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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 investigate whether the adoption of IFRS in 2005 by Australian firms has been associated with a loss of potentially … stronger subsequent to IFRS adoption, primarily for firms with high levels of underlying intangible assets. This is contrary to …, suggesting that the impairment approach to goodwill valuation required by IFRS conveys more useful information than does the …
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This study investigates the differences in earnings quality of Malaysian companies after the adoption of IFRS …
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We examine whether income tax disclosures under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are useful for …)-to-net income (i.e., the tax-book ranking) is useful for predicting changes in future earnings and cash flows under both IFRS and U ….S. GAAP. However, the usefulness of this ratio differs between IFRS firms and U.S. GAAP firms only following the adoption of …
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This paper examines how the characteristics of accounting systems and management incentives interact and collectively determine financial reporting quality. We develop a rational expectations equilibrium model that features a steady-state firm with investments, financial and non-financial...
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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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Aim/purpose - This paper aims at investigating whether the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 15 Revenue … reporting losses. The research results did not confirm that the IFRS 15 adoption in Poland influenced revenue-based earnings … played by discretion in revenue recognition and recommends careful recognition of revenue under IFRS 15. Limitations of this …
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We study 145 large listed Australian firms to explore the impact of IFRS adoption on the properties of analysts …' forecasts and the role of firm disclosure about IFRS impact. We find that analyst forecast accuracy improves and there is no … significant change in dispersion in the adoption year, suggesting that analysts coped effectively with transition to IFRS. However …
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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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