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We analyze acquirers' wealth maximizing acquisition strategy when competing for a target. We allow acquirers to make either one-tier or two-tier offers. We show that a two-tier offer strategy will be used when target shareholders have sufficiently large differences in their valuations of the...
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We review research from the 1990s that examines the determinants and consequences of accounting choice, structuring our analysis around the three types of market imperfections that influence managers? choices: agency costs, information asymmetries, and externalities affecting noncontracting...
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We conduct three sets of analyses to compare the usefulness of net income, based on generally accepted accounting principals (GAAP), and the industry-advanced funds from operations (FFO) in the context of the real estate investment trust (REIT) industry. In our first set of tests, we find that...
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Auditors are the gatekeepers to the public securities markets and their independence is central to the effectiveness of auditors as gatekeepers. Our general interest is on independence and we investigate how financial and non-financial incentives affect choices made by an auditor-gatekeeper...
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