This study investigates whether the market valuation of the two summary accounting measures, book value of equity and net income, is higher for firms with reputation for sustainability leadership, when compared to firms that do not enjoy such reputation. The results are interpreted through the...

A viability algorithm is developed to compute the constrained minimum time function for general dynamical systems. The algorithm is instantiated for a specific dynamics(Dubin’s vehicle forced by a flow field) in order to numerically solve the minimum time problem. With the specific...

The adoption of IAS 19: Employee benefits (2004) provided managers with an important accounting choice affecting the time and placement of actuarial gains and losses recognition. IAS 19 enables a choice between three major accounting methods related to the recognition of actuarial gains and...

Since 2005, IASB standards have become mandatory for publicly listed European companies in the consolidated financial statements (Regulation 1606/2002 of European Parliament and the Council). The adoption of IAS 19: Employee benefits (2004) provided managers with an important accounting choice...

Researchers have long been interested in whether the classification of various items on the balance sheet matters to investors. This paper provides evidence on whether reporting non-controlling interests (NCI) as equity or as non-equity matters in terms of value relevance. We use a sample of...

This study investigates whether the recognized cost, recognized fair value and disclosed fair value of investment property are priced differently by investors. An analysis is also made into whether the recognized fair value of investment property in four European countries with dissimilar...

This paper examines whether the type of jointly controlled entity influences the management choice to report interests in this kind of joint venture using the equity method or proportionate consolidation. We address this gap in the accounting choice literature by exploiting the U.K. setting...