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Real Effects of Subjectivity in Measuring Fair Values

Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the subjectivity in measuring fair values of assets without readily observable market prices affects investment efficiency and shareholder value. When fair values are objective measures of asset value, they facilitate efficient investment decisions that align with shareholder interests.
VERENA BRAUN, ROBERT F. GÖX, FELIX P. NIGGEMANN, ULRICH SCHÄFER   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monitoring Quality of Mafia‐Connected Accountants

Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the monitoring quality of accountants with ties to the Mafia in their role as auditors for “clean” firms—those with no known ties to organized crime. Using a proprietary government database, we identify Italian firms with alleged ties to the Mafia through their executives, directors, or shareholders.
Pietro A. Bianchi, Jere R. Francis, Antonio Marra, Nicola Pecchiari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Market Integration and Nonlinear Price Transmission in 19th‐Century British Wheat Markets

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Important developments in infrastructure and institutions characterized 19th‐Century wheat markets in Great Britain. Among these developments was the construction of the national rail system which enabled cheaper and more efficient transport of grain and other bulky cargoes between inland towns and ports.
Barry K. Goodwin, A. Ford Ramsey
wiley   +1 more source

Value relevance of managed earnings in Indian firms: an impact analysis of IFRS convergence using dynamic panel models

Serbian Journal of Management
The study explores the relationship between earnings management and value relevance of accounting information of Indian listed firms by investigating three different modes of earnings management – total, short-term and long-term discretionary accruals ...
Lorraine Rayelle Gome, Juao C. Cost
doaj   +1 more source

Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

Real earnings management and ESG disclosure in emerging markets: The moderating effect of managerial ownership from a social norm perspective. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Liu T, Abdelbaky A, Elamer AA, Elmahgoub M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Progressive prosecution in context: Examining the impact of prosecutorial administration change on case‐processing patterns and racial disparities

Criminology &Public Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Using administrative case‐processing records and interviews with prosecutors, we examine how a change in prosecutorial administration impacts charging and plea‐bargaining practices and racial and ethnic disparities in two jurisdictions led by progressive prosecutors who replaced more traditional administrations.
Rachel Bowman, Belén Lowrey‐Kinberg, Jon B. Gould   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social insurance and earnings management: Too rich to be good. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2022
Bai Y, Zhang B.
europepmc   +1 more source

A Commentary on Post‐Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities for the Accounting Profession: Insights from a Systematic Literature Review*

Accounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 157-188, March 2025.
ABSTRACT This empirically grounded commentary explores the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the strategic direction of Canada's accounting profession and highlights opportunities and challenges that lie ahead in the post‐pandemic era. We undertake a systematic literature review using deductive and inductive approaches within both the academic ...
Merridee Bujaki, Irfan Butt, Camillo Lento, Patricia Meredith, Sara Wick   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing Clearly or Bracing for Impact? The Tug‐of‐War Between Neutrality and Conservatism in Financial Reporting Voir clair ou se préparer à l'impact? Le bras de fer entre neutralité et conservatisme en matière d'information financière

Accounting Perspectives, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A long‐standing debate exists between neutrality and conservatism in financial reporting. This debate has gained momentum following the 2010 FASB decision to remove the term conservatism from its Conceptual Framework. While neutrality is now promoted as a cornerstone of faithful representation, conservatism remains embedded in numerous ...
Rahat Jafri, Anup Srivastava, Hussein Warsame   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source