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We propose a new measure of readability, the Bog Index, which captures the plain English attributes of disclosure (e.g., active voice, fewer hidden verbs, etc.). We validate this measure using a series of controlled experiments and an archival-based regulatory intervention to prospectus filing...
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With the recent growing development of open education resources has opened up new avenues for education, learning and research. The open educational resources are offered universally with or without fee in the shape of courses or educational content regardless of credit hours or award of any...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the use of recently developed, strategically focused management accounting … Arab Emirates. In addition, the paper aims at developing a system of innovative management accounting practices to assist … Egyptian manufacturers on their use of a number of the recently developed management accounting practices. Results were …
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Using the adoption of SFAS 142 as an exogenous shock, we examine the effect of changes in financial reporting on firms' internal information environment. SFAS 142 removed goodwill amortization and required firms to perform a two-step impairment test. We argue that complying with SFAS 142 induces...
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I examine the effect of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption on the accounting uniformity of … are subject to different accounting regulations before IFRS adoption. Specifically, those countries whose local GAAP was … where no regulation existed under local GAAP; when IFRS preserved the accounting choice set prescribed under local GAAP …
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We gain unique insights into materiality judgments about accounting errors by examining SEC comment letter …
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Purpose: In contrast to the reporting, stakeholder and regulatory focus, company-internal issues of carbon accounting … have so far rarely been investigated in depth. This case study focuses on carbon accounting, as one aspect of accounting … management accounting approaches within a multinational company. Based on a qualitative analysis of this in-depth case study, we …
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This article examines the challenges faced by an Australian accounting academic, R. J. Chambers, in the 1950s, in … breaking into the accounting research community; at that time almost entirely located in the United States and the United … Kingdom. For academics outside the networks of accounting research publication in these countries, there were significant, but …
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Accountants) research has shown that finance and accounting professionals around the world are partnering with others inside their …
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implications of our findings for management accounting research and practice …
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