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The paper analyses the possibility of using the economic concept of income introduced by J. R. Hicks for accounting purposes. Despite some disadvantages hindering from its broader practical utilization, this concept still finds its place in the area of managerial accounting and capital...
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, the conversion process of subjective goodwill, which is related to the allocation problem in accounting income and its … subjective goodwill, and by highlighting the portion of the allocation error that reflects managerial discretion …
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specific case of goodwill impairment testing. Using a sample of 1,247 firm-year observations representing 177 firms listed on …' forecast revisions for firms that do not book goodwill impairment and exhibit lower operating performance. Secondly, we found … lower operating performance and those who do not book goodwill impairment testing (hereafter non-impairer firms). Our …
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We examine the association between goodwill impairment charges and analysts' forecast accuracy and dispersion. We … compare firm-quarters that report periodic goodwill impairment charges during 2003-2007, and two control samples (matched on … forms of monitoring, auditor industry specialization and institutional ownership, reduce the adverse effect of goodwill …
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We study the impact of earnings management prior to bankruptcy filing on the passage of firms through Chapter 11. Using data on 261 U.S. public firms, we construct three measures of earnings management, two of which are accounting (accrual) manipulation measures (discretionary accruals and...
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Whether fair value accounting should be used in financial reporting has been the subject of debate for many years. A key dimension to this debate is whether fair value earnings can provide information to financial statement users that is helpful in making their economic decisions. A criticism of...
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This study's underlying premise is that current pension plan accounting has two important negative effects. First, it distorts the measurement of earnings and net worth in the short run, as well as the pattern of earnings over future periods. Second, this distortion can send incorrect signals to...
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We find evidence that the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) improves corporate disclosure … significantly reduced in Australia following the mandatory implementation of IFRS in 2005. The evidence further suggests that … managers are more likely to release IPO earnings forecasts towards conservatism in post-IFRS periods. We argue that IFRS …
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We examine the effect of the adoption of the new revenue recognition standard (ASC 606) on earnings quality and the role of earnings in the debt market. We find that ASC 606, a transition from a rules-based to a principles-based accounting standard, decreases earnings predictability, which is...
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(IFRS) convergence in Indonesia on earnings quality. Methodology/Technique – Earnings quality is measured on both accrual … earnings management and real earnings management. Indonesia began convergence IFRS in 2012. IFRS is considered capable of … statistical methods and multiple regression linear to analyse the data. The research results show that IFRS convergence in …
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