This study examines the predictive power of comprehensive income and its individual components within the homogenous institutional setting of German IFRS firms. The results could be relevant for the standard setters IASB and FASB and their joint project “Financial Statement Presentation”. We...

We analyze under which situations it is optimal to opportunistically delay a fixed asset write-off and when transparent reporting of write-offs is optimal. We apply a simplified real options approach to find an answer to this question. Therefore, we analyze two settings, one of which does not...

Based on the notion that the results of prior research are mixed, this study reinvestigates the association between corporate social responsibility and earnings quality. More precisely, we examine the association between corporate social responsibility and the degree of earnings management, the...

Using a matched sample of 1,806 firm-year observations from Germany and the United States over the sample period of 2005 to 2010, this paper examines audit practice differences between both countries. Our empirical results show qualitative similar results with regard to audit tenure effects on...

This study investigates the effect of IFRS adoption on the transparency of financial reporting in Germany. Using a sample of listed companies ranging from 1995 to 2012, we separately analyze the effect of IFRS adoption on disclosure quality and the degree of earnings management. We use...