Michael Welker

Queen's University - Smith School of Business

Kingston

Ontario, Ontario K7L 3N6

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The World Price of Earnings Opacity

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The World Price of Earnings Opacity

EFA 2002 Berlin Meetings Presented Paper
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Sep 2001
Utpal Bhattacharya, Hazem Daouk and Michael Welker
HKUST Business School, Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Earnings Opacity; Cost of Equity; Turnover

The World Price of Earnings Opacity

The Accounting Review, July 2003
Posted: 18 Feb 2003
Utpal Bhattacharya, Hazem Daouk and Michael Welker
HKUST Business School, Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management and Queen's University - Smith School of Business

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earnings opacity, earnings aggressiveness, loss avoidance, earnings smoothing, cost of equity, trading volume

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The Link between Earnings Conservatism and the Price to Book Ratio

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The Link between Earnings Conservatism and the Price to Book Ratio

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Jun 2004
Jinhan Pae, Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Korea University Business School (KUBS), Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Accounting conservatism, earnings, accruals, returns, price-to-book

The Link Between Earnings Conservatism and the Price to Book Ratio

Contemporary Accounting Research, Vol. 22, No. 3, Fall 2005
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 May 2005
Jinhan Pae, Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Korea University Business School (KUBS), Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Accounting conservatism, earnings, accruals, returns, price-to-book

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International GAAP Differences: The Impact on Foreign Analysts

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International GAAP Differences: The Impact on Foreign Analysts

Accounting Review, 2008
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Dec 2007
Kee-Hong Bae, Hongping Tan and Michael Welker
York University - Schulich School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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GAAP differences, accounting standard, analyst following, forecast accuracy, harmonization

International Gaap Differences - the Impact on Foreign Analysts

CAAA 2006 Annual Conference Paper
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Jan 2006
Kee-Hong Bae, Hongping Tan and Michael Welker
York University - Schulich School of Business, McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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GAAP differences, foreign analyst following, forecast accuracy

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Impact of Market Risk Disclosures on Stock Price Sensitivity to Oil and Gas Prices

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 1999
Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Analyst Following and Forecast Accuracy After Mandated IFRS Adoptions

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 21 Jun 2011
Hongping Tan, Shiheng Wang and Michael Welker
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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IFRS, accounting harmonization, analyst following, analysts' forecasts

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Do Sec Disclosures Reduce Investors' Disagreements About Firms' Exposures to Market Risk?: A Trading Volume Analysis

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Oct 2000
Thomas J. Linsmeier, Daniel B. Thornton, Mohan Venkatachalam and Michael Welker
Financial Accounting Standards Board, Smith School of Business at Queen's University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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Gone with the Wind: An Externality of Earnings Pressure

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), 2021
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2021
Zheng Liu, Hongtao Shen, Michael Welker, Ning Zhang and Yang Zhao
Queen's University, Smith School of Business, Jinan University, Queen's University - Smith School of Business, Queen's University, Smith School of Business and Jinan University - Management School
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Earnings pressure, Capital market, Externality, Economic growth, Pollution, Environment

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The Effect of Oil and Gas Producers' Frr No. 48 Disclosures on Investors' Risk Assessments

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Jun 2002
Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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disclosure regulation, market risk disclosures, derivatives, oil and gas industry, commodity beta

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The Reduction of Firms' Ownership Induced Agency Costs Following Financial Reporting Reform in the European Union

CAAA 2006 Annual Conference Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jan 2006
Jinhan Pae, Daniel B. Thornton and Michael Welker
Korea University Business School (KUBS), Smith School of Business at Queen's University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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International Accounting Standards, European Union, Agency Costs

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Timing Equity Issuance in Response to Information Asymmetry Arising from IFRS Adoption in Australia and Europe

Journal of Accounting Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Oct 2010
Shiheng Wang and Michael Welker
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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IFRS, financial statement reconciliations, information asymmetry, market timing, equity issuance

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The Walk-Down to Beatable Forecasts: International Evidence

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Nov 2017
Hongping Tan, Jiangfeng Wang, Michael Welker and Zhang Ran
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics, Queen's University - Smith School of Business and Peking University
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Analyst forecasts, Walk-down, Earnings guidance, Institutional infrastructure, Insider trading, Forecast bias

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The Effect of Retrospective Versus Modified Retrospective Application of Accounting Changes on Financial Statement Usefulness

Review of Accounting Studies, 29(4), 3946-3976
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 13 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2024
Jing Wang and Michael Welker
Queen's University - Smith School of Business and Queen's University - Smith School of Business
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accounting changes, SFAS 154, application methods, revenue recognition

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Divergence of Cash Flow and Voting Rights, Opacity, and Stock Price Crash Risk: International Evidence

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 5, 2017
Posted: 12 Mar 2018
Hyun A. Hong, Jeong-Bon Kim and Michael Welker
University of California, Riverside (UCR) - A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, Simon Fraser University and Queen's University - Smith School of Business

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ownership-control wedge; stock price crash risk; information opacity; IFRS

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Earnings Management During Antidumping Investigations in Europe: Sample-Wide and Cross-Sectional Evidence

Journal of Accounting Research, Vol. 55, No. 2, 2017
Posted: 15 Sep 2017
David Godsell, Michael Welker and Ning Zhang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Queen's University - Smith School of Business and Queen's University, Smith School of Business

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earnings management; trade regulation; antidumping investigations; European Union

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The Effect of Mandated Market Risk Disclosures on Trading Volume Sensitivity to Interest Rate, Exchange Rate, and Commodity Price Movements

The Accounting Review, Forthcoming, April, 2002
Posted: 26 Nov 2001
Thomas J. Linsmeier, Daniel B. Thornton, Mohan Venkatachalam and Michael Welker
Financial Accounting Standards Board, Smith School of Business at Queen's University, Duke University - Fuqua School of Business and Queen's University - Smith School of Business

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Disclosure regulation; Market risk disclosures; Derivatives; Trading volume; Investors' uncertainty; Diversity of opinion

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Individual Institutional and Specialist Trade Patterns Before and after Disclosure

Journal of Financial Research
Posted: 10 Jul 2000
H. Charles Sparks and Michael Welker
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Management (SOM) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business

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An Empirical Investigation of Equity Market Trade Patterns Surrounding Significant Information Releases

Posted: 28 Jul 1997
H. Charles Sparks and Michael Welker
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Management (SOM) and Queen's University - Smith School of Business

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