We investigate the association between errors in management forecasts of subsequent year earnings and current year accruals. In an uncertain operating environment, managers' assessments of their firms' business prospects are imperfect. Since managers' imperfect business assessments influence...

We investigate the association between errors in management forecasts of subsequent year earnings and current year accruals. In an uncertain operating environment, managers' assessments of their firms' business prospects are imperfect. Since managers' imperfect business assessments influence...

This paper investigates whether weak corporate governance is a contributing factor to the incidence of backdating executive stock option awards. Based on a sample of Samp;P 1500 firms that exhibit evidence of backdating, we find that firms with weaker governance structures that allow CEOs to...

There is a positive association between stock-for-stock acquirers' pre-merger abnormal accruals and post-merger lawsuits. The probability of lawsuits is also negatively associated with both the market reaction to the merger announcement and the post-merger announcement long-term abnormal...

There is a positive association between stock-for-stock acquirers' pre-merger abnormal accruals and post-merger announcement lawsuits. The market only partially anticipates the effects of post-merger announcement lawsuits at the merger announcement and post-merger announcement long-term market...

We provide evidence suggesting that both the post-repurchase long-term abnormal returns and the reported improvement in operating performance documented in prior studies are driven, at least partly, by pre-repurchase downward earnings management, rather than genuine growth in profitability. The...

We provide evidence suggesting that both the post-repurchase long-term abnormal returns and the reported improvement in operating performance documented in prior studies are driven, at least partly, by pre-repurchase downward earnings management, rather than genuine growth in profitability. The...

This paper investigates the relation between institutional ownership, financial health, and the market valuation weights on earnings and book value of equity. We find that firms with high levels of institutional ownership are financially healthier, or less financially distressed, than firms with...

Landsman and Maydew (2002) document that the information content of earnings announcements has increased over the past three decades, and Francis, Schipper, and Vincent (2002) conclude that expanded concurrent disclosures in firms' earnings announcements, especially the inclusion of detailed...