Linda A. Myers

University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management

Haslam Chair of Business and Distinguished Professor of Accounting

Knoxville, TN

United States

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1.

Earnings Momentum and Earnings Management

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Earnings Momentum and Earnings Management

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 May 1999
James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Douglas J. Skinner
University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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earnings momentum, earnings management, accruals, management incentives

Earnings Momentum and Earnings Management

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Mar 2007
James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Douglas J. Skinner
University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Earnings momentum, earnings management, accruals, management incentives

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Fair Value Accounting and Gains from Asset Securitizations: A Convenient Earnings Management Tool with Compensation Side-Benefits

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Fair Value Accounting and Gains from Asset Securitizations: A Convenient Earnings Management Tool with Compensation Side-Benefits

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 17 Sep 2004 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2009
Patricia Dechow, Linda A. Myers and Catherine Shakespeare
USC Marshall School of Business, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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securitizations, earnings management, fair value, financial expert, outside directors, reliability, gain

Fair Value Accounting and Gains from Asset Securitizations: A Convenient Earnings Management Tool with Compensation Side-Benefits

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), 2009
Posted: 05 Nov 2009
Patricia Dechow, Linda A. Myers and Catherine Shakespeare
USC Marshall School of Business, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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securitizations, fair value, earnings management, financial expertise, outside directors, gains, asset derecognition

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Market Reactions to the Disclosure of Internal Control Weaknesses and to the Characteristics of Those Weaknesses Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002

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Market Reactions to the Disclosure of Internal Control Weaknesses and to the Characteristics of Those Weaknesses Under Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Nov 2005
Jacqueline S. Hammersley, Linda A. Myers and Catherine Shakespeare
University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Internal control weakness, material weakness, market reactions, event study, Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002

Market Reactions to the Disclosure of Internal Control Weaknesses and to the Characteristics of those Weaknesses under Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1, March 2008
Posted: 12 Apr 2007
Jacqueline S. Hammersley, Linda A. Myers and Catherine Shakespeare
University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Internal control weakness, material weakness, market reactions, event study, Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002

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Do Individual Investors Cause Post-Earnings Announcement Drift? Direct Evidence from Personal Trades

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Do Individual Investors Cause Post-Earnings Announcement Drift? Direct Evidence from Personal Trades

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Nov 2003 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2018
David A. Hirshleifer, James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Siew Hong Teoh
University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of California, Irvine - Accounting Area
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earnings anomalies, post-earnings announcement drift, market efficiency, trading activity, individual investors, investor sophistication

Do Individual Investors Cause Post-Earnings Announcement Drift? Direct Evidence from Personal Trades

Accounting Review, November 2008
Posted: 04 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2008
David A. Hirshleifer, James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Siew Hong Teoh
University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of California, Irvine - Accounting Area

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earnings anomalies, post-earnings announcement drift, market efficiency, trading activity, individual investors, investor sophistication

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Restating Under the Radar? Determinants of Restatement Disclosure Choices and the Related Market Reactions

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2013
Linda A. Myers, Susan Scholz and Nathan Y. Sharp
University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area and Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting
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accounting restatements, stealth restatements, disclosure choice, market reactions, monitoring

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Disclosure Quality and the Mispricing of Accruals and Cash Flow

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 2009
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 May 2007 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2010
Michael S. Drake, James N. Myers and Linda A. Myers
Brigham Young University - Marriott School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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Disclosure quality, mispricing, accrual anomaly, cash flow mispricing

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Do Earnings Reported Under IFRS Tell Us More About Future Earnings and Cash Flows?

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2011
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2010
T. J. Atwood, Michael S. Drake, James N. Myers and Linda A. Myers
University of Arkansas - Department of Accounting, Brigham Young University - Marriott School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS, domestic accounting standards, GAAP, usefulness of earnings, earnings prediction, future cash flows

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An Investigation of Recent Changes in Going Concern Reporting Decisions Among Big N and Non-Big N Auditors

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2013
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 09 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2013
Linda A. Myers, Jaime J. Schmidt and Michael S. Wilkins
University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Texas at Austin and University of Kansas
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going concern audit opinions, Type I and Type II misclassifications, auditor conservatism, auditor type, Big N auditors

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Fair Value Exposure, Auditor Specialization, and Banks’ Discretionary Use of the Loan Loss Provision

