The literature shows that price and earnings momentum returns cannot be fully explained by risk-based theories. In an attempt to better understand the price momentum anomaly, Chui et al. [2010] document that the cultural factor of "individualism" influences price momentum returns, but that the...

The literature shows that price and earnings momentum returns cannot be fully explained by risk-based theories. In an attempt to better understand the price momentum anomaly, Chui et al. [2010] document that the cultural factor of ― individualism influences price momentum returns, but that the...

Decision aids (DAs) are designed to assist and improve decision-making processes, and they have been incorporated into many professions, such as auditing, law and medicine. Yet, research findings regarding how DAs impact judgments and decisions has been somewhat mixed, often indicating a...

The purpose of the current study is to examine the extent to which audit risk and litigation risk cause auditors to increase reliance on decision aids. These are particularly relevant issues in the era of Sarbanes-Oxley and abundant audit litigation, as decision aids hold the potential to...

The purposes of the current study are to examine whether audit risk triggers prospective rationality cognition related to how decision aid reliance could be used as a defensive strategy in a court of law should legal action arise in the future, and assess the degree to which defensibility...

In this paper, we explore the relationship among rank, knowledge, ability, experience, and success in managerial accounting practice. More specifically, we investigate the predictive validity of the Libby amp; Luft (Lamp;L) model (1993) of the determinants of judgment performance. We implement...

Are there rank-based differences in the measured ability, and technical, industry, and tacit managerial knowledge of practicing managerial accountants? To explore this question, we measured the ability and knowledge of 2,941 practicing managerial accountants in three industries. Our results...

In 1994, the AICPA?s Special Committee on Financial Reporting recommended that participants in business reporting can improve the reporting process by focusing on user needs and finding cost-effective ways of aligning business reports with those needs. The Committee noted that professional...