Investors' need for forward-looking accounting information is greatly increased when an economic shock occurs during a reporting period. This is particularly true when the shock occurs late in the reporting period, so that current earnings information cannot be extrapolated to the future. Under...

We investigate whether shorts and analysts differ in their use of fundamental and other information that is predictive of future returns. Remarkably, open short interest is significantly associated in the expected direction with all eleven variables examined. In contrast, analysts tend to...

This paper presents evidence for international markets about the characteristics of financial analysts who are able to provide more accurate earnings forecasts than their peers. The evidence is provided for ten individual countries and for country groups formed on the basis of a similar culture...

Corporate income tax law in OECD countries requires multinational enterprises (MNEs) to set their transfer prices according to the arm's length standard. In 1990, the US government introduced a transfer pricing penalty for cases where MNEs deviated substantially from this standard. Most OECD...

In this study, we examine how institutional ownership affects the quality and riskiness of the financial statement audit. We hypothesize that institutional investors can influence corporate policy to employ governance mechanisms that reduce their monitoring costs. Our evidence shows that firms...

This paper links academic accounting research on comprehensive income reporting with the accounting standard-setting efforts of the FASB and the IASB. We begin by discussing the development of reporting other comprehensive income and we identify a significant weakness in the FASB's Conceptual...

This study examines the determinants of financial analyst coverage in the business press and the effects of such coverage on analysts' careers. Using a sample of business press articles that quote a financial analyst, we compare each cited analyst with the other analysts who were actively...

This paper examines whether two qualitative attributes of financial analysts' reports, detail and tone, are significant in explaining how the market responds to analysts' reports, after controlling for the information contained in the reports' quantitative summary measures. Report detail is...