The goal of this study is to measure possible correlations between age, gender and education variables and the existence of cognitive biases in budgeting decisions. The concepts developed by Kahneman and Tversky about the heuristics were used as theoretical support for the base of this research....

Este trabalho verificou de que forma o comprometimento com a profissão impacta as decisões de alocação de recursos a projetos organizacionais, considerando-se as preferências intertemporais dos decisores. Cenários foram delineados para mensurar a capacidade cognitiva dos respondentes e...

Many studies have shown that avoiding political costs is an incentive for firms to manipulate accounting information, e.g., McNichols and Wilson, 1988; Jones, 1991; Kato et al., 2001. The majority of them use discretionary accruals models as proxies to manipulation. This paper introduces a new variable...