Download or read book Does Company Reputation Matter for Financial Reporting Quality Evidence from Restatements written by Ying Cao and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, we explore the association between company reputation and the likelihood of a financial statement restatement (i.e., a revealed misstatement). We focus on restatements because they are one of the most visible forms of impaired financial reporting quality, and we suggest that company reputation concerns will influence the reporting process and reduce financial statement misstatements (and ultimately restatements). We proxy for company reputation using measures based on Fortune's America's Most Admired Companies List. For a sample of 8,081 observations from 1995 through 2009, we find that companies with higher reputation scores are less likely to misstate their financial statements after controlling for CEO tenure, corporate governance, and audit fees (a proxy for audit effort). In addition, we find that companies with higher reputations have better accruals quality. We also find that company reputation is positively associated with audit fees even after controlling for corporate governance. These results are consistent with company reputation having an important effect on financial reporting quality and with the effect of reputation being distinct from that of corporate governance.

Download or read book Do Director Networks Matter for Financial Reporting Quality Evidence from Audit Committee Connectedness and Restatements written by Thomas C. Omer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the effect of audit committee connectedness through director networks on financial reporting quality, specifically the misstatement of annual financial statements. Using network analysis, we examine multiple dimensions of connectedness and find that, after controlling for operating performance and corporate governance characteristics, firms with well-connected audit committees are less likely to misstate annual financial statements. In addition, our study demonstrates that audit committee connectedness through director networks moderates the negative effect of board interlocks to misstating firms on financial reporting quality. We conduct several tests to address identification concerns and find similar results. Our findings suggest that firms with better-connected audit committees are less likely to adopt reporting practices that reduce financial reporting quality.

Download or read book Issues in Accounting Administration and Corporate Governance 2013 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues in Accounting, Administration, and Corporate Governance: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Logistics. The editors have built Issues in Accounting, Administration, and Corporate Governance: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Logistics in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Accounting, Administration, and Corporate Governance: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.

Download or read book Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting New Series Vol 17 written by Cheng F.Lee and published by Center for PBBEFR & Ainosco Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Download or read book Riding a tiger without being eaten written by Hendrik Frederikus Maria Gertsen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary objective of financial statements is to provide capital market participants with information that enables them to make informed decisions. They also serve to alleviate the so-called 'agency problem' - through true and fair disclosures, financial statements contribute to keeping the interest of outsiders (shareholders) aligned with those of the insiders (executives). Material errors, however, will render these financial statements unreliable and can cause great uncertainties to investors and other stakeholders. Subsequent correction of these errors - restatements - often leads to the following question: Can management still be trusted? And subsequently: Where were the gatekeepers? The avalanche of accounting scandals a few years ago, coupled with the current global credit crises, reiterate that our knowledge of corporate governance failures needs continuous upgrading. This dissertation contributes to understanding why the watchdogs did not bark, and also dissects how common human biases affect the mechanisms of corporate monitoring roles, in particular during restatement crises. Three connected studies were conducted. A first qualitative study develops a model for gauging restatement severity and provides insight into the forces blurring the 20/20 vision on restatement situations. A second quantitative study is the first study to comprehensively elicit analysts' perceptions of CEO pressures and behaviours during restatements ....

Download or read book Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting New Series Vol 13 written by Cheng F. Lee and published by Center for PBBEFR & Airiti Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.

Download or read book Salvaging Corporate Sustainability written by Barnett, Michael L. and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical book presents ways to improve the impact of corporate sustainability programs on the ecological and social systems that we rely upon. Integrating three decades of multidisciplinary empirical and conceptual research undertaken by three leading management scholars in three countries, this book addresses the current state of, and the prospects for, business to help create a truly sustainable society.

Download or read book Financial Restatements written by Orice Williams and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002, it was reported that the number of restatement announcements due to financial reporting fraud &/or accounting errors grew significantly between Jan. 1997 & June 2002, negatively impacting the restating companies¿ market capitalization by billions of dollars. The author was asked to update key aspects of the 2002 report. This report discusses: (1) the number of, reasons for, & other trends in restatements; (2) the impact of restatement announcements on the restating companies¿ stock costs & what is known about investors¿ confidence in U.S. capital markets; & (3) regulatory enforcement actions involving accounting- & audit-related issues. Includes recommendations. Charts & tables.

