We analyze a principal-agent setting with multiple sources of contracting information in which the signal from each source can be unmistakably interpreted as “good” or “bad” news. We then ask whether it is best to condition the acquisition of one of the information sources on whether the...

The aim of this paper is to assess how policy goals in relation to the promotion of green growth, energy security, pollution control and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions have been aligned in policies that have been implemented in selected countries during the last decades as a basis for...

In this article the value of communications structures is considered in an agency model with differential information. The optimal compensation to the agent is characterized, and it is shown that this characterization is related to the accountant's use of the budget as a motivation device....

Many islands host tourism and offshore finance but research tends to focus on either industry without examining the nature of the relationship(s) between these two where they co-exist. This paper examines the nature of the relationships using a case study of the British Channel Island of Jersey....

TAX REVENUES ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, BUT THE MAJORITY OF MULTINATIONAL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN STRUCTURED SO AS TO ENABLE TAX AVOIDANCE IN EVERY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THEY OPERATE. JOHN CHRISTENSEN AND RICHARD MURPHY OF THE TAX JUSTICE NETWORK ARGUE THAT...

This paper describes the results of two studies where decentralized planning has been simulated. The coordination mechanisms employed were based on the Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition algorithm, and the Ten Kate decomposition algorithm, which are price directive and budget directive planning...

In this paper the results of an analysis of the price behaviour in the period immediately after initial public offerings are reported. The specific purpose of this study was to test whether the market can set suitable prices for new stocks instantaneously after the settling, or whether...

The purpose of this commentary is to address the issues raised by Ohlson from the point of view of analytical accounting research. The aim is not only to provide some input to young researchers who are going to publish good research using analytical methods, but also to give some hints to help...

This paper studies monitoring and accrual measurement in a principal-agent setting. The advantage of the principal-agent setting is that it allows accrual measurement to be explicitly connected to monitoring and to encompass questions of managerial behaviour and communication incentives. It also...