This study investigates the motives of UK listed companies when reporting high and low quality accounting disclosures. It also examines the relation between the quality of published financial statements and earnings management practises, for example, low quality accounting disclosures might be...

type="main" <p>This study assesses whether new chief executive officers (CEOs) or CEOs in their early tenure carry out goodwill impairments more intensively than senior CEOs. Further, it investigates the relationship between cost of capital and goodwill, as well as whether companies that report...</p>

This study focuses on firms that are audited by a big auditor and examines the differentiation in the earnings management potential and the level of conservatism. It also investigates whether being audited by a big auditor would lead to lower agency costs and lower cost of equity. The study...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate how the provision of voluntary International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) disclosures in the pre-adoption period has affected the IFRS transition process of UK listed firms. The study also seeks to identify the motivation of firms...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the incentives for fixed asset revaluation. The motives that are investigated include firm size, fixed asset intensity, firm foreign operations and acquisitions, firm indebtedness and earnings management inclination. Design/methodology – The...

In the light of foreign exchange (FX) rate fluctuation, this paper concentrates in the accounting choices of firms and their motivation to adopt or defer the adoption of the UK Statement of Standard Accounting Practice (SSAP) No. 20 "Foreign Currency Translation". The paper provides evidence...

In the light of foreign exchange (FX) rate fluctuation, this paper concentrates in the accounting choices of firms and their motivation to adopt or defer the adoption of the UK Statement of Standard Accounting Practice (SSAP) No. 20 "Foreign Currency Translation". The paper provides evidence...

Purpose – This paper aims to assess the financial performance of firms that adopted or deferred the adoption of SSAP 20 “Foreign Currency Translation”. The focus of the study is to examine the impact of certain accounting issues, such as liquidity, hedging, foreign currency loans,...