Download or read book The Influence of Comprehensive Income Reporting on the Judgments of Nonprofessional Investors written by Roberta Lynn Humphrey and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Financial statement disclosure location of other comprehensive income (OCI) and total comprehensive income is an issue under review by accounting standard setters. Disclosure location options under consideration are (1) the performance statement--thought to provide a more transparent disclosure and (2) the statement of changes in equity (SCE)--thought to provide a less transparent disclosure. Prior behavioral studies conclude that disclosure on a performance statement provides more transparency of OCI and total comprehensive income than SCE disclosure. This between-subjects study examines whether nonprofessional investors (evaluating a company with noncore business activity OCI) make differing investing decisions under alternative OCI disclosure locations (performance statement or SCE). This study's combination of characteristics (nonprofessional investors evaluating a company where OCI is produced from a noncore business activity) is previously unexplored in the current literature. Subjects were randomly drawn from the membership of the American Association of Individual Investors and 237 usable responses were returned for a 10% response rate. No difference was found in nonprofessional investors' investment decisions when manipulating noncore business activity OCI disclosure location (between the performance statement and the SCE). This finding suggests two potential conclusions regarding OCI: (1) the performance statement disclosure of OCI does not provide more transparency than SCE disclosure or (2) better OCI transparency under performance statement disclosure might have been achieved, but noncore business activity OCI was not important to nonprofessional investors in making investment decisions. Nonprofessional investors exhibited functional fixation in this study, even though the information to adjust for the difference between trading securities and available-for-sale securities was disclosed in the financial statements. Functional fixation was equally present under both financial statement disclosure locations examined, the performance statement (the presumed more transparent disclosure) and the SCE (the presumed less transparent disclosure). This study supports the accounting standard setters' concern that financial statement users rely too heavily on the figures of net income and earnings per share, at least where nonprofessional investors are concerned.
Download or read book Effects of Comprehensive Income Characteristics on Nonprofessional Investors Judgments written by Laureen A. Maines and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 requires companies to report comprehensive income in a primary financial statement, but allows its presentation in either a statement of comprehensive income or a statement of stockholders' equity. In an experiment, we examine whether and how alternative presentation formats affect nonprofessional investors' processing of comprehensive-income information, specifically, information disclosing the volatility of unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities. The results show that investors' judgments of corporate and management performance reflect the volatility of comprehensive income only when it is presented in a statement of comprehensive income. We provide evidence consistent with our psychology-based framework that these findings occur because format affects how nonprofessional investors weight comprehensive-income information and not whether they acquire this information or how they evaluate it.Key Words: Comprehensive income; Nonprofessional investors; Presentation format; Volatility.
Download or read book The Effect of Comprehensive Income Presentation on Investor Decisions written by Li Huang and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first study, using the traditional valuation model in Chambers, Linsmeier, Shakespear and Sougiannis (2007), and Lin, Martinez, Wang and Yang (2016), I test whether the one-statement approach or two-statement approach can influence the valuation of NI and OCI. The results indicate that the NI is less value relevant in one-statement approach than in two-statement approach while the value relevance of OCI is not significantly different between the two presentation options.
Download or read book The Decision Usefulness of Additional Fair Value Disclosures written by Theresa Herrmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conducting an experiment Theresa Herrmann investigates why nonprofessional investors fail to incorporate disclosures on fair value estimates into their investment decision and what causes this exclusion. Differentiating between different types of disclosures and the development of the fair value (gain vs. loss) the results indicate that with a fair value gain, none of the disclosure information increases decision usefulness, irrespective of the presentation format. When a fair value loss occurs, fair value disclosures presented in a salient presentation format decrease decision usefulness. Thus, investors have varying information needs that are strongly linked to the development of a firm’s key asset.
Download or read book The Valuation Handbook Custom Chapter 14 written by Rawley Thomas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to valuation written by a who's who of today's top practitioners The Valuation Handbook differs significantly from other related books on this topic because the contributors are practitioners, academics, and investment firms that explain how they value companies and other assets. It concentrates on specific and innovative valuation techniques, rather than the theoretical approaches more generally accepted and discussed. Given the extreme volatility of the stock market, valuation is a critical issue for analysts, investors, and businesses. Here, various professional contributors explain how their firms approach the valuation process, while academic contributors share their valuation consulting and research experience. Examines how to value assets in today's dynamic market setting Offers a broad spectrum of ideas from some of the top practitioners and academics in this field Highlights state-of-the-art approaches to company valuation Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, The Valuation Handbook puts this difficult discipline in perspective.
Download or read book Transparency in Financial Reporting written by Ruth Ann McEwen and published by Harriman House Limited. This book was released on 2009-07-31 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By January 2012 all major economies, apart from the US, will provide financial reports using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This book sets out the key differences between IFRS and US GAAP from a practitioner's perspective, although financial analysts will also benefit from the material presented. The financial crisis has been attributed to, among other things, a perceived lack of transparency in the financial markets. In general, transparency implies an ability to see the reported results of an entity's financial activities clearly and to use these results in making investment decisions. At question is the belief that transparency in financial reporting will lead to transparency in financial markets. Unfortunately, this link may be more subjective than most of us wish. Ruth Ann McEwen presents an analysis of reporting issues affecting transparency under IFRS, compared with US GAAP, and suggests areas of concern for preparers and users of financial reports. Providing an invaluable guide for all accountancy professionals, the book also contains a technical analysis of major accounting issues raised by convergence, and indicates areas of interest during initial adoption of IFRS by US entities. This authoritative book provides all the essential information required for advanced practitioners and analysts at this critical juncture.
