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The use of accruals to manage reported earnings: theory and evidence [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper develops a model in which firm managers maximize their own compensation by using accruals to manage reported earnings. The results of the model suggest that the form of the managerial compensation function and managerial time preferences may ...
Larry D. Wall, Timothy W. Koch
core  

Subtle Discrimination

open access: yesThe Journal of Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We introduce the concept of subtle discrimination—biased acts that cannot be objectively ascertained as discriminatory. When candidates compete for promotions by investing in skills, firms' subtle biases induce discriminated candidates to overinvest when promotions are low‐stakes (to distinguish themselves from favored candidates) but ...
ELENA S. PIKULINA, DANIEL FERREIRA
wiley   +1 more source

Can IFRS adoption mitigate earnings management in an emerging market? [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon
Mohamed Amer AM   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Industry Valuation Driven Earnings Management [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates whether industry valuation impacts firms’ earnings management decisions. Existing accounting literature assumes that industry valuation has a constant impact on this decision.
Jiao, T.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Asset Pricing and Risk‐Sharing Implications of Alternative Pension Plan Systems

open access: yesThe Journal of Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We show that incorporating defined benefit pension funds in an incomplete markets asset pricing model improves its ability to match the historical equity premium and riskless rate and has important risk‐sharing implications. We document the importance of the pension fund's size and asset demands, and a new risk channel arising from ...
NUNO COIMBRA   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stock price crash risk and military connected board: Evidence from Thailand. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2023
Treepongkaruna S   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Second Chance: Life with Less Student Debt

open access: yesThe Journal of Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We exploit an episode of plausibly random debt discharge due to the loss of paperwork for thousands of defaulted borrowers to examine the effects of private student debt relief on borrower outcomes. We find that borrowers who receive debt relief (treated) experience declines in debt balances and delinquency rates on other accounts, and ...
MARCO DI MAGGIO   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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