Lev and Zarowin (1999) argue that the there has been a decline in the usefulness of financial information in the U.S. resulting from the inability of the current financial reporting system to contemporaneously capture changes in firms' operations and economic conditions. As a result, it appears...

This study examines how five financial reporting and disclosure quality proxies are related to emerging markets (EM) firms' cross-listing choices and their access to the global capital market. Our five financial reporting and disclosure quality proxies are transparency of the annual report,...

We examine whether the quality of restating firms' management guidance differs in periods before and after restatement announcements. While characteristics of restating firms and the consequences of restatement have been a central topic in accounting and auditing research, the quality of...

A concurrent session at the 2011 American Accounting Association Annual Meeting featured the panel discussion “Results, Challenges, and Opportunities in Cross-country Accounting Research.” The panelists summarized major contributions from prior research in international settings, factors a...