Download or read book Improving Business Reporting written by Giovanni Frattini and published by Giuffrè Editore. This book was released on 2007 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis written by Richard G. Schroeder and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis: Text and Cases, 13th Edition illustrates how accounting standards impact the daily decisions of accounting professionals. This authoritative textbook shows how accounting theory explains why particular companies select certain accounting methods over others, and predicts the attributes of firms by analyzing their accounting methods. The text examines empirical research relevant to various theories of accounting and the uses of accounting information, including the fundamental analysis model, the efficient markets hypothesis, the behavioral finance model, the positive accounting theory model, the human information processing model, and the value creation model. Enabling students to develop an informed perspective on accounting theory, the text reviews the development and current state of accounting theory and summarizes current disclosure requirements for various financial statement items. The new edition has been fully revised to reflect current methods of accounting education, including the incorporation of ethics into the curriculum, the analysis of a company’s quality of earnings and sustainable income, the use of the internet as a source of information, the international dimensions of accounting, and more. Designed for undergraduate and graduate accounting majors, the text aligns with the latest curriculum changes in the CPA exam.
Download or read book Handbook of Experimental Finance written by Füllbrunn, Sascha and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an in-depth overview of the past, present and future of the field, The Handbook of Experimental Finance provides a comprehensive analysis of the current topics, methodologies, findings, and breakthroughs in research conducted with the help of experimental finance methodology. Leading experts suggest innovative ways of designing, implementing, analyzing, and interpreting finance experiments.
Download or read book Earnings Management written by Joshua Ronen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of earnings management, aimed at scholars and professionals in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address research questions including: Why are earnings so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models?
Download or read book Experimental Research in Financial Reporting written by Robert Bloomfield and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experimental Research in Financial Reporting examines the use of virtual worlds as next-generation laboratories that can help experimental researchers implement features of complex institutions that are not feasible in traditional laboratory settings. This new technology, originally developed for online computer games, lends itself very well to complex economic settings with large numbers of agents interacting through complex institutions for long periods of time. These virtual worlds provide the opportunity to construct settings whose complexity approaches those that accounting researchers wish to study. Since the settings are virtual, researchers can use experimental methods to control and manipulate institutional features (like accounting regulations) and environmental features (such as industry forces) to allow clear causal inferences with limited reliance on econometrics.
Download or read book Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research written by Khondkar E. Karim and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research addresses a wide range of issues that affect the users, preparers and assurers of accounting information. Volume 19 exemplifies this focus by including research from auditing, taxation and managerial and information systems.
Download or read book Research in Accounting Regulation written by Gary Previts and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scope of service provided by professional accountants is influenced by legislation and case law as well as the dictates of a variety of government and private sector agencies; including State Boards of Accountancy, Academic Accreditation Bodies, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Accounting Oversight Board, independent standard setting bodies such as the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board [US], the Financial Accounting Standards Board [US] and the International Accounting Standards Board. These entities and self-regulatory organizations such as U.S. State Societies of CPAs and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and equivalent and emerging national bodies that exist in most developed and developing countries, are among the emerging entities which attempt to coordinate the activities of professional accountants among sovereign nations. It is important for academics, students, practitioners, regulators and researchers to consider and study the role and relationship of such bodies with the practice and content of our discipline. Main feature examines developments in accounting regulation Papers provide an international perspective on accounting and finance issues Volume 19 contains main papers, research reports, a feature, capsule commentary, perspectives, and book reviews
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research written by Vicky Arnold and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes an article that compares the strengths and weaknesses of using a single type of research method to investigate accounting phenomenon and explains why using multiple methods provides a richer understanding of particular issues. This book includes articles, which are useful in facilitating behavioral research.
Download or read book Reporting Non GAAP Financial Measures written by Nicola Moscariello and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of alternative performance indicators (APMs) (also known as ‘Non-GAAP’ earnings) is a widespread phenomenon, and the increased reliance on APMs has recently triggered a strong debate among regulators, managers and investors on the nature of these ‘tailored’ earnings and on the economic reasons behind them. On one hand, APMs might reflect managers’ attempt to offer useful information to predict companies’ future sustainable cash-flows and earnings (information hypothesis), while, on the other, the non-standardized nature of these metrics impacts on the comparability of the financial results, and reduces the reliability and the faithful representation of financial information (opportunistic hypothesis). By collecting several theoretical and empirical contributions on APMs, this book provides a number of interesting and useful insights on the economics of APMs and their impact on financial markets.
Download or read book Integrated Thinking For Long Term Value Creation written by Sabrina Roszak and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
