1.
A Review of the Earnings Management Literature and its Implications for Standard Setting
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 15 Mar 1999
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Accounting
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24,831
2.
Financial Accounting Information and Corporate Governance
Number of pages: 115
Posted: 28 Apr 2002
Working Paper Series
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Financial Accounting Information and Corporate Governance
Number of pages: 115
Posted: 28 Apr 2002
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16,567
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16,567
3.
Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality
The Accounting Review, Vol. 91, No. 6, pp. 1697-1724.
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 11 Mar 2015
Last Revised: 01 Feb 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Causeway Capital Management, LLC, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University - Department of Accounting Information & Management
Downloads
15,838
4.
The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Harvard Business School Research Working Paper No. 11-100
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 03 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 01 May 2017
Working Paper Series
London Business School - Department of Strategic & International Management and Harvard Business School
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15,826
5.
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the United States: An Analysis of Economic and Policy Factors
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 11 Mar 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Boston University Questrom School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the United States: An Analysis of Economic and Policy Factors
Number of pages: 104
Posted: 11 Mar 2009
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13,415
Global Accounting Convergence and the Potential Adoption of IFRS by the U.S. (Part I): Conceptual Underpinnings and Economic Analysis
Accounting Horizons, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 355-394, 2010
Posted: 10 Sep 2010
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13,415
6.
Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?
Chicago Booth Research Paper 09-38, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 266/2009, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 15 Dec 2009
Working Paper Series
Vienna University of Economics and Business and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 3 versions of this paper
Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?
Chicago Booth Research Paper 09-38, ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 266/2009, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 15 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 15 Dec 2009
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10,569
Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?
NBER Working Paper No. w15515
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Last Revised: 14 Mar 2010
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115
Did Fair-Value Accounting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 24, pp. 93-118, Winter 2010
Posted: 22 Mar 2010
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10,569
7.
Transparency, Financial Accounting Information, and Corporate Governance
Economic Policy Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, April 2003
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 07 Sep 2005
Accepted Paper Series
University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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10,394
8.
Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe
Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 19 May 2006
Last Revised: 04 Apr 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, University of Cambridge Judge Business School and Boston University - Questrom School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe
Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 19 May 2006
Last Revised: 04 Apr 2012
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8,106
Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in Europe
Accounting Review, Forthcoming, Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 09-032, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 5
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 10 Sep 2008
Last Revised: 04 Apr 2012
Downloads
1,789
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8,106
9.
Earnings Quality: Evidence from the Field
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 21 Feb 2014
Working Paper Series
Emory University - Department of Accounting, Duke University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Earnings Quality: Evidence from the Field
Number of pages: 73
Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Last Revised: 21 Feb 2014
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8,085
Earnings Quality: Evidence from the Field
Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Forthcoming
Posted: 07 Jun 2013
Last Revised: 05 Dec 2013
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8,085
10.
Understanding Earnings Quality: A Review of the Proxies, Their Determinants and Their Consequences
Number of pages: 164
Posted: 10 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 25 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
USC Marshall School of Business, University of Washington - Michael G. Foster School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department
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6,975
11.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance
Strategic Management Journal, 35 (1): 1-23.
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 25 May 2011
Last Revised: 28 Nov 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Harvard University - Harvard Business School, London Business School - Department of Strategic & International Management and Harvard Business School
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6,660
12.
Environmental Management Accounting: Techniques and Benefits
Jurnal Akuntansi Universitas Jember, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 23-35
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 22 Nov 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Swinburne University of Technology
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6,519
13.
Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan
Forthcoming, The Accounting Review, Volume 87, No. 5, September 2012, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 10-15, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 10-088
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 22 Feb 2010
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Harvard Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan
Forthcoming, The Accounting Review, Volume 87, No. 5, September 2012, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 10-15, Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 10-088
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 22 Feb 2010
Last Revised: 28 Jul 2012
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6,379
Audit Quality and Auditor Reputation: Evidence from Japan
Accounting Review, Vol. 87, No. 5, September 2012, Harvard PON Working Paper No. 2118825
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 29 Jul 2012
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1,341
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6,379
14.
The Role of Accounting in the Financial Crisis: Lessons for the Future
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 15 Dec 2011
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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5,834
15.
Managing Costs and Cost Structure Throughout the Value Chain: Research on Strategic Cost Management
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 12 Dec 2005
Working Paper Series
University of California, Davis - Graduate School of Management
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5,614
16.
Audit Committee Financial Expertise, Competing Corporate Governance Mechanisms, and Earnings Management
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 05 Mar 2006
Working Paper Series
University of Tennessee, Clemson University, New York University (NYU) - Department of Accounting and University of Tennessee
There are 2 versions of this paper
Audit Committee Financial Expertise, Competing Corporate Governance Mechanisms, and Earnings Management
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 05 Mar 2006
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5,532
Audit Committee Financial Expertise, Competing Corporate Governance Mechanisms, and Earnings Management
NYU Working Paper No. 2451/27455
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 08 Oct 2008
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1,213
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5,532
17.
