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Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and conservatism are critical features of a GAAP shaped by market forces. We recognize the advantage...
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This study examines the effect on firm value of repealing the last-in, first-out (LIFO) inventory method for tax purposes. Our model extends prior literature by determining quantities and prices in equilibrium rather than specifying them exogenously. We find that LIFO repeal could increase the...
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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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validity test on accounting research. If the economic magnitude of the study's proxy for quality on firm value is “too large …
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characteristics of the FRM and discuss its applicability to survey-based studies in accounting. Second, we present results from Monte …
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The principles characterizing the traditional revenue-expense approach to accounting have never been "invented". They … of the traditional accounting principles can be found in behavioral economics, especially in Prospect Theory. If one …
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We ask whether the quality of internal information matters for investment decisions. We predict that investment is more sensitive to internal profit signals and less sensitive to external price signals when managers have higher quality internal information. Consistent with recent theoretical and...
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question, we analyze European Union (EU) initiatives that harmonized accounting and auditing standards. Regulatory … harmonization should reduce economic mobility barriers, essentially making it easier for accounting professionals to move across … countries. Our research design compares the cross-border migration of accounting professionals relative to tightly-matched other …
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