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Disclosure quality is a matter of great importance in the accounting literature. This study examines the effect of … statements in Jordan that have been reported as breaches by the Jordanian Securities Commission (JSC). Data were collected from …
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Auditor resignations are considered more negative signals than auditor dismissals, but firms' self-reported distinction between the two may not offer a complete or reliable representation of the nature of the auditor change. 8-K regulations require the disclosure of the adjournment of an audit...
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-reported internal control deficiencies, higher IPO accounting and auditing expenses, lower post-IPO returns, and lower post-IPO earnings …
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This paper initially attempts to analyze the effects of blockchain technology adoption on accounting transparency and … which guarantees high-level information security that is highly likely to affect accounting information. Therefore, the … adoption is associated with accounting transparency and cost of equity capital. We find that firm’s blockchain adoption …
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The amount of estimation uncertainty contained in financial statement items may be obscured from investors, given that all estimates, regardless of their imprecision, are reported as precise figures on the face of the financial statements. Our study examines two disclosures expected to help...
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the role of the auditor in goodwill accounting. This study examines the association between disclosures about the fair …-related disclosures as a signal of truthful goodwill accounting and this “signaling effect” partially offsets the “audit risk effect” of …
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This study examines credit lending decision adjustments of executive board members of German banks following different levels of auditor materiality threshold disclosures. Based on an experimental research design, we find that if a materiality threshold, which is in line with current audit...
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We examine the effect of Big 4 auditors on management's use of optimistic language in audited financial statement disclosures. While regulators and practitioners consider the audit of disclosures to be increasingly important, empirical evidence of an auditor's effect on management's qualitative...
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We investigate whether and how a “critical audit matter” (CAM) disclosure affects managers' real operating decisions in two contexts (issuing a loan that decreases versus increases the average risk profile of loan portfolios, or choosing to hedge versus speculate on commodity risk). We...
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Motivated by the ambiguity of auditor dismissals and dismissal disclosures, this study informs about an alternative signal – the timing of the dismissal – for inferring the causes and implications of dismissals. Dividing the reporting year into four periods when dismissals can occur, we find...
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