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2017
Brian Bratten, Monika Causholli and Linda A. Myers
University of Kentucky - Von Allmen School of Accountancy, University of Kentucky - Von Allmen School of Accountancy and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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Fair Value Accounting, Auditor Specialization, Earnings Management, Loan Loss Provision

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Book-Tax Conformity, Earnings Persistence and the Association Between Earnings and Future Cash Flows

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), Vol. 50, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 14 Mar 2010
T. J. Atwood, Michael S. Drake and Linda A. Myers
University of Arkansas - Department of Accounting, Brigham Young University - Marriott School and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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book-tax conformity, book-tax differences, usefulness of earnings, earnings persistence, future cash flows

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Does Company Reputation Matter for Financial Reporting Quality? Evidence from Restatements

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Does Company Reputation Matter for Financial Reporting Quality? Evidence from Restatements

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 17 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2011
Ying Cao, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
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corporate reputation, financial reporting quality, restatements, audit fees

Does Company Reputation Matter for Financial Reporting Quality? Evidence from Restatements

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 20 Aug 2011
Ying Cao, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy

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Company Reputation, Financial Reporting Quality, Restatements, Audit Fees

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Financial Statement Comparability and the Informativeness of Stock Prices About Future Earnings

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2017
Jong-Hag Choi, Sunhwa Choi, Linda A. Myers and David A. Ziebart
Seoul National University - College of Business Administration, Sungkyunkwan University, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics
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comparability, future earnings response coefficient (FERC), firm-specific earnings, stock price synchronicity

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The Effects of Audit Partner Pre-Client and Client-Specific Experience on Audit Quality and on Perceptions of Audit Quality

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The Effects of Audit Partner Pre-Client and Client-Specific Experience on Audit Quality and on Perceptions of Audit Quality

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2016
Wuchun Chi, Linda A. Myers, Thomas C. Omer and Hong Xie
National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy and University of Kentucky - Von Allmen School of Accountancy
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Audit Partner Experience, Audit Quality, Discretionary Accruals, Interest Rate Spreads, Auditor Tenure

The Effects of Audit Partner Pre-Client and Client-Specific Experience on Audit Quality and on Perceptions of Audit Quality

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 11 Oct 2016
Wuchun Chi, Linda A. Myers, Thomas C. Omer and Hong Xie
National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy and University of Kentucky - Von Allmen School of Accountancy

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Audit Partner Experience; Audit Quality; Discretionary Accruals; Interest Rate Spreads; Auditor Tenure

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A Re-Examination of Analysts’ Superiority over Time-Series Forecasts of Annual Earnings

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2012
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2012
Mark T Bradshaw, Michael S. Drake, James N. Myers and Linda A. Myers
Boston College, Brigham Young University - Marriott School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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analyst forecasts, earnings per share, time-series forecasts, earnings forecasts, earnings expectations

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Do Accounting Firm Consulting Revenues Affect Audit Quality? Evidence from the Pre- and Post-SOX Eras

Contemporary Accounting Research, Volume 36, Issue 2, Pages 1028-1054, 2019
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 29 May 2019
Ling Lei Lisic, Linda A. Myers, Robert J. Pawlewicz and Timothy A. Seidel
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Pamplin College of Business, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of North Dakota - College of Business & Public Administration and Brigham Young University
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accounting firms, audit quality, consulting services, nonaudit services

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Do Management Eps Forecasts Allow Returns to Reflect Future Earnings? Implications for the Continuation of Management's Quarterly Earnings Guidance

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 17 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2013
Jong-Hag Choi, Linda A. Myers, Yoonseok Zang and David A. Ziebart
Seoul National University - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics
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Management forecasts, Future earnings response coefficient (FERC), Earnings guidance, Forecast characteristics

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Company Reputation and the Cost of Equity Capital

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 09 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2014
Ying Cao, James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
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company reputation, cost of equity capital

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The Impact of Increased Managerial Discretion on the Usefulness of Reported Revenues: Evidence from Accounting Standard Updates for Multiple-Deliverable Sales Arrangements

Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Research Paper No. 2559438
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2019
Linda A. Myers, Roy Schmardebeck, Timothy A. Seidel and Michael D. Stuart
University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, Brigham Young University and Vanderbilt University - Accounting
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revenue recognition; managerial discretion; relevance; faithful representation

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Does Earnings Acceleration Convey Information?

