ABSTRACT Accounting standards require firms to distinguish recurring revenues and expenses from nonrecurring gains and losses, which are often referred to as special items. However, not all special items are genuinely nonrecurring. Exploiting the setting of earnings conference calls, we explore whether analysts can identify opportunistic special items,
Jiajia Fu, Yuan Ji, James Potepa
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Effect of systemic counselling on anxiety and childbirth self-efficacy among first-time mothers: a randomised controlled trial protocol in prenatal healthcare centres of Babol, Iran. [PDF]
Movaddt A +5 more
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ABSTRACT We examine how accounting quality attributes jointly mitigate underpricing associated with two dimensions of information risk in seasoned equity offerings (SEOs). In information environments with relatively more potent information asymmetry, the evidence suggests that accruals quality and accounting comparability act as substitutes; i.e ...
Adam Bordeman +3 more
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Prognostic value of left atrial strain in ACHD patients with right-sided cardiac pathology. [PDF]
Ünlütürk S +7 more
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Climate exposure drives firm political behavior: Evidence from earnings calls and lobbying data
Abstract When and how do firms engage in climate politics? We argue that regulatory concerns, business opportunities, and physical risks activate policy preferences and lobbying efforts. We measure firm‐level exposure to opportunity, regulatory, and physical aspects of climate change based on discussion in quarterly earnings call transcripts for 11,705
Christian Baehr +2 more
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Sources of Pre- and Postnatal Maternal Energy Allocation to Offspring in a Long-Lived, Capital Breeder: The Grey Seal (<i>Halichoerus grypus</i>). [PDF]
Sanchez M +3 more
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Investigating relationships among strontium, barium, and seasonality in wild baboons
Abstract Geochemical profiles of Australopithecus africanus and baboon teeth show fluctuating trace elements, possibly reflecting seasonal diets. Here we use laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometric measurements of calcium‐normalized strontium and barium ratios (Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca) and ion microprobe analyses of oxygen isotopes (δ18O ...
Maya Bharatiya +12 more
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Left Ventricular Strain-Volume Loops in a Healthy Population: The Role of Sex and Age. [PDF]
Zwaan RR +9 more
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The Material Basis of 18th‐Century Meissen Porcelain
ABSTRACT In the summer of 1708, the quest for making hard‐paste porcelain from Saxonian clay and other mineral resources succeeded. This was achieved by applying as its essential ingredient newly discovered pure kaolin from Heidelsberg near Aue, western Saxon Ore Mountains.
Robert B. Heimann
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Apple replant disease resistance in different apple rootstocks evaluated using microbiomic and metabolomic analyses. [PDF]
Jia L +8 more
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