Rechnungslegung und Publizität stehen vor neuen Herausforderungen. Vor allem den Kapitalmarkt sollen sie mit entscheidungsrelevanten Informationen versorgen. In dieser Arbeit wird untersucht, inwiefern die bestehenden Strukturen dieser Aufgabe gerecht werden. Basierend auf der Unmöglichkeit,...

The adoption of IFRS by many countries worldwide fuels the expectation that financial accounting might become more comparable across countries. This expectation is opposed to an alternative view that stresses the importance of incentives in shaping accounting information. We provide early...

The mandatory adoption of IFRS by many countries worldwide fuels the expectation that financial accounting information might become more comparable across countries. This expectation is opposed to an alternative view that stresses the importance of incentives in shaping accounting information....

Using proprietary market microstructure data of Milan Stock Exchange and strategic plan presentations of Italian firms as disclosure events we explore the distributional effects of voluntary disclosure. We document systematic trading patterns around our disclosure events that on average generate...