Download or read book Does Information Risk Really Matter An Analysis of the Determinants and Economic Consequences of Financial Reporting Quality written by Daniel A. Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I investigate the determinants and economic consequences associated with financial reporting quality. I find evidence of a positive association between investors' demands for firm-specific information and financial reporting quality. In addition, the evidence suggests that higher proprietary costs (proxied by capital intensity, product market competition, and growth opportunities) are associated with a lower quality of financial information. Controlling for the firm-specific characteristics determining financial reporting quality, I find evidence of a negative association between firms' total risk and financial reporting quality. Decomposing total risk into a systematic component and an idiosyncratic one, the results imply that firms providing financial information of higher quality do not necessarily enjoy a lower cost of equity capital. However, a significant negative relation is documented between reporting quality and idiosyncratic risk. This suggests that the quality of accounting information cannot be characterized as an additional systematic priced risk factor, but rather as an idiosyncratic one, once the firm-specific characteristics determining information quality are controlled for. These results demonstrate the importance of explicitly controlling for the determinants of financial reporting quality when investigating the associated economic consequences and question recent empirical evidence on the association between reporting quality and the cost of equity capital.

Download or read book Does the Reputation Matter Corporate Reputation and Earnings Quality written by Hongtao Tan and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good corporate reputations are critical because of their potential for value creation, but also because their intangible character makes replication by competing firms considerably more difficult. This paper tests the relationship between the reputation and the earnings quality. Though I find no evidence to support that companies with good reputation share superior earnings relative to the corresponding industry levels, I do find the evidence that the reputation is not only positively correlated with superior earnings quality, but also does have positive effect on superior earnings quality, as well as the superior total sales do in Chinese public companies.

Download or read book Examination of Financial Reporting Quality and Informativeness from the Perspective of Accounting Restatement written by Ninjin Bolortsogoo and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study revealed poor financial reporting quality among Mongolian Stock Exchange top 20 index listed firms as restating the previously published financial reports and providing poor disclosure about the restatement. The study used cumulative abnormal return to analyze the market response towards the restatements. And further we produced restatement disclosure index method to evaluate the informativeness of financial statements and to evaluate how supportive are the disclosures of financial statements in forming a decision by the financial statement users. It was not surprising that our results revealed that capital market does not react towards the restatement. The analysis was further supported by the finding that financial statements are not providing sufficient information through disclosures. The poor financial reporting practice was not varied by whether state ownership is participated or not. Also the frequency of restatements is not reducing over the analysis period. The result indicates low accounting credibility in Mongolia and those poor quality financial reports do not bear a cost.

Download or read book Corporate Financial Reporting written by Andrew Higson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-12-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `This is a book which should be read by all students, whether undergraduate and postgraduate. It also provides a succinct guide for the manager who wishes to come to grips with this topic, or the accountant nostalgic to recollect the non too praiseworthy and indecisive history of this topic′ - Managerial Auditing Journal Corporate Financial Reporting critically examines contemporary corporate financial reporting. The complexity of the reporting process and the myriad of issues facing the directors, accountants and auditors can only be successfully understood from a firm conceptual base. Recent financial scandals clearly highlight the interrelationships between all the themes explored in this book, from financial reporting to auditing, from management′s motivations to fraud. Special features of this book include: - A critical examination of accounting ′theory′ - Senior practitioners′ insights on ′a true and fair view′ - An exploration of ′the financial reporting expectations gap′ - A discussion of the nature of ′corporate performance′ - An examination of corporate fraud - An examination of the implications of ′real-time′ reporting by companies - Discussion questions at the end of each chapter The book will be relevant to advanced undergraduate as well as postgraduate and MBA students.

Download or read book Accounting for Corporate Reputation written by Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1992-08-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book examines conceptual, empirical, and practical issues associated with corporate reputation. Emphasizing the importance of the roles of corporate social disclosure and organizational effectiveness, the authors emphasize the need for an integrative framework in explaining the nature of corporate reputation. Utilizing valuable data provided by Fortune magazine, the book provides both a historical evaluation of reputational rankings of Fortune 500 firms for the period 1987-1991 and insights as to the market reaction to disclosure of these rankings. These can be utilized by firms in building reputation, investors in evaluating their strategies, and public policy officials in dealing with corporations. Following an extensive review of the conceptual foundations of corporate reputation, namely corporate social performance and disclosure and organizational effectiveness, the authors present explanatory and predictive models of corporate reputation. They then examine the potential relationship between corporate reputation and shareholders' wealth--the market reaction to reputation signals. Their findings suggest that a firm's benefit from the disclosure of reputation signals will depend on size and expectations, and that such disclosure appears to lead to a significant, lagged market reaction. Based on a detailed analysis of the 1987-1991 performance of U.S. firms on eight key attributes of reputation, the authors conclude with insights that can be utilized by corporations and investors alike.

