Accurate measurement of stock levels, turnover, and profitability in microenterprises in developing countries is difficult due to the fact that the majority of these firms do not keep detailed records. We test the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags as a means of objectively...

We investigate the economic relevance and the composition of gifts within a firm where output is contractible. We develop a structural econometric model that identifies workers’ optimal reaction to monetary gifts received from their employer. We estimate the model using data from two separate...

We investigate the economic relevance and the composition of gifts within a firm where output is contractible. We develop a structural econometric model that identifies workers' optimal reaction to monetary gifts received from their employer. We estimate the model using data from two separate...

We investigate the economic relevance and the composition of gifts within a firm where output is contractible. We develop a structural econometric model that identifies workers' optimal reaction to monetary gifts received from their employer. We estimate the model using data from two separate...

Description of three various approaches to allocate income tax expense from financial statements of a subsidiary to financial statements according to the requirement of its parent company in case of the financial statements of a subsidiary used in the preparation of consolidated financial...

The article remembers the 140th anniversary of the first publication of a formal bookkeeping system ‘Accounting by ternary entry’ by the F. V. Ezerski. This system was an innovation of bookkeeping practice then. It permits the complex information of the assets and liabilities changes and of...

Signalling theory posits that the most profitable companies provide the market with more and better information. The research, however, reveals disaccording results. Because the general disclosure level depends on many factors, our paper centres on a focal point of the signal that companies send...

This paper examines differences in the trading patterns of institutions. Investee firms with different levels and types of institutions are also examined. A method is developed to categorize institutions as active or inactive. Changes in the level of information, changes in the CAR response,...

This study investigates the relative and incremental usefulness of operating cash flow and accounting earnings information in explaining the value of financially distressed firms. It extends our understanding of the price-earnings relationship in the context of financial distress. Unlike prior...

This study examines the ability of revenue and accrual models to detect simulated and actual earnings management. The results indicate that revenue models are less biased, better specified, and more powerful than commonly used accrual models. Using a simulation procedure, I find that revenue...