The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (TRA 1997) reduced the net operating loss (NOL) carryback period from three to two years, thereby creating a short term incentive effect due to the increased opportunity cost of not recognizing a NOL in the transitional fiscal year of 1997. Specifically, failure...

The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (TRA 1997) reduced the net operating loss (NOL) carryback period from three to two years, thereby creating a short term incentive effect due to the increased opportunity cost of not recognizing a NOL in the transitional fiscal year of 1997. Specifically, failure...

Based on pooled cross-sectional analysis, we find a robust positive relation between product market competition and conditional accounting conservatism. We also find evidence of an inter-temporal increase in conditional conservatism following industry deregulation and increased antitrust case...

Extant theory claims a firm's information environment impacts the choice between debt and equity financing. However, empirical evidence supporting this contention is limited. We evaluate this relation within the context of Regulation FD (Reg FD) which prohibited the use of selective disclosure....