Dimensions of Competence in an Accounting DomainReview of Accounting and Finance - - 2003
RichardDusenbury, Gregory J.Gerard, Jane L.Reimers
Research in the area of competence suggests that familiarity with a domain affects decision making. We extend Heath and Tversky's (1991) competence hypothesis research by examining the following propositions: (1) competence increases the propensity to take credit for success and place blame for failure, and (2) professional accountants' feelings of competence can be altered, as measured by...... hiện toàn bộ
Are potential effects of SFAS 158 associated with firms' decisions to freeze their defined benefit pension plans?Review of Accounting and Finance - Tập 9 Số 4 - Trang 424-451 - 2010
CathyBeaudoin, NandiniChandar, Edward M.Werner
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether the significant clustering of defined benefit (DB) pension plan freeze announcements during 2001‐2006 is motivated at least in part by accounting concerns due to the Financial Accounting Standards Board's pending adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards N...... hiện toàn bộ
Incremental Value‐Relevance of SFAS 106Review of Accounting and Finance - - 2003
SharadAsthana, BirendraMishra
This study investigates the incremental value‐relevance of non‐pension postretirement benefit obligations and expenses (disclosed by firms pursuant to SFAS 106). Our study is motivated by previously published evidences that investors value the SFAS 106 measure of postretirement benefit obligations. However, prior research does not address incremental value‐relevance of the SFAS 106. We add...... hiện toàn bộ
Acquisition and integration of fair value information on liabilities into investors' judgmentsReview of Accounting and Finance - - 2011
MaikLachmann, ArntWöhrmann, AndreasWömpener
PurposeThe International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board allow fair value measurement of liabilities. Previous findings from the literature on recognition versus disclosure indicate that recognition of fair value information better serves investors' needs, because it is more likely to...... hiện toàn bộ
Evidence of voluntary accounting disclosures in the Athens Stock MarketReview of Accounting and Finance - Tập 11 Số 1 - Trang 73-92 - 2012
GeorgeIatridis, PanayotisAlexakis
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the motives for providing voluntary accounting disclosures and investigate the financial differences between voluntary and non‐voluntary disclosers. The paper also examines the association between the provision of voluntary disclosures and earnings management.... hiện toàn bộ
Narratives vs Numbers in the Annual Report: Are They Giving the Same Message to the Investors?Review of Accounting and Finance - Tập 4 Số 2 - Trang 5-14 - 2005
PascalBalata, GaétanBreton
The annual report has two parts, financial statements and narrative sections. Commentators have raised doubts about the harmony of the two parts. The financial statements are audited, therefore submitted to a form of control. The narrative sections are free style, open to confusion and manipulation. Users are potentially exposed to contradictory messages producing an effect of dissonance. ...... hiện toàn bộ