Download or read book Does Financial Reporting Quality Vary Across Firm Life Cycle written by Gopal V. Krishnan and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We perform a comprehensive analysis on the relation between a firm's life cycle and its financial reporting quality. Using abnormal accruals, abnormal revenues, restatements, and others, we provide evidence that there is considerable variation in financial reporting quality across the life cycle. We observe an inverted U-shaped pattern of financial reporting quality, i.e., absolute values of abnormal accruals and abnormal revenues are higher (lower) during the introduction, growth, shakeout, and decline (mature) stages. This pattern is driven by poor matching of current expenses with current revenues during the introduction and decline stages. Further, the likelihood of a restatement is higher in the introduction, shakeout, and decline stages, whereas the likelihood of an enforcement action is higher for growth firms relative to mature firms. Finally, the likelihood of a weakness in internal controls and the level of audit fees are higher for firms in the introduction and growth stages.

Download or read book Accounting Standard Precision Corporate Governance and Accounting Restatements written by Li Fang and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior research documents wide variation in the precision of accounting standards (rules-based standards (RBS) versus principles-based standards (PBS)). We examine whether financial reporting quality evident in restatements is associated with accounting standard precision and whether the role that various internal and external monitors play in the financial reporting process varies with accounting standard precision. Our strong, robust evidence implies that the likelihood of a subsequent financial report restatement decreases as the accounting standards applicable to the firm become more principles-based. This inference is robust to examining exogenous shifts in standard precision caused by accounting standard revisions. Additional analyses suggest that our evidence mainly stems from managers' concerns over second guessing rather than greater litigation risk. We also find that PBS strengthen the positive relationship between executive equity incentives and restatements, but weaken the monitoring effectiveness of independent boards, audit committees, external auditors, and financial analysts at constraining financial misreporting. Our large-sample empirical evidence suggests a potential trade-off between PBS and RBS: although the average reporting quality measured by misreporting may improve under the more principles-based framework, some of the internal and external corporate governance mechanisms currently in place may not function as well under more PBS as under more RBS, potentially reflecting that it is harder to enforce less precise accounting standards. Our results have important policy implications to the current debate on moving the U.S. financial reporting regime toward a more principles-based framework.

Download or read book Exploring the Causes of Accounting Restatements by Family Firms written by Shu-Hui Sue and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior research shows that family firms have better earnings quality than non-family firms in common-law countries and highly developed markets. In contrast, we do not find a significant difference in the financial reporting quality between family and non-family firms in the context of a civil-law system and less developed market. We show that the financial reporting quality of family firms is conditioned on (1) the divergence between the controlling shareholders' voting rights and their cash flow rights, and (2) the firm's reputation for integrity, while these two conditions do not explain the restatement likelihood for non-family firms. Moreover, when accounting irregularities are detected in the case of family firms, they are associated with more serious accounting restatements. Together, these results imply that the severity of the conflict between ultimate and minority shareholders, and a lack of integrity, explain the propensity for making financial restatements among family firms in a regime characterized as having weak investor protection and concentrated ownership structures.

Download or read book Consequences of Financial Reporting Failure for Outside Directors written by Suraj Srinivasan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I use a sample of 409 companies that restated their earnings from 1997 to 2001 to examine penalties for outside directors, particularly audit committee members, when their companies experience accounting restatements. Penalties from lawsuits and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) actions are limited. However, directors experience significant labor market penalties. In the three years after the restatement, director turnover is 48% for firms that restate earnings downward, 33% for a performance-matched sample, 28% for firms that restate upward, and only 18% for technical restatement firms. For firms that overstate earnings, the likelihood of director departure increases in restatement severity, particularly for audit committee directors. In addition, directors of these firms are no longer present in 25% of their positions on other boards. This loss is greater for audit committee members and for more severe restatements. A matched-sample analysis confirms this result. Overall, the evidence is consistent with outside directors, especially audit committee members, bearing reputational costs for financial reporting failure.