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From Red Tape to Efficiency: The Influence of Professional Managers on Audit Report Lag in Chinese State‐owned Enterprises

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
This study examines the impact of professional managers on audit report lag in Chinese state‐owned enterprises (SOEs). Using a novel, manually constructed dataset of A‐share listed SOEs from 2006 to 2020, we find that the presence of professional managers is associated with significantly shorter audit report lag.
Hao Han, Kun Luo, Bo Qin
wiley   +1 more source

What Do Analyst Financial Modelling Mistakes Tell Us? Evidence from the Properties of Accounting

open access: yesAbacus, EarlyView.
This study develops a novel measure of sell‐side analyst financial modelling mistakes, based on whether an analyst's simultaneous forecasts of earnings, book value of equity, and dividends are internally consistent with the accounting clean surplus relation. I find that the discrepancy of an analyst's forecasts from clean surplus (a proxy for financial
Mark Wallis
wiley   +1 more source

Auditor industry expertise and the predictive power of the deferred tax valuation allowance

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 323-364, March 2025.
Abstract This paper investigates whether auditor industry expertise influences the predictive value of management earnings forecasts embedded in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance (VA). VAs depend on management's forecast of future taxable earnings and can provide investors with information about expected changes in future earnings.
Zhuoli Axelton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anti‐Takeover Provisions and Corporate Tax Avoidance

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the impact of anti‐takeover provisions (ATPs) on corporate tax avoidance in firms listed on Chinese A‐share markets, using rule‐based textual analysis over 2009–2023. In the absence of a unified anti‐takeover statute in China, legal reforms since 2006 have expanded corporate bylaw autonomy, enabling managers to adopt charter‐based ...
Zhiying Hu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Accounting Qualities Collide: Accruals Quality, Comparability and Information Risk in SEO Underpricing

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Firm Financial Performance: Disentangling the Corporate Gender Diversity as Driver of ESG Disclosure in EU Companies

open access: yesAccounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between gender diversity in senior corporate positions and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives, alongside their impact on corporate financial performance across European Union companies.
Paolo Saona, Laura Muro
wiley   +1 more source

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