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The informativeness of consolidated and parent‐only earnings to investors: Evidence from India
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.Abstract We examine whether earnings from parent‐only financial statements are incrementally informative to those from consolidated financial statements. We use a unique mandate in India that requires firms to provide both consolidated and parent‐level financial statements, since currently neither US GAAP nor IFRS mandates this level of disaggregation.
Sudhakar V. Balachandran +3 more
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Can individual auditors' career advancements predict audit partner quality?
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.Abstract This mixed‐methods study investigates whether individual auditors' career advancements to more prestigious audit firms can predict their audit quality. Using hand‐collected data on more than 2,000 audit partners from professional networking website profiles, I identify audit partners with advancements from less to more prestigious audit firms ...
Joseph A. Micale
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Does analyst participation in earnings conference calls curb real activities earnings management?
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.Abstract Sell‐side equity analysts serve as external monitors, yet evidence on how they fulfill this monitoring role remains limited. We examine whether analysts utilize earnings conference calls to monitor firms suspected of real earnings management and assess the implications of such monitoring.
Yuan Ji, Oded Rozenbaum
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Turnover experiences in public accounting and alumni's decisions to “give back”
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines turnover experiences in public accounting, including the exit phase (from public accountants' initial thoughts of leaving to their exit) and the post‐exit phase (from their exit to the present moment) of the turnover process.
Lindsay M. Andiola +2 more
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The Impact of Disclosure on Diversity: Evidence From the Canada Business Corporations Act
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the impact of a 2020 “comply‐or‐explain” disclosure mandate implemented in Canada. This regulation imposed the first disclosure mandate extending beyond gender diversity to include racial diversity. Using federally registered public firms as a treatment group and provincially registered public firms as a control group, we establish ...
Thomas Bourveau +2 more
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An Explanation of Path Analysis and Recommendations for Best Practice
Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Path analysis has become increasingly popular, but many studies do not show a deep understanding of how path analysis works or the assumptions on which it relies. In this paper, we explain that path analysis is statistically equivalent to either OLS when the researcher assumes uncorrelated errors, or instrumental variable (IV) estimation when ...
Clive Lennox, Carmen Payne‐Mann
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Regulators are increasingly considering and mandating additional public tax disclosures to enhance transparency and promote scrutiny of corporate tax avoidance. We conducted three experiments to examine how such disclosures influence retail investors' perceptions of firms with identical effective tax rates but different tax avoidance methods ...
Bart Dierynck +4 more
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