Corporate Governance and Accounting Scandals
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 17 Jan 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration and University of Alabama - Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration
There are 2 versions of this paper
Corporate Governance and Accounting Scandals
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 17 Jan 2003
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5,405
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5,405
18.
Analysis of Environmental and Economic Damages from British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Albany Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 1, 2011: 563-585
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 05 Aug 2010
Last Revised: 27 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Louisiana Tech University (Retired), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi-Department of Accounting and Missouri State University
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5,274
19.
Corporate Governance, Accounting Outcomes, and Organizational Performance
Accounting Review, October 2007
Number of pages: 71
Posted: 30 Mar 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, AQR Capital Management, LLC and London Business School
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5,181
20.
Detecting and Predicting Financial Statement Fraud: The Effectiveness of the Fraud Triangle and SAS No. 99
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 06 Nov 2008
Working Paper Series
Utah State University - School of Accountancy, Utah Valley University -- Woodbury School of Business and Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
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5,119
21.
How did Financial Reporting Contribute to the Financial Crisis?
European Accounting Review 19, no. 3: 399-423. , Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 79
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 10 May 2010
Last Revised: 19 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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4,827
22.
Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective
Chapter 9 in Corporate Stewardship: Achieving Sustainable Effectiveness, edited by Ed Lawler, Sue Mohrman, and James O’Toole, Greenleaf, 2015.
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 02 Feb 2014
Last Revised: 24 May 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School and Harvard Business School
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4,774
23.
The Role of Audit Committee in Corporate Governance: Descriptive Study
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 27 Aug 2014
Last Revised: 22 Oct 2014
Working Paper Series
University Putra Malaysia - Putra Business School
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4,743
24.
Is Earnings Quality Associated with Corporate Social Responsibility?
Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 31 Jul 2011
Last Revised: 04 Jan 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) - School of Business and Virginia Commonwealth University
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4,741
25.
Discretionary Disclosure Strategies in Corporate Narratives: Incremental Information or Impression Management?
Journal of Accounting Literature, Vol. 27, 2007, pp. 116-196
Number of pages: 89
Posted: 05 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 28 Apr 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Bangor University and University College Dublin
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4,701
26.
The Impact of International Accounting Standards on Firms
AAA 2006 Financial Accounting and Reporting Section (FARS) Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 16 May 2006
Working Paper Series
University of American college - Skopje - School of Business Economics and Management
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4,648
27.
The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization
Accounting, Economics and Law 3, No. 2 (April 2013), Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 11-132
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 02 Jul 2011
Last Revised: 08 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government
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4,633
28.
The Financial Reporting Environment: Review of the Recent Literature
Number of pages: 150
Posted: 06 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 13 Aug 2010
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, Texas A&M University College Station, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University - Department of Accounting Information & Management
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4,630
29.
The Enron Scandal (Slides)
Number of pages: 101
Posted: 04 Jun 2007
Last Revised: 14 May 2009
Working Paper Series
Hodak Value Advisors
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4,458
30.
Fair Value Accounting and Financial Stability
Chicago GSB Research Paper No. 08-15
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 30 Sep 2008
Working Paper Series
University of Toulouse 1 - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
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4,416
31.
Bank Failure, Mark-to-Market and the Financial Crisis
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 27 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 28 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School and University of Cambridge - Judge Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Bank Failure, Mark-to-Market and the Financial Crisis
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 27 Oct 2009
Last Revised: 28 Nov 2011
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4,406
Bank Failure, Mark‐To‐Market and the Financial Crisis
Abacus, Vol. 49, Issue 3, pp. 308-339, 2013
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 30 Sep 2013
Downloads
2
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4,406
32.
Are IFRS-based and US GAAP-based Accounting Amounts Comparable?
Journal of Accounting & Economics, Vol. 54, Issue 1, pp. 68-93, August 2012, Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 78
Number of pages: 75
Posted: 07 Apr 2010
Last Revised: 19 Sep 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business, University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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4,189
33.
Exploring the Role Delaware Plays as a Domestic Tax Haven
Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 12 Jan 2011
Last Revised: 11 Apr 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University - Accounting, Utah State University - School of Accountancy and Brigham Young University
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4,150
34.
Why do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?
Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Unit Working Paper No. 09-102
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 25 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Ohio State University
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4,098
35.
The Role of External Auditors in Corporate Governance: Agency Problems and the Management of Risk
Amazon Books April 2014
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 02 Jul 2009
Last Revised: 29 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
American Accounting Association
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3,995
36.
Sustainability, Accountability and Corporate Governance: Exploring Multinationals' Reporting Practices
Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 1-15, 2008
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 02 May 2006
Last Revised: 18 Nov 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Amsterdam Business School
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3,926
37.
Principles-Based Versus Rules-Based Accounting Standards: The Influence of Standard Precision and Audit Committee Strength on Financial Reporting Decisions
Agoglia, C.P., T.S. Doupnik, and G.T. Tsakumis. 2011. Principles-based versus rules-based
accounting standards: The influence of standard precision and audit committee strength
on financial reporting decisions. The Accounting Review 86 (3): 747-767.
