This study aims to revisit the role of accounting information on equity valuation after the Asian economic crisis. The accounting information examined including earnings, cash flows, and book value of equity. The sample is the end of 2002 LQ45 listed in IDX during 2003-2007 period. The result...

Accounting is of vital importance in the economies thanks to its contribution in the decision making process and control over wealth, this makes it an instrument of great importance for the capitalist mode of production. That's why this letter attempts to perform an approximation of the role of...

The recent financial crisis has led to a vigorous debate about the pros and cons of fair-value accounting (FVA). This debate presents a major challenge for FVA going forward and standard setters' push to extend FVA into other areas. In this article, we highlight four important issues as an...

We present the first large-sample empirical evidence on U.S. auditors' responses to changes in entity-level audit risk during 2006-2007, the period leading-up to the financial crisis of 2008-2009. Treating fiscal year 2005 engagements as a pre-crisis benchmark, we find that audit attention...

This paper examines banks' disclosures and loss recognition in the financial crisis and identifies several core issues for the link between accounting and financial stability. Our analysis suggests that, going into the financial crisis, banks' disclosures about relevant risk exposures were...

This study focuses on the cross-sectional determinants of idiosyncratic crash risk. In specific, we verify the role of financial disclosure quality and internal corporate governance mechanisms associated with the board of directors, executive compensation and audit committee as buffers of crash...

We document the emergence of “social executives,” top executives who connect with investors directly, personally, and in real time through social media, and we study the consequences of this development for financial markets. We contend that the emergence of social executives enables...

This paper is concerned with the allegation that fair value accounting rules have contributed significantly to the recent financial crisis. It focuses on one particular channel for that contribution: the impact of fair value on actual or potential failure of banks. The paper compares four...

This study examines and clarifies the legitimacy of the global accounting standard setting mechanism and exposes the politicization of accounting regulation. In particular, we investigate the legitimation crises suffered by the IASB and IFRS in recent times and assess their restoration processes...