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Existing research indicates that firms with high accruals are more likely to experience future earnings problems, but that investors' expectations, as reflected in stock prices, do not appear to anticipate these problems. In this paper, we directly examine the published opinions of two types of...
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investigate whether audit quality is associated with the predictability of accounting earnings by focusing on analyst earnings …
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We study the relation between audit committee accounting expertise, analyst following, and market liquidity. Our main … results indicate that analyst following increases subsequent to the appointment of an accounting expert to the audit committee … channel through which accounting expertise increases analyst following and improves analyst forecast properties. We also show …
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investigate whether audit quality is associated with the predictability of accounting earnings by focusing on analyst earnings …
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By introducing the implementation of the Key Audit Matters (KAM) Disclosure Standards for China’s companies cross-listed in Hong Kong in 2017, we present evidence that KAM disclosure reduces analysts’ company visits, which is an important channel of information acquisition. The decreasing...
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We examine auditor independence in the banking industry by analyzing the relation between fees paid to the auditors and the extent of earnings management through loan loss provisions (LLP). We also examine whether this relation differs across large banks whose managements are required under the...
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experience or education in accounting. Analysts with work experience in accounting issue both more accurate earnings per share … (EPS) forecasts and more profitable sell recommendations, particularly if they possess substantial public accounting … experience. This result highlights the unique value of pre-analyst experience that combines accounting and business knowledge …
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This paper examines the association between auditor's independence and financial analysts' forecast revisions in the specific case of goodwill impairment testing. Using a sample of 1,247 firm-year observations representing 177 firms listed on the CAC All-Tradable (the former SBF 250) over the...
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