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There is a long-standing debate on the recognition of intangible assets and whether they can be measured reliably. Most recognized intangibles are acquired in business combinations, and estimating their fair values is highly subjective. Using a broad sample of business combinations in the U.S....
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This paper examines the relative costs and benefits of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption in … the European Union by testing the ability of earnings computed under IFRS to predict future cash flows. The study … predict cash flows, and it compares IFRS with domestic Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Evidence from a sample …
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We contribute to the research on the information content of earnings as it applies to the forecasting of economic activity across reporting models. We examine whether publicly available financial statement information is incrementally useful in forecasting confidentially reported taxable income....
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Do accruals-based accounting earnings provide better information to investors about future operating cash flows than operating cash flows themselves, as predicted by FASB's conceptual framework? The most recent evidence (Nallareddy et al., 2020) is that operating cash flows, measured correctly...
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In the Chinese securities market, with its characteristics of influence through personal relationships (Guanxi) and underdeveloped standards of law and enforcement, can independent directors play the supervisory role expected by securities regulators? In this study we use the degree of precision...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues comment letters suggesting revisions to firms' tax disclosures with the goal of improving the informativeness of these disclosures. I examine if SEC-prompted revisions to firms' tax disclosures are associated with changes in the informativeness...
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We examine the adoption effect of ASC 606 on revenue informativeness, analyst forecast dispersion, and forecast errors. We find that the adoption of ASC 606 is associated with increases in revenue informativeness but decreases in analyst forecast accuracy and consensus. Such adoption effects are...
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We examine how financial analysts use the information contained in TCFD aligned climate change disclosures in their forecasts, using firm-level textual climate change disclosures. The results show that climate change disclosures are associated with reduced forecast error and dispersion. This...
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