Purpose: This study aims to show that the best-performing realized measures vary across markets when it comes to forecast real estate investment trust (REIT) volatility. This finding provides little guidance for practitioners on which one to use when facing a new market. The authors attempt to...

Purpose – This paper investigates the relationship between audit quality (as measured by auditor size and industry specialization) and earnings management (as measured by unexpected accruals) for Taiwan IPO firms. Design/methodology/approach – First uses unexpected accruals in the modified...

Purpose – To investigate the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) and the requirements of the Sarbanes‐Oxley Act (SOX) on audit committee alignment. Design/methodology/approach – Using a unique set of hand collected data on audit committees for a sample of 129 firms during...

We investigate the relationship between auditor brand name, industry specialisation, and earnings management as measured by discretionary accruals for a sample of listed companies in Taiwan, where the litigation risk against auditors is much less than the risk in the USA. We find that the use of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether financial risk management (FRM) can improve enterprise value in China's current economic environment. Design/methodology/approach – A theoretical model is constructed which decomposes firms by different combinations expressed by cash...