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 30 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2011
Ying Cao, Linda A. Myers and Theodore Sougiannis
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Accountancy
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earnings acceleration, earnings growth, earnings prediction, stock returns

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Does Company Reputation Matter for Voluntary Disclosure Quality? Evidence from Management Earnings Forecasts

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2017
Ying Cao, Cory A. Cassell, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, University of Arkansas, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
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Company reputation, disclosure quality, management forecasts

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Does the Timing of Auditor Changes Affect Audit Quality? Evidence from the Initial Year of the Audit Engagement

Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 03 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 23 May 2017
Cory A. Cassell, James C. Hansen, Linda A. Myers and Timothy A. Seidel
University of Arkansas, Weber State University Goddard School of Business and Economics, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and Brigham Young University
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audit quality; auditor changes; misstatements; auditor independence

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Short Selling Around Restatement Announcements: When Do Bears Pounce?

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2014
Michael S. Drake, Linda A. Myers, Susan Scholz and Nathan Y. Sharp
Brigham Young University - Marriott School, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area and Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting
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Short sellers, short interest, information revelation, accounting restatements, market reactions

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Do Financial Statement Misstatements Facilitate Corporate Acquisitions?

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 27 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2015
Todd D. Kravet, Linda A. Myers, Juan Manuel Sanchez and Susan Scholz
University of Connecticut - Department of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Texas at San Antonio and University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area
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Misstatements, Restatements, Earnings Management, Mergers, Acquisitions

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Analysts' Accrual-Related Over-Optimism: Do Analyst Characteristics Play a Role?

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, December 2011
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2009
Michael S. Drake and Linda A. Myers
Brigham Young University - Marriott School and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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forecasts, analyst experience, brokerage size, analyst optimism, working capital accruals

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Management Forecasts and the Cost of Equity Capital: International Evidence

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Management Forecasts and the Cost of Equity Capital: International Evidence

Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2014 Conference Paper
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 04 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2017
Ying Cao, Linda A. Myers, Albert Tsang and Yong George Yang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Faculty of Business Administration
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Management Forecasts, Voluntary Disclosure, International, Cost of Capital

Management Forecasts and the Cost of Equity Capital: International Evidence

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Mar 2017
Ying Cao, Linda A. Myers, Albert Tsang and Yong George Yang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Faculty of Business Administration

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management forecasts, voluntary disclosure, cost of equity capital, investor protection, information dissemination

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The Monitoring Effectiveness of Co-Opted Audit Committees

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 31 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2019
Cory A. Cassell, Linda A. Myers, Roy Schmardebeck and Jian Zhou
University of Arkansas, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Hawaii at Manoa
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audit committee, board of directors, co-option, discretionary accruals, independence, misstatements

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Short Sellers and the Informativeness of Stock Prices with Respect to Future Earnings

Review of Accounting Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2015
Michael S. Drake, James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Michael D. Stuart
Brigham Young University - Marriott School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and Vanderbilt University - Accounting
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Short sellers, short interest, future earnings response coefficient (FERC), market efficiency

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Venture Capital and Material Weaknesses in Internal Control

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2017
Douglas J. Cumming, Lars Helge Hass, Linda A. Myers and Monika Tarsalewska
Florida Atlantic University, Lancaster University - Management School, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Exeter Business School
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Venture Capital, Initial Public Offerings, Corporate Governance, Material Weaknesses in Internal Control, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

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The Usefulness of Income Tax Disclosures Under IFRS versus U.S. GAAP for Predicting Changes in Future Earnings and Cash Flows

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Nov 2012
T. J. Atwood, Ying Cao, Michael S. Drake and Linda A. Myers
University of Arkansas - Department of Accounting, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, Brigham Young University - Marriott School and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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International Financial Reporting Standards, U.S. GAAP, tax aggressiveness, usefulness of earnings, earnings prediction, future cash flows

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Does Audit Committee Accounting Expertise Help to Promote Audit Quality? Evidence from Auditor Reporting of Internal Control Weaknesses

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Does Audit Committee Accounting Expertise Help to Promote Audit Quality? Evidence from Auditor Reporting of Internal Control Weaknesses

Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 36, No. 4, 2019
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 10 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2019
Ling Lei Lisic, Linda A. Myers, Timothy A. Seidel and Jian Zhou
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Pamplin College of Business, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, Brigham Young University and University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Audit Committee, Accounting Expertise, Internal Control, Auditor Dismissal

Does Audit Committee Accounting Expertise Help to Promote Audit Quality? Evidence from Auditor Reporting of Internal Control Weaknesses

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 21 Jun 2019
Ling Lei Lisic, Linda A. Myers, Timothy A. Seidel and Jian Zhou
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Pamplin College of Business, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, Brigham Young University and University of Hawaii at Manoa

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audit committee, accounting expertise, audit quality, internal control, auditor dismissal

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The Consequences of Audit-Related Earnings Revisions

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 16 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2017
Jacob Haislip, Linda A. Myers, Susan Scholz and Timothy A. Seidel
Texas Tech University, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Kansas - Accounting and Information Systems Area and Brigham Young University
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auditor independence, earnings revisions, auditor changes

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The Effects of Disclosure and Analyst Regulations on the Relevance of Analyst Characteristics for Explaining Analyst Forecast Accuracy

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The Effects of Disclosure and Analyst Regulations on the Relevance of Analyst Characteristics for Explaining Analyst Forecast Accuracy

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2017
Sami Keskek, Linda A. Myers, Thomas C. Omer and Marjorie K. Shelley
Florida State University, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
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Analyst forecast errors, analyst disagreement, information uncertainty, private information

The Effects of Disclosure and Analyst Regulations on the Relevance of Analyst Characteristics for Explaining Analyst Forecast Accuracy

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 44, Issue 5-6, pp. 780-811, 2017
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 May 2017
Sami Keskek, Linda A. Myers, Thomas C. Omer and Marjorie K. Shelley
Florida State University, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
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analyst forecast errors, analyst disagreement, information uncertainty, private information

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The Consequences of Providing Lower Quality Audits at the Engagement Partner Level

Journal of International Accounting Research 18 (3): 63-82 (2019)
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2019
Wuchun Chi, Ling Lei Lisic, Linda A. Myers, Mikhail Pevzner and Timothy A. Seidel
National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Accounting, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Pamplin College of Business, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Baltimore - Merrick School of Business and Brigham Young University
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engagement partners, reputational consequences, restatements

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The Effects of Analysts’ Access to Management’s Private Information and the Precision of Publicly Available Information on Analyst Forecast Accuracy

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2013
Sami Keskek, Linda A. Myers, Thomas C. Omer and Marjorie K. Shelley
Florida State University, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
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Analyst forecast errors, Analyst disagreement, Information uncertainty, Private information

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The Effect of Media Competition on Analyst Forecast Properties: Cross-Country Evidence

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 08 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2019
Ying Cao, Sami Keskek, Linda A. Myers and Albert Tsang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, Florida State University, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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media competition, international analyst forecasts, analyst forecast accuracy, analyst forecast optimism, analyst forecast dispersion, information environment

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Investors’ Misweighting of Firm-level Information and the Market’s Expectations of Earnings

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Investors’ Misweighting of Firm-level Information and the Market’s Expectations of Earnings

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2019
Sami Keskek, James N. Myers and Linda A. Myers
Florida State University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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Market Expectations, Mispricing

Investors’ Misweighting of Firm-level Information and the Market’s Expectations of Earnings

Contemporary Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Dec 2019
Sami Keskek, James N. Myers and Linda A. Myers
Florida State University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management

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Market expectations, Mispricing, Fundamental earnings forecasts, Analyst Forecasts, Measurement errors, Investor beliefs

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CFO Outside Directorships: What Happens to Financial Reporting Quality at the Home Firm?