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 21 Jan 2009
Last Revised: 14 Feb 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business and University of Delaware - Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
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3,841
38.
Understanding and Preventing Money Laundering
Internal Auditing, 19(5): 22-25, September-October 2004
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 21 Feb 2008
Last Revised: 06 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Dallas and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi-Department of Accounting
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3,753
39.
Incentives for Tax Planning and Avoidance: Evidence from the Field
The Accounting Review, Vol. 89, No. 3, pp. 991-1023, May 2014, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4990-12
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 19 Sep 2012
Last Revised: 17 May 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of California-Irvine and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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3,721
40.
Board Monitoring, Audit Committee Effectiveness, and Financial Reporting Quality: Review and Synthesis of Empirical Evidence
Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting, Vol. 1, No. 2, July-December 2009
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 15 Oct 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Concordia University, Quebec - John Molson School of Business, HEC Montréal - Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Governance, Univ. Grenoble Alpes and Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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3,665
41.
Board Monitoring and Earnings Management: Do Outside Directors Influence Abnormal Accruals?
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 05 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance, Bocconi University and Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
Board Monitoring and Earnings Management: Do Outside Directors Influence Abnormal Accruals?
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 05 Jan 2001
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3,643
Board Monitoring and Earnings Management: Do Outside Directors Influence Abnormal Accruals?
Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 32, No. 7-8, pp. 1311-1346, September 2005
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 27 Mar 2006
Downloads
22
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3,643
42.
Mandatory IFRS Reporting and Changes in Enforcement
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 377/2013, The Wharton School Research Paper, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-12
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 07 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Mandatory IFRS Reporting and Changes in Enforcement
ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 377/2013, The Wharton School Research Paper, Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 12-12
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 07 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 06 Apr 2015
Downloads
3,626
Mandatory IFRS Reporting and Changes in Enforcement
Journal of Accounting and Economics, Vol. 56, No. 2-3 (Supplement 1), pp. 147-177, 2013
Posted: 07 Dec 2013
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3,626
43.
The Incentives for Tax Planning
Journal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 53, Issues 1–2, (Feb–April 2012): 391-411. , Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University Working Paper No. 56, Stanford Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 2032
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 10 Jun 2009
Last Revised: 06 Nov 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department, University of Pennsylvania - Accounting Department and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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3,570
44.
Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Associated with Tax Avoidance? Evidence from Irresponsible CSR Activities
Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 17 Jun 2013
Last Revised: 27 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Department of Accounting and Finance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - Lally School of Management and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Saunders College of Business
Downloads
3,503
45.
Why are expanded audit reports not informative to investors? Evidence from the UK
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 19 Jun 2015
Last Revised: 14 Jan 2021
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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3,503
46.
Legitimacy Theory: A Story of Reporting Social and Environmental Matters within the Australian Food and Beverage Industry
Presented to the 5th Asian Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference, 8-10 July 2007, Auckland, New Zealand.
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 16 Mar 2009
Accepted Paper Series
Swinburne University of Technology, Saint George Bank and Macquarie University - Department of Accounting and Finance
Downloads
3,470
47.
Different Approaches to Corporate Reporting Regulation: How Jurisdictions Differ and Why
Chicago Booth Initiative on Global Markets Research Paper No. 53, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 156/2010
Number of pages: 68
Posted: 30 Mar 2010
Last Revised: 31 May 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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3,433
48.
Value Relevance of FAS 157 Fair Value Hierarchy Information and the Impact of Corporate Governance Mechanisms
Accounting Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, 2010
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 05 Aug 2008
Last Revised: 17 Dec 2009
Working Paper Series
Virginia Tech, University of Oklahoma and Korea University
There are 2 versions of this paper
Value Relevance of FAS 157 Fair Value Hierarchy Information and the Impact of Corporate Governance Mechanisms
Accounting Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, 2010
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 05 Aug 2008
Last Revised: 17 Dec 2009
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3,420
Value Relevance of FAS 157 Fair Value Hierarchy Information and the Impact of Corporate Governance Mechanisms
Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 10 Nov 2009
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3,420
49.
CEO Incentives and Earnings Management
Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming, HBS Finance Working Paper No. 640585
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 02 Feb 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Brandeis International Business School and New York University (NYU) - Department of Finance
There are 2 versions of this paper
CEO Incentives and Earnings Management
Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming, HBS Finance Working Paper No. 640585
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 02 Feb 2005
Downloads
3,413
CEO Incentives and Earnings Management
NYU Working Paper No. FIN-05-007
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 03 Nov 2008
Downloads
291
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3,413
50.
Risk Accounting: An Accounting Based Approach to Measuring Enterprise Risk and Risk Appetite
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 22 Oct 2012
Last Revised: 29 Jul 2013
Working Paper Series
Durham University Business School, Financial InterGroup, Durham Business School - Centre for Banking, Institutions & Development, University of York - The York Management School and University of Leeds - Leeds University Business School (LUBS)
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3,344
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