This paper examines the changes in earnings quality of registered ADRs as a result of switching accounting standards. We aim to shed light on the potential impact of IFRS adoption on US firms. A suboptimal approach to achieve this goal is through examination of US firms' surrogates such as ADRs....

The aims of the study is to know the effect of conservatism accounting, corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and tax avoidance on earnings management. In this study variable of conservatism accounting was proxy by accrual. Variable of CSR disclosure was proxy by corporate social...

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize insights from existing research on the disclosure of non-GAAP earnings, from an international point of view, and suggest several avenues for future research in this area. The paper also examines how different regulators and accounting standard setters...

Within the European Union, the IAS-Regulation has harmonized applicable accounting standards for consolidated financial statements of capital market oriented companies by requiring IFRS since 2005. Regarding enforcement of financial reporting, the IAS-Regulation offered only small guidance for...

Based on data collected from 616 experienced financial officers who use U.S. GAAP or IFRS and are domiciled in the U.S., Europe, or Asia, we examine how reporting standards (U.S. GAAP vs. IFRS) and domicile (U.S. vs. non-U.S.) affect earnings management (real vs. accrual). U.S. firms using U.S....

Purpose – The aim is to explore whether principles-based versus rules-based accounting standards have an effect on measures of financial reporting quality and earnings management strategies. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a firm-year-specific variable that captures the extent...

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158 (SFAS 158) requires companies to report the funded status of retirement plans on the balance sheet for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006. Prior to this, the average retirement plan was underfunded, and after the adoption of SFAS 158...

I find that the value relevant components of special items and discontinued operations at the industry-level provide useful information to assess the performance of intangibles. Special items send noisy signals about future growth opportunities for firms within an industry, while discontinued...

Regulation G requires all companies to quantitatively reconcile pro forma earnings with GAAP earnings. This paper provides three findings related to the impact of reconciliations on mispricing of pro forma earnings. First, prior to Reg G, we find that mis-pricing of pro forma earnings is limited...

We use hand-collected data for a sample of large European firms to investigate the influence of countries' institutional and economic factors on managers' non-GAAP disclosures. We find that managers are more likely to use non-GAAP measures to meet or beat earnings benchmarks that GAAP earnings...