The debate on fair value accounting is still open although last 20 years have been spent in searching for solution by academician, practitioners and institutions. After a long and continuous discussion both on the basic concepts and the information level contained in fair value measurements and...

There is a lot of confusion among practitioners about valuing firms and investment projects. At the first sight the discounting procedure is a simple and routine task, which does not involve much effort. But actually even in simple cases accurate valuation requires attention to plenty of...

This paper examines the role of accounting conservatism on firm investment behavior in China. We find that the association between accounting conservatism and capital expenditure is significantly positive when inside capital is not enough to use for investment, suggesting that conservatism can...

This paper presents a theoretical framework for valuation, investment decisions, and performance measurement based on a nonstandard theory of residual income. It is derived from the notion of “unrecovered” capital, which is here named “lost” capital because it represents the capital...

Discount factors have a long tradition of being computed using capital market inputs for the estimation of systematic risk. They are of increasing importance in financial accounting, including the valuation of goodwill and other intangibles. In view of the volatility of stock market returns and...

The main purpose of the presented research was to investigate whether Slovene hotels that have a business strategy and strategic management accounting are more successful in comparison with those that still do not have a long-term business strategy and strategic management accounting. Hotels...

Do firm managers invest the savings from tax avoidance in positive net present value projects that enhance future profitability or divert them towards perquisite consumption, rent extraction, and value destroying projects? We indirectly investigate this question by testing whether tax avoidance...

The English version of this article is available at: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2214674" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2214674.En estas diapositivas se discute la dificultad práctica y conceptual de la búsqueda de una estructura óptima de capital EOC. Se propone un enfoque normativo que llamamos...

La versión española de este artículo se puede encontrar en: "http://ssrn.com/abstract=2214703" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2214703.In these slides we discuss the practical and conceptual difficulty of finding an Optimal Capital Structure. We propose a normative approach we call Implicit...

We propose that audit quality is likely to increase in the earlier years due to a Learning Effect and in later years it decreases due to a Bonding Effect. Adopting a quadratic model, we find that the average turning point is between 12 to 16 years for a large sample of U.S. firms. With an...