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Canada's per capita income is often compared with the United States. These comparisons focus on differences in the levels of income and whether the gap between the two countries is narrowing or widening.Statistics Canada and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) each produce a myriad of...
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Business cycles and economic growth have long been studied separately, hindering understanding of the nature and causes of economic fluctuations and growth. Here, we present an economic model that incorporates both deterministic trends and persistent fluctuations, derived from a general economic...
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Account) while following the accounting principles and methods outlined in the SEEA Central Framework (SEEA-CF). This approach … gaps and accounting issues in the US context more specifically …
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in U.S. companies. This paper shows the tax implications and accounting rules for stock option plans. By comparison of … the tax and accounting rules for different compensation schemes we show that the popularity of stock options may be mainly … due to the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US-GAAP) which require no charge to earnings for speciffically …
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This paper examines the effect of accounting conservatism on firm-level investment during the 2007-2008 global … debt raising activity and stock performance. The evidence suggests that accounting conservatism reduces underinvestment in …
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In this study, I examine whether firms and executives with long-term political connections through contributions and lobbying incur lower costs from the enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). I find that politically connected firms on average are less likely to be...
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planning strategy. We also find that financial accounting incentives play a role. For example, 84% of publicly traded firms …
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-quality accounting. Using a large sample of U.S. private firms, we first confirm that accrual quality in private firms is associated with …
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This paper expands prior IFRS accounting systems' classifications to a broader set of 27 countries where the IFRS … between three groups of countries, based on the similarity of their accounting practices: 1) Australia and New Zealand, 2) USA … evidence of differences in accounting practices to a broader set of countries, but mainly by suggesting an economic explanation …
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The Financial Reporting Policy Committee of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting …
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