Download or read book Do Accounting Changes Affect the Economic Behaviour of Financial Firms written by Anne Beatty and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines whether accounting changes result in changes in the economic behaviour of financial institutions. The results of several papers examining how banks respond to accounting changes that affect their regulatory capital ratios are consistent with Furfine's (2000) summary that "capital regulation, broadly speaking, can significantly influence bank decision-making." These papers do not attempt to disentangle the effects of capital regulation versus market discipline. This paper examines banks' response to recent changes in accounting for Trust Preferred Securities that effect how these securities are reported in the balance sheet but do not change the calculation of Tier 1 capital. This provides a good setting to examine whether accounting changes induce changes in banks' economic behaviour in the absence of an effect on regulatory capital. I test five hypotheses related to banks' decisions to issue Trust Preferred Stock during the period from 1997 through 2004. Specifically, I examine whether there was an overall decrease in banks' propensity to issue these securities after the accounting change, whether publicly traded banks and those that access the external debt markets were more likely to issue these securities before the accounting change but not after, and whether banks with low regulatory capital ratios and with high marginal tax rates were more likely to issue these securities both before and after the accounting change. The results suggest that accounting changes can lead to changes in banks' economic behaviour even when the change in accounting does not affect regulatory capital calculations. This is consistent with bank managers acting as if they are concerned with the markets' response to the numbers reported after the accounting change.
Download or read book Accounting Evaluation and Economic Behavior written by Raymond J. Chambers and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1960s and 1970s a remarkable series of books was produced by academic staff in the field of accounting at the University of Sydney. It was a period when academic research was largely analytical rather than empirically-based. For the most part, the interests of academics at Sydney were largely directed at questioning the status quo - either in the way accounting or auditing was practiced, or in the conventional wisdom expressed in textbooks of the time. The Sydney Accounting Classics series reflects the diversity of interests of the 'Sydney school' at that time. It also recognises the tremendous impact of the foundation professor of accounting, R.J. Chambers. This reprint series ensures that the ideas developed during this period remain available to new generations of scholars and researchers. The Sydney Accounting Classics series is an initiative of the Accounting Foundation, in association with Sydney University Press. Accounting Evaluation and Economic Behavior: This book has been referred to as Chambers' magnum opus, a meticulously researched and argued work describing a framework for accounting practice. This reprint edition opens the way for a new generation of researchers and scholars to read Chambers' work.
Download or read book Uncertainty and Challenges in Contemporary Economic Behaviour written by Ercan Özen and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day presents new challenges as the face of global economics changes. In this first book in the Emerald Studies in Finance, Insurance, and Risk Management, expert editors and contributors come together to discuss global response to new uncertainty and challenges.
Download or read book The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers written by Baruch Lev and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative new valuation framework with truly useful economic indicators The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers shows how the ubiquitous financial reports have become useless in capital market decisions and lays out an actionable alternative. Based on a comprehensive, large-sample empirical analysis, this book reports financial documents' continuous deterioration in relevance to investors' decisions. An enlightening discussion details the reasons why accounting is losing relevance in today's market, backed by numerous examples with real-world impact. Beyond simply identifying the problem, this report offers a solution—the Value Creation Report—and demonstrates its utility in key industries. New indicators focus on strategy and execution to identify and evaluate a company's true value-creating resources for a more up-to-date approach to critical investment decision-making. While entire industries have come to rely on financial reports for vital information, these documents are flawed and insufficient when it comes to the way investors and lenders work in the current economic climate. This book demonstrates an alternative, giving you a new framework for more informed decision making. Discover a new, comprehensive system of economic indicators Focus on strategic, value-creating resources in company valuation Learn how traditional financial documents are quickly losing their utility Find a path forward with actionable, up-to-date information Major corporate decisions, such as restructuring and M&A, are predicated on financial indicators of profitability and asset/liabilities values. These documents move mountains, so what happens if they're based on faulty indicators that fail to show the true value of the company? The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers shows you the reality and offers a new blueprint for more accurate valuation.
Download or read book Selected Writings on Financial and Economical Behaviours in the New Economy written by Nigar Pösteki and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book evaluates the premise and consequences of financial behaviour in the new economy. It provides information about the financial and innovative behaviours of consumers in the new economy, where changing technology and knowledge are the main tools. It consists of two sections and nine chapters based on the financial behaviours of consumers and businesses in the new economy and the innovative approaches used in the employment, entrepreneurship and production processes. Today, both the consumers and the market-oriented enterprises are subject to financial contraction and expansion. Consumers now pay more attention to their budgets, and consumption habits are changing. In this context, consumer decisions are rational or psychological; they also depend on the proactive personality structure that can predict the future. Globalization and the convergence of markets, on the other hand, put the enterprises into tough competition. Businesses can change the financial behaviour of consumers through innovative methods. Moreover, the damage caused by enterprises to the environment can be reduced by improving their economic performance (eco-innovation).
Download or read book Institutional Change and Performativity written by Noriaki Okamoto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Accounting Research on Practice and Disclosure written by A. Rashad Abdel-Khalik and published by Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers from a symposium held at Duke University, Durham, N.C., on December 3 and 4, 1975.
Download or read book Studies on the Importance of Incentives and Standards in the Financial Reporting Process written by Urska Kosi and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis consists of three self-contained studies on the factors affecting the financial reporting process. The first study investigates the role of reporting incentives in private firms. I observe significant decrease in asset -write-offs after an adverse change in tax treatment of write-offs. This change does not affect any other economic incentive to use accounting discretion and thus permits me to disentangle the tax- minimisation incentive from other incentives including debt contracting, dividends and employee relations that cause the anomalous positive relation between write-offs and profitability. I provide new and complementary evidence that tax incentives play an important role in firms' financial reporting behaviour. The second study examines whether mandatory adoption of IFRS affects the source and cost of debt financing. First, I find that mandatory IFRS adopters more likely issue public debt. Second, I show that IFRS adopters pay lower bond yield spreads but there is no significant effect on loan spreads. My findings are consistent with IFRS enhancing the quality and comparability of accounting information, and suggest that mandatory IFRS adoption is beneficial primarily for bond investors. Finally, I find that the positive effects of IFRS are present only in countries with strong institutions and less harmonised accounting standards. The third study investigates whether mandatory IFRS adoption affects credit relevance of accounting information. First, I find significant increase in credit relevance of mandatory IFRS adopters after the adoption. Second, I show that increase in credit relevance after IFRS adoption is greater for IFRS firms than for matched US \ \ firms, Third, I find that IFRS firms exhibit relatively higher credit relevance compared to US firms in the post-adoption period. Additionally, I show that IFRS effects vary between countries. I interpret higher credit relevance of IFRS-based accounting information relative to local standards as an increase in accounting quality from the debtholders' perspective. '.
Download or read book Accounting and Regulation written by Roberto Di Pietra and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1998, the world’s leading experts on accounting and regulation have convened in a series of workshops to explore and analyze emerging issues in the field. They have covered a wide array of topics, including corporate governance, auditing, financial disclosure, international standards boards, and the dynamics of markets and institutions. Most recently, they have focused on the role that accounting practices and policies may have played in the global financial crisis of 2008. In this volume, the editors showcase contributions from the workshops that represent the full spectrum of issues and perspectives relating to accounting and regulation. Each paper incorporates the most current examples and references to reflect the latest insights, with an emphasis on exploring future implications for theory and research, practice, and policymaking.
Download or read book Financial Accounting Theory written by William R. Scott and published by Pearson Education Canada. This book was released on 2014-03-02 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Financial Accounting Theory provides a thorough presentation of financial accounting theories. This new edition continues to include considerable coverage of accounting standards oriented to IASB standards as well as major U.S. accounting standards. While the text discussion concentrates on relating standards to the theoretical framework of the book, the coverage provides students with exposure to the contents of the standards themselves.
Download or read book Financial Shenanigans written by Howard M. Schilit and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2002-03-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Techniques to uncover and avoid accounting frauds and scams Inflated profits . . . Suspicious write-offs . . . Shifted expenses . . . These and other dubious financial maneuvers have taken on a contemporary twist as companies pull out the stops in seeking to satisfy Wall Street. Financial Shenanigans pulls back the curtain on the current climate of accounting fraud. It presents tools that anyone who is potentially affected by misleading business valuationsfrom investors and lenders to managers and auditorscan use to research and read financial reports, and to identify early warning signs of a company's problems. A bestseller in its first edition, Financial Shenanigans has been thoroughly updated for today's marketplace. New chapters, data, and research reveal contemporary "shenanigans" that have been known to fool even veteran researchers.
Download or read book International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards written by and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2004 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Gatekeepers written by Yasuyuki Fuchita and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brookings Institution Press and Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research publication Developed country capital markets have devised a set of institutions and actors to help provide investors with timely and accurate information they need to make informed investment decisions. These actors have become known as "financial gatekeepers" and include auditors, financial analysts, and credit rating agencies. Corporate financial reporting scandals in the United States and elsewhere in recent years, however, have called into question the sufficiency of the legal framework governing these gatekeepers. Policymakers have since responded by imposing a series of new obligations, restrictions, and punishments—all with the purpose of strengthening investor confidence in these important actors. Financial Gatekeepers provides an in-depth look at these new frameworks, especially in the United States and Japan. How have they worked? Are further refinements appropriate? These are among the questions addressed in this timely and important volume. Contributors include Leslie Boni (University of New Mexico), Barry Bosworth (Brookings Institution), Tomoo Inoue (Seikei University), Zoe-Vonna Palmrose (University of Southern California), Frank Partnoy (University of San Diego School of Law), George Perry (Brookings Institution), Justin Pettit (UBS), Paul Stevens (Investment Company Institute), Peter Wallison (American Enterprise Institute).
Download or read book Economic Consequences and Financial Statement Effects of SFAS No 133 in Bank Holding Companies written by Jongchan Park and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences written by Mark Petticrew and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have all pointed out that we need to be able to tell the difference between real and assumed knowledge. The systematic review is a scientific tool that can help with this difficult task. It can help, for example, with appraising, summarising, and communicating the results and implications of otherwise unmanageable quantities of data. This book, written by two highly-respected social scientists, provides an overview of systematic literature review methods: Outlining the rationale and methods of systematic reviews; Giving worked examples from social science and other fields; Applying the practice to all social science disciplines; It requires no previous knowledge, but takes the reader through the process stage by stage; Drawing on examples from such diverse fields as psychology, criminology, education, transport, social welfare, public health, and housing and urban policy, among others. Including detailed sections on assessing the quality of both quantitative, and qualitative research; searching for evidence in the social sciences; meta-analytic and other methods of evidence synthesis; publication bias; heterogeneity; and approaches to dissemination.
Download or read book Devaluations Output and the Balance Sheet Effect written by Camilo Ernesto Tovar Mora and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper estimates a new open economy macroeconomic model for South Korea to determine the output effect of currency devaluations. Three transmission mechanisms are considered: the expenditure-switching, the balance sheet, and a monetary channel associated to a nominal exchange rate target. Devaluations are defined as an increase in this target. This allows to isolate the effects of an explicit exogenous devaluationary policy shock. Ceteris paribus, a devaluation is found to be expansionary. Output contractions in South Korea should then be associated with a different shock such as an adverse shock on the international interest rate or on export demand.
Download or read book Accounting Regulation in Europe written by S. McLeay and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-04-19 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how the rules of accounting are developed. It provides a new perspective on European accounting, showing how laws, standards, decrees and other regulations evolve, discussing and comparing the institutional settings and the legislative processes within each country. Each chapter has been written by a leading expert on financial accounting in the established countries of the European Union.