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2018
Lauren M. Cunningham, Linda A. Myers and Justin Short
University of Tennessee - Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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Chief Financial Officers, Boards of Directors, Financial Reporting Quality, Misstatement, Material Weakness

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Why Do Certain Engagement Partners Exhibit a Pattern of Poor Audit Quality? The Impact of Partner Workloads and Client Fee Pressures

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2019
Wuchun Chi, Ling Lei Lisic, Linda A. Myers, Mikhail Pevzner and Timothy A. Seidel
National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Accounting, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University - Pamplin College of Business, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Baltimore - Merrick School of Business and Brigham Young University
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audit quality, engagement partners, financial statement misstatements, partner workloads, audit fee pressure

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The Lack of Timeliness with Which Stock Price Incorporates Bad News and the Earnings-return Asymmetry between Negative and Positive Returns: Evidence from Stock Liquidity

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 02 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2020
June Cheng, Jing Fang and Linda A. Myers
Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Faculty of Business, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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Conditional conservatism; Stock liquidity; Earnings-return asymmetry; Asymmetric timeliness

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Chief Operating Officers and Real Earnings Management

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Cory A. Cassell, Andrew Doucet, E. Scott Johnson and Linda A. Myers
University of Arkansas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Haslam College of Business, Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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chief operating officers, C-suite, earnings management, real earnings management, top management

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Associations and Networks of International Accounting Firms

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2019
Xi Ai, Lauren M. Cunningham, Xiao Li and Linda A. Myers
University of Tennessee - Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee - Haslam College of Business, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) - School of Accountancy and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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accounting association, accounting network, audit pricing, audit quality, international

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Does the Time-Oriented Tendency Embedded in Language Affect Corporate Income Smoothing? Cross-Country Evidence

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Jan 2019
Wenjiao Cao, Linda A. Myers and Zhifang Zhang
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and Warwick Business School
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linguistic future time reference, income smoothing, earnings informativeness

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(Presentation Slides) Do Individual Investors Cause Post-Earnings Announcement Drift? Direct Evidence From Personal Trades

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Aug 2018
David A. Hirshleifer, James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Siew Hong Teoh
University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of California, Irvine - Accounting Area
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Earnings Anomalies, Post-Earnings Announcement Drift, Market Efficiency, Trading Activity, Individual Investors, Investor Sophistication

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Accounting for Inventory Costs and Real Earnings Management Behavior

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Nov 2019
Fernando Caio Galdi, E. Scott Johnson, James N. Myers and Linda A. Myers
Fundacao Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisas em Contabilidade, Economia e Financas (FUCAPE), Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management
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Real Earnings Management, Inventory Overproduction, SFAS 151, Accounting Standards

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Exploring Managers' Accrual-Related Forecast Bias

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 02 Jun 2017
Sami Keskek, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
Florida State University, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
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Management Earnings Forecasts, Managers' Accrual-Related Forecast Bias, Earnings Management, Disclosure Quality

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The Emergence of Second‐Tier Auditors in the US: Evidence from Investor Perceptions of Financial Reporting Credibility

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The Emergence of Second‐Tier Auditors in the US: Evidence from Investor Perceptions of Financial Reporting Credibility

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 40, Issue 3-4, pp. 350-372, 2013
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Apr 2013
Cory A. Cassell, Gary Giroux, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
University of Arkansas, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy
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 second‐tier auditors, Big 4 auditors, ex ante cost of equity capital, earnings response coefficients, financial reporting credibility

The Emergence of Second-Tier Auditors in the US: Evidence from Investor Perceptions of Financial Reporting Credibility

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming
Posted: 17 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2013
Cory A. Cassell, Gary Giroux, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
University of Arkansas, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy

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Second-Tier auditors, Big N auditors, ex ante cost of equity capital, PEG ratio, earnings response coefficients, ERC, financial reporting credibility

47.

Can a Hybrid Method Improve Equity Valuation? An Empirical Evaluation of the Ohlson and Johannesson (2016) Model

The Accounting Review (2019)
Posted: 28 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2019
Zhan Gao, James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Wan-Ting Wu
Lancaster University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Massachusetts Boston

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equity valuation, discounted models, price multiple models, cost of equity

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Measuring the Market Response to Going Concern Modifications: The Importance of Disclosure Timing

Review of Accounting Studies: December 2018, Volume 23, Issue 4, pp. 1512-1542
Posted: 11 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2018
Linda A. Myers, Jonathan E. Shipman, Quinn Thomas Swanquist and Robert Lowell Whited
University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, University of Arkansas, University of Alabama - Culverhouse School of Accountancy and North Carolina State University

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Going Concern Modifications; Market Reactions; Auditor Reporting

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Disclosure Transparency about Activity in Valuation Allowance and Reserve Accounts and Accruals-based Earnings Management

Accounting, Organizations and Society, Vol. 46, 2015
Posted: 14 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 05 Jan 2016
Cory A. Cassell, Linda A. Myers and Timothy A. Seidel
University of Arkansas, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and Brigham Young University

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disclosure transparency; valuation allowances and reserves; Schedule II; earnings management; discretionary accruals; management discretion

50.

