... accruals is estimated with the modified Jones ( 1991 ) cross-sectional model (DeFond and Jiambalvo 1994 ; Francis etal 1999 ; Becker etal 1998 ) This requires the estimation of a cross-sectional regression ... obtained by ranking the remaining firms on their Abnormal Accruals Abnormal Accruals is the abnormal component oftotal accruals estimated with the Jones crosssectional model (see Equation (1)) respectively ... Committee onthe Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance London, U.K.: Gee Cahan, S 1992 Theeffectof antitrust investigations on discretionary accruals: A refined test ofthe political cost hypothesis...
... dependent onthe quality of these models Therefore, the empirical tests in the paper have to be interpreted as joint tests ofthe quality ofthe set of economic determinants, the functional form of ... discretionary and non-discretionary accruals and that the apportionment cannot be observed, our measure estimates discretionary accruals Following Dechow etal ( 1995 ), we calculate total accruals ... (Jones 1991 ), that is, we use the cash flow Jones model (Kasznik 1999 ) These models are both based onthe assumption that the model indicates non-discretionary accruals They assume non-discretionary...
... firms; otherwise the natural logarithm oftotal assets measured in Korean Won total assets measured in Korean won‘000 total assets measured in US$ the percentage of foreign-based sales the percentage ... measure the discretionary portion of accruals, we first estimate the predicted nondiscretionary accruals by using the crosssectional model ofthe performance-matched modified Jones model, and then ... audit quality for Postreg_Long when alternative discretionary accruals are used 14 In additional unreported analysis we included an interaction effectof LAH*Postreg_Long in the regression of audit...
... base of institutional clients who can serve as effective monitors ofthe firm Auditors, especially the use of one ofthe major auditing houses, can also provide reputational monitoring ofthe crosslisted ... simultaneous investigation ofthe kinds of legal protection provided to investors and the quality ofthe enforcement of those protections Inclusion of judicial quality and the rigor ofthe enforcement ... exchange, the firm can improve the quality of its own governance The predictions of LaPorta etal ( 1997 ; 1998 ; 1999 ; 2000; 2002) regarding the governance effects of country legal regime are validated...
... performance ofthe company Onthe contrary, the position ofthe Chairman is usually a part-time position and the main duties are to ensure the effectiveness ofthe board and the evaluation ofthe performance ... Shareholder Wealth”, Strategic Management Journal, Vol 18, No 6, pp 499- 507 Yermack, D (1 996 ) , “Higher Market Valuation of Companies with a Small Board of Directors”, Journalof Financial Economics, Vol ... impact the overall level of competition in the economy The 2003 Transition report states ‘[t]he classification system is a stylized reflection ofthe judgment ofthe EBRD’s Office ofthe Chief Economist.’...
... determining theeffectof long tenure In later work, Chen etal (2008) use the absolute value of discretionary accruals and signed discretionary accruals to proxy for earnings quality They find ... they not consider the absolute value of discretionary accruals nor they examine positive and negative discretionary accruals separately, which Myers etal (2003) reveal to be important for determining ... are traded onthe Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation or onthe GreTai Securities Market, which are analogous to the New York Stock Exchange and National Association of Securities Dealers Automated...
... from the bond market Journalof Accounting Research 42 (Supplement): 755-793 Mikhail, M B., B R Walther, and R H Willis 2003 Theeffectof experience on security analyst underreaction Journalof ... t+1;19 ROA = return on assets in year t; LEV = financial leverage, measured as the ratio oftotal liabilities to total assets in year t; Tangible = ratio of tangible assets to total assets, where ... We also include Growth to control for theeffectof growth in net sales on a company‘s accruals, CFO to control for the negative relation between accruals and cash from operations (Dechow 1994 ),...
... Auditor Rotation; Professional Skepticism; Audit Quality; Game Theory I INTRODUCTION We test whether the effects of auditor rotation on audit quality depend upon the mental frame (Hanson 2011) with ... The Effects of Auditor Rotation, Professional Skepticism, and Interactions with Managers on Audit Quality ABSTRACT We examine whether theeffectof mandatory auditor rotation on audit quality ... conditions and in the dishonesty frame conditions will sum to (not sum to) more than 100% in the no-rotation (rotation) conditions Consistent with the theory, within the no-rotation conditions,...
... conducts a test on residuals to show whether there is no serial correlation among the transformed error terms Third, to test the validity of extra moment’s conditions onthe system GMM, the difference ... and the alignment of interests between management and the shareholders in minimizing the agency conflict Ownership structure is also considered one ofthe factors that affect the quality ofthe ... 2006) These financial reports include information that may help in recognizing the financial position ofthe company, reflect the operation, structural and financial picture ofthe corporations...
... cut-off point these stocks account for about 35% ofthe return ofthe portfolio) These firms had poor performances in the latter part ofthe sample and have a large impact onthetotal return of ... focus only onthe last rating.3 This construction of relative ratings contrasts the use of absolute ratings (e.g., Gompers et al. , 2003) As a robustness check, we also conduct our analysis onthe ... continue to evaluate the performance ofthe value weighted portfolios The addition of market returns does not affect the performance of any good–bad strategy and is merely done to normalize the...
