In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Robert Engle and colleagues at New York University developed the NYU Stern Systematic Risk Model (SRISK), a market-based substitute for regulatory measures of systemic risk of financial institutions. This study identifies four shortcomings of SRISK....

This article examines charitable contributions in the partnership context and the unintended tax arbitrage that occurs under section 704(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Under the current law pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(d)(2) a partner’s distributive share of losses...

We investigate the link between foreign competition and corporate tax planning. We find that a one standard deviation increase in import competition leads to a reduction of 9% in firms’ effective tax rates relative to standard levels. Further, we document that our evidence is robust to a...

Für die Zwecke der Nutzungswertbestimmung nach IAS 36 Impairment of Assets sind die Cashfl ows, die aus der künftigen Nutzung des betrachteten Vermögenswerts und dessen Abgang erwartet werden, mit einem Vorsteuer-Diskontsatz abzuzinsen, der unabhängig von der Kapitalstruktur des...

We examine the association between I/B/E/S's disclosure of non-GAAP earnings and investor uncertainty around earnings announcements. On one hand, investor uncertainty may decrease with I/B/E/S's non-GAAP disclosure because these disclosures make investors aware of alternative performance...

This study aimed at establishing the degree of influence of cost elements on the productivity of manufacturing companies. The study made used of a survey research design method and data were obtained through questionnaire and analyzed with the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. The study...

It has long been recognised that accounting regulation is not a mere technical exercise but one that takes place in a political context and lobbying has been examined in numerous empirical studies. Most of these studies address lobbying of the accounting standard setter. However, standard...

Uniformity, the use of a common accounting measurement, is an essential feature of financial reporting, yet its desirability has long been debated. We study a model in which firms decide whether to adopt either their local accounting methods or a common method, followed by an investor allocating...

Accounting is imperfect, leading to errors in financial reporting. This paper links accounting errors to firms' incentives to bias reported earnings. We hypothesize that while errors discourage reporting bias by lowering earnings' value relevance, they also incentivize bias by providing...

Errors and bias are both inherent features of accounting. In theory, while errors discourage bias by lowering the value relevance of accounting, they can also facilitate bias by providing camouflage. Consistent with theory, we find a hump-shaped relation between a firm's propensity to engage in...