Small Audit Firm Membership in Associations, Networks, and Alliances: Implications for Audit Quality and Audit Fees

The Accounting Review, Vol. 91, No. 3, 2016
Posted: 17 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2017
Kenneth L. Bills, Lauren M. Cunningham and Linda A. Myers
Michigan State University - Department of Accounting & Information Systems, University of Tennessee - Haslam College of Business and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management

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associations, networks, small audit firms, audit quality, audit fees

51.

The Effect of Lame Duck Auditors on Management Discretion: An Empirical Analysis

2016. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 35 (3): 51-73.
Posted: 09 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Cory A. Cassell, Linda A. Myers, Timothy A. Seidel and Jian Zhou
University of Arkansas, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, Brigham Young University and University of Hawaii at Manoa

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auditor independence, earnings management, discretionary accruals, management discretion, mandatory auditor rotation

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Reviewing the SEC’s Review Process: 10-K Comment Letters and the Cost of Remediation

Accounting Review, Vol. 88, No. 6, 2013
Posted: 31 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2013
Cory A. Cassell, Lauren M. Cunningham and Linda A. Myers
University of Arkansas, University of Tennessee - Haslam College of Business and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management

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comment letters, disclosure quality, filing reviews, reporting compliance, Securities and Exchange Commission

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Home Country Tax System Characteristics and Corporate Tax Avoidance: International Evidence

Accounting Review, Vol. 87, No. 6, 2012 doi: 10.2308/accr-50222
Posted: 23 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2012
T. J. Atwood, Michael S. Drake, James N. Myers and Linda A. Myers
University of Arkansas - Department of Accounting, Brigham Young University - Marriott School, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management

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Tax avoidance, tax systems, book-tax conformity, managerial incentives

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Analysts’ Accrual-Related Over-Optimism: Do Analyst Characteristics Play a Role?

Review of Accounting Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2011
Posted: 30 Nov 2009
Michael S. Drake and Linda A. Myers
Brigham Young University - Marriott School and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management

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analyst forecasts, analyst experience, brokerage size, analyst optimism, working capital accruals

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The Failure to Remediate Previously-Disclosed Material Weaknesses in Internal Controls

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2012
Posted: 15 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 11 Jul 2012
Jacqueline S. Hammersley, Linda A. Myers and Jian Zhou
University of Georgia - J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Hawaii at Manoa

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material weaknesses, internal controls, remediation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act

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The Effect of Corporate Governance on Auditor-Client Realignments

Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 31 (2), 2012
Posted: 20 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 23 May 2012
Cory A. Cassell, Gary Giroux, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
University of Arkansas, Texas A&M University - Department of Accounting, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy

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Corporate governance, Auditor-client realignments, Audit risk, Financial risk, Litigation risk, Earnings manipulation risk, Discretionary accruals, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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The Roles that Forecast Surprise and Forecast Error Play in Determining Management Forecast Precision

Accounting Horizons, 2010
Posted: 15 Sep 2006 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2013
Jong-Hag Choi, Linda A. Myers, Yoonseok Zang and David A. Ziebart
Seoul National University - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management, Singapore Management University - School of Accountancy and University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics

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management forecasts, management forecast precision, management forecast surprise, management forecast error

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Exploring the Term of the Auditor-Client Relationship and the Quality of Earnings: A Case for Mandatory Auditor Rotation?

The Accounting Review, Vol. 78, No. 3, 2003
Posted: 17 Feb 2003
James N. Myers, Linda A. Myers and Thomas C. Omer
University of Tennessee, Knoxville - College of Business Administration, University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management and University of Nebraska at Lincoln - School of Accountancy

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auditor tenure, earnings quality, audit quality, mandatory rotation

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Bringing the Future Forward: The Effect of Disclosure on the Returns-Earnings Relation

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Apr 2002
Russell J. Lundholm and Linda A. Myers
University of British Columbia - Sauder School of Business and University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business, Accounting and Information Management

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Disclosure, Stock returns, Earnings