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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and operating profitability in the agri‐food manufacturing industry of Southern Europe, focusing on Extremadura (Spain). From an initial pool of 284 firms, the final sample comprised 185 companies after excluding inactive or non‐reporting cases.
Ángel Sabino Mirón Sanguino +3 more
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Accounting Rules and the Labor Market for Accountants
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this study, I explore how accounting rules—in particular the restrictiveness of GAAP—have impacted the labor market for accountants. I find that when the rules become more restrictive, there are fewer students majoring in accounting and fewer accountants and auditors overall. The overall number of accounting positions that firms recruit for
ANTHONY LE
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Caution Ahead: Numerical Reasoning and Look‐Ahead Bias in AI Models
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent work within accounting and finance has highlighted that modern AI systems exhibit superhuman performance on a variety of foundational activities within these fields. However, the literature often does not provide economic rationale for why AI models seem to outperform, largely because these models are a black box.
BRADFORD LEVY
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Revenue Recognition Comparability and Analysts’ Disclosure Processing Costs
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT I examine whether the FASB's revenue recognition guidance under ASC 606 influences revenue comparability across firms and industries and whether revenue comparability reduces analysts’ disclosure processing costs. I extract firms’ revenue policy disclosures from 10‐K filings to measure their textual similarity and compare revenue policies ...
ANDREA TILLET
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores how accounting ideas travel to unfamiliar environments and instigate new modes of calculation therein. The empirical focus is on the food balance sheet, a key calculative technology in the realm of food security. Drawing on Said's four‐stage schema for analyzing the movement of theories and ideas, this investigation ...
Stephen P. Walker, Massimo Sargiacomo
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Abacus, EarlyView.This paper develops a framework for understanding how key audit matters (KAMs) can be factored into investors’ risk assessments. Detailed interviews with seasoned investors representing international and regional asset managers and owners confirm that the number and type of reported KAMs are not ‘priced’ directly.
Warren Maroun +2 more
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Abacus, EarlyView.Relevance and faithful representation are identified by standard‐setters as fundamental qualitative characteristics for useful accounting information. We critically assess whether current pension measurement guidance under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) results in pension ...
Divya Anantharaman, Darren Henderson
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Auditor industry expertise and the predictive power of the deferred tax valuation allowance
Accounting &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
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Insights From Academic Research on IFRS 9: A Review of the Literature
Australian Accounting Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 Financial Instruments replaced International Accounting Standard (IAS) 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement, effective 1st January 2018. This study synthesises empirical research on IFRS 9, focused on the three phases of the standard‐setting process: classification and ...
Zeting Zang, Humayun Kabir, Tom Scott
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Revisiting Asset Pricing Models: The Case for an Intangibles Factor
Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In an increasingly knowledge‐based economy, intangible assets may be an important driver of firm performance and stock returns. We introduce an intangibles intensity factor (INT), distinct from the organization capital factor, and show that exposure to this factor strongly predicts stock returns, outperforming traditional factors.
Dion Bongaerts +2 more
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