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natural relation to accounting and possible uses in accounting functions, business operations and financial services, it is …
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We study the descriptiveness of the “unravelling” prediction in the 1890s streetcar industry. In this historical setting, capital-intensive streetcar companies gain the opportunity to disclose their earnings to dispersed investors via a new, quarterly newspaper supplement. We document that a...
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A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we...
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A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we...
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We examine companies' risk disclosure compliance with IFRS risk disclosure rules for the first fiscal year following the year 2007. For a sample of 383 firms from 20 European countries we find that average risk disclosure compliance is 62 percent only. Countries' enforcement strength is...
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and how accounting information is used across multiple markets. Using a difference-in-differences analysis with non …
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I use textual analysis to measure the amount of forward-looking disclosures in public firms' 10-K reports, and relate it to the forecast revisions of sell-side analysts around the publication dates of these reports. By focusing on the revisions of forecasts made after the publication of a firm's...
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Why do firms engage in costly, voluntary disclosure of informationwhich is subsumed by a later announcement? We consider a model inwhich the firm's manager can choose to disclose short-term informationwhich becomes redundant later. When disclosure costs are sufficientlylow, the manager discloses...
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We investigate the disclosure and prominence of non-GAAP earnings metrics in IPO prospectuses and how these disclosures affect IPO valuation. In contrast to already-public firms, we find an inverted U-shaped relation between IPO firms' GAAP performance and the likelihood that they will disclose...
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Firms commonly use disaggregated accounting information to facilitate efficient contracting over intangible assets …. However, reliance on accounting measures creates information asymmetries and thus a role for contract audits. Using a hand … weaknesses in the licensee's accounting system and reporting flexibility affect the design of two key audit terms — (1) the scope …
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