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Book Synopsis The Value Relevance of Voluntary Disclosure of Intangibles by : Akmalia Mohamad Ariff
Download or read book The Value Relevance of Voluntary Disclosure of Intangibles written by Akmalia Mohamad Ariff and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the traditional accounting model is widely believed to inadequately account for intangibles, managers can voluntarily provide information about them. Based on a sample of companies from East Asia, this thesis investigates the role of voluntary non-financial disclosure about intangibles in a valuation context. Given the proprietary nature of intangibles, the value of the information may not be perceived to be useful by investors. First, this thesis examines the relationship between voluntary disclosure of intangibles and market value. Consistent with the capital market incentives argument, the evidence shows that voluntary disclosure of intangibles contains value relevant information. Second, this thesis investigates the effect of managerial ownership on the value relevance of voluntary disclosure of intangibles. The results show that the value relