Having a company code of ethics is valuable, but only when that code is communicated consistently throughout the firm, and when the company’s actions are consistent with the code. In fact, a ...
This study focuses on top managers’ effects on accounting accruals by asking whether individual managers can in part explain accounting accruals. We further investigate these manager ...
An accounting earnings figure under clean surplus is a change-of-value proxyunder current value accounting as generally expected, but is transformed into alevel-of-value proxy under historical cost ...
Research in behavioral corporate finance takes two distinct approaches. The first emphasizes that investors are less than fully rational. It views managerial financing and investment decisions as
This paper investigates the role and development of management accounting and the usefulness of its information perceived by managers. The management accounting system is characterized in terms of ...
Diversity management is a separate and distinct initiative that coordinates and enhances other programs that impact employment to create and maintain a positive work environment such as those related ...
This paper presents an approach to duration that adds depth and realism to the subject of duration gap, which is usually presented as a “stand alone” issue in much of the banking ...
This paper examines the effects of managerial discretion on capital structure dynamics. Analyses of financing decisions indicate that managers with more discretion prefer issuing equity over debt and ...
We used an expectancy theory framework to predict rating inflation. Managers (N=106) provided confidential ratings of subordinates as well as measures of rating goals, valences and instrumentalities ...
Market Timing is not a precisely defined term, but generally refers to a trading strategy, often coupled with frequent purchases and sales of units/shares, in open-ended Funds with the intention of ...