by accounting choices …
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The U.S. Congress passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was a direct response to the accounting scandals of … restating financial statements. This paper provides an overview of corporate accounting malfeasance, the state of corporate … accounting malfeasance, reasons for its occurrence, comprehensive listings of the types of corporate accounting malfeasance …
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This paper examines the impact of accounting conservatism and auditing conservatism on earnings quality. Four proxies … the interplay between accounting conservatism, auditing conservatism and earnings quality. The result reveals a positive … and significant effect of auditing conservatism on earnings quality but no significant effect of accounting conservatism …
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This study investigates whether the provision of non-audit services (NAS) is associated with accounting quality and … whether political connection moderates the relationship between the NAS and accounting quality. The sample includes 2,245 firm … accounting quality. We find that provision of high NAS leads to low accounting quality, exhibited by high discretionary accruals …
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a wide vаriеty of аrеаs, including finаncе, accounting, and auditing. Howеvеr, thе currеnt system of аccounting … contributes to реrsреctivеs on thе еvolution of digitаlizаtion in the accounting profession while highlighting trеnds in thе usе …
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the accounting field, the cooperation between man and machine is becoming increasingly prominent in society. The objective … of this research to address the ethics of using artificial intelligence in the accounting firms by looking at the novel …
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accounting systems that are stringent compared to the unobservable true outcome. This paper shows that risk aversion mitigates … this preference for stringent accounting systems. Specifically, in a principal-agent model where the principal can choose … between two accounting systems (ASs) with different biases, the optimal choice depends on the ranking of the overall …
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