The paper examines whether firms are more likely to meet or beat analysts' expectations (MBE) when there are more rivals with non-negative earnings surprises. First, we find that after controlling for rival firms earnings information for the period, firms are more likely to meet analysts'...

Robo-advisors provide investors with automated portfolio management services, and their growth is unprecedented. They performed less well during the COVID-19 pandemic than they had done during the non-crisis period. That less satisfactory performance was due to the fact that rare disasters are...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide an in-depth understanding about the indoor-orbital electrical inspection robot, which is useful for motivating the further investigation on the inspection of electrical equipment. Currently, electric energy has a strong correlation with the...

This study examines whether a regulation on mandatory disclosure of financial forecasts since June 1991 and further sanction imposition since March 1998 contribute to lower IPO firms’ initial and aftermarket returns, and shorten honeymoon periods. The study is based on 423 IPO firms after the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of corporate internationalization, governance structures, and legal protections on the foreign earnings response coefficient (FERC). The FERC is a measure of the value‐relevance of foreign earnings. Design/methodology/approach...

This study investigates how board networks affect the directors’ decision to retain auditors who are industry experts. Based on the unique data in Taiwan, where the audit report is issued in the name of two signing auditors as well as the audit firm, we find that a firm is more likely to...

Roychowdhury (2006) constructed the measure of abnormal production costs to detect overproduction behaviour, which is widely used as a valid proxy in real earnings management. However, there is little evidence about its validity. This study is intended to fill the gap by focusing on the measure...

In this paper, we examine how the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) affects ownership structure and debt covenants in the syndicated loan market. We hypothesize and document that the proportion of the loan retained by syndicate lead arrangers increases...

This paper examines the role played by national-level versus city-specific industry audit experts in mitigating the information asymmetries between borrowers and syndicated loan lenders. Using the framework developed in Ferguson et al. (2003) and Francis et al. (2005), we document that lenders...

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...