... acquittals or in the reversal of convictions on appeal Indeed, most sanctions were reversed in the obscurity ofthe federal appellate courts, which concluded that the government had abused the judicial ... numerical values ofthe capital trip-wires for supervisory sanctions are set by the regulators, not by legislation Only the value ofthe minimum FDICIA requires the Inspector General ofthe Federal regulatory ... have appeared in American Behavioral Scientist, Journalof Quantitative Criminology, Journalof Contemporary Criminal Justice, The Justice Professional, and The American Sociologist Nolan’s professional...
... 297; TA – total assets; ln TA – the natural logarithm oftotal assets; Ln DTA – the natural logarithm of squared changes in total assets; SQ ln BVE – the square root of natural logarithm of BVE; ... market value of equity (Ln DMVE), the change in total assets (Ln DTA), the interactive effects of length of tenure before the first switching (TENU*B1.SWI) and the interactive effects of length of ... be close in one way or another regardless ofthe number of years in of ce, there is little the profession can with regard to this matter (Dunn, 1 996 ) In other words, the profession does not object...
... compared The analysis of gene expression patterns at the onset of surgery allowed for the identification of changes resulting from the precondition- Murphy etalJournalof Translational Medicine ... Murphy et al. , Transcriptional responses in the adaptation to ischaemia-reperfusion injury: a study oftheeffectof ischaemic preconditioning in total knee arthroplasty patients Journalof Translational ... standard practice for total knee arthroplasty in our institution already involves the application of a tourniquet for the duration ofthe operation In this study, ischaemic preconditioning was induced...
... interlayer of Zn Al- LDH, and the degree of competition between the anions to replace the 2,4-D anion play a role in determining the t1/2 values Nanoscale Res Lett (2009) 4:1351–1357 Conclusions Pure ... as anion exchangeof a precursor LDH, direct synthesis by co-precipitation, rehydration of a calcined LDH precursor and thermal reaction [21] One ofthe beneficial agents that can be intercalated ... understanding ofthe role of controlled release behavior of 2,4-D onthe latex output from the rubber tree could lead to the application of 2,4-D in the form of slow release formulation It is hoped that the...
... estimates ofthe present values of assets before their purchase, these estimates need only indicate that the present value of net cash flows exceeds the cost ofthe asset Furthermore, this analysis (called ... that the value of stock options depends onthe past variation in the price ofthe underlying stock, the length ofthe option term, and the interest rate Each of these variables is readily determined ... verified, although the formula is based on a number of assumptions.30 Opponents of stock option expensing argue that the Black-Sholes valuation method can misstate the true value of options because the...
... ACCRUAL is performance matched discretionary accruals per the modified Jones [ 1991 ] model scaled by ending total assets LEVERAGE equals total debt divided by total assets BLOCK is equal to one ... ACCRUAL is performance matched discretionary accruals per the modified Jones [ 1991 ] model scaled by ending total assets LEVERAGE equals total debt divided by total assets BLOCK is equal to one ... than the closest competitor, and otherwise SIZE is the natural logarithm oftotal assets (data6) TRANSPARENCY is the descending rank ofthe absolute value ofthe residual from a cross sectional...
... regression of annual returns on annual earnings (#18), and changes in annual earnings, both scaled by total assets (#6) and SIZE; TotalSales Segmenti COMPLEX ϭ N LN Segmenti TotalSales iϭ1 where TotalSales ... Compustat; SIZE ϭ natural logarithm oftotal assets (data6); TRANSPARENCY ϭ descending rank ofthe absolute value ofthe residual from a cross-sectional regression of annual returns on ROA, changes ... percentage of independent directors, total number of directors, and whether the Chairman ofthe Board is also an employee ofthe company When added to the models in Tables and 4, none ofthe additional...
... the value ofthe relationship with the client, the value of all other contracts and the value of a potential contract Following the author’s reasoning, limiting the time horizons ofthe engagement ... Audit quality 11 15 Audit costs 0 1 2 Audit market competition 0 1 2 Capital market reaction 0 3 Total 16 24 30 Total 24 Note: Thetotalofthe empirical studies (24) is different from thetotal shown ... gain is balanced by the loss ofthe new clients at the end ofthe maximum allowed period Conclusions The matter ofthe market competition is analysed in two studies Both conclude against the mandatory...
... Carcello etal ( 1992 ), Sutton ( 1993 ), Beattie and Fearnley ( 1995 ), Moizer ( 1995 ), Behn etal ( 1997 ), Warming-Rasmussen and Jensen ( 1998 ), Behn etal ( 1999 ), Chang and Monroe (2001) and Duff (2004) These ... prominent role in the effective allocation of economic resources (Coffee 2001; Monroe and Tan 1997 ; Wallman 1 996 ) The findings of this study have implications at an international level As previously ... the theoretical and empirical literature The concept of product quality in the economics-based literature, summarised in Davidson and Monroe ( 1999 ), contends that goods and/or services are considered...
... 2 ALFREDO ALARCON YANEZ Literature Review 2.1 The Return to Education: Theoretical Approach 2.1.1 Estimating the Private Return to Schooling: The Mincer model The study ofthe social and ... fact of considering only one ofthe channels in the regression (either the change, which given the MASTER THESIS: THEEFFECTOF EDUCATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH negative correlation, would lead to ... misspecification problems regarding specially the definition of human capital In order to measure the impact of this misspecification, the authors analyze two specifications for the regression of economic...