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The stated goal of the 2011 SEC Whistleblower (WB) Program introduced as part of the Dodd-Frank Act was to strengthen investor protection through greater deterrence of securities law violations and more effective regulatory enforcement. While the SEC has articulated the success of the program...
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We investigate the effect of mandatory international financial reporting standards (IFRS) adoption on trade credit. We document that firms in countries that adopt IFRS receive more trade credit from their suppliers, consistent with improved financial reporting quality and comparability playing a...
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nation, Egypt has witnessed several changes in its accounting system during last two decades. This case provides an analysis … of the Egyptian accounting system with emphasis on the development of the Egyptian Accounting Standards. In addition …, this case makes recommendations for the reformation of the Egyptian accounting system …
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This paper adopts the concept of accounting ecology proposed by Gernon and Wallace (1995) in examining the accounting … Reporting Standards (IFRS) in that country. Drawing on the literature of international accounting convergence models, the author … market effects and the potential costs of switching from Vietnamese General Accepted Accounting Principles (VN GAAP) to full …
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.e. public auditors, corporate accountants and accounting academics) about issues relevant to adopting and implementing … existing Vietnamese accounting standards (VAS) to align with the current IFRS. The MoF has not yet determined whether to fully … from the Vietnamese accounting community and in turn, assist the Vietnamese accounting standard setters in making favorable …
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earnings quality measures, we consistently find that banking reform improves accounting quality and reduces earnings management …
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, are associated with the propensity to engage in earnings management through accounting choices or operational decisions in … manipulation by accounting choices and operational decisions, we investigate if firms that manage earnings through discretionary … practices, among other requirements, and auditing by one of the Big Four firms reduce earnings management by accounting choices …
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We study the effect of the mandatory adoption of IFRS in Europe in 2005 on conditional conservatism. To capture conditional conservatism, we use three measures: the Basu (1997) measure, the Khan and Watts (2009) measure, and a measure controlling for potential shifts in unconditional...
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This paper examines the issue of perceived value generated by the assignment of financial value to intangibles in financial reporting. In particular, values assigned to goodwill and other intangibles in mergers and acquisitions are examined, and the impact of such intangible valuations as a...
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I start with some examples of global studies that compare and contrast "remedies" to management control and corporate governance issues across borders to expose the common tenet of such studies that "uniformity" of practices or regulations is "counter-productive" given national/cultural...
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