Extensive research in corporate finance suggests that strategic consideration determine the level of cash holdings, along with firm characteristics. Empirical findings suggest that the level of cash is positively associated with the risk of predation and systematic future market share gains,...

This study proposes and empirically tests the argument that creditors are likely to extend debt with a shorter maturity to tax-avoiding firms so that they can frequently reevaluate tax-related risk in debt contracting. Using effective tax rates and uncertain tax benefits as a proxy for tax...

The introduction of IFRS in Europe was intended to improve accounting quality and facilitate cross-border financial transactions. This study examines whether IFRS increases value-relevance of corporate disclosure using traders' response in financial markets of 15 EU countries. If the regulatory...

We examine how product market threats influence the precision of financial analyst forecasts. Greater competitive threats may make forecasting more difficult by increasing the uncertainty regarding future cash flows and by influencing the quality of financial disclosure. Using a firm-specific...

In this study, we suggest that level of information opaqueness determines the propensity of publicly listed firms to have debt financing from only a few debt types (i.e., debt specialization). Using accruals quality as a proxy for information opaqueness, we find that the degree of debt...

Advocates of mandatory IFRS adoption claim that IFRS increases financial statement comparability and enhances the quality of financial disclosure, which in turn leads to more liquid markets. Using first-time disclosure (IFRS restatements), this study tests empirically this assertion by examining...

This study examines the revision in cash holdings and the market valuation of investment opportunities of 475 firms added to the Standard & Poor's 500 stock market index from 1980 to 2010. We find that newly indexed firms have evolved to significantly lower cash balances, which we partially...

Doubts about the reliability of a company's qualitative financial disclosure increase market participant expectations from the auditor's report. The auditing process is supposed to serve as a monitoring device that reduces management incentives to manipulate reported earnings. Empirical research...