About the authors -- Preface -- Structure of the financial reporting council -- Glossary of terms -- The social role of auditing -- What is auditing? -- The development of auditing and its objectives -- Conceptual underpinning of the audit process -- A framework of auditing concepts --...

This study examines the differences between IPOs that voluntarily disclose earnings forecasts in their prospectuses and those that do not. Using a sample of 166 UK IPOs listed between 1992-2002, we investigate whether forecasters have different firms' characteristics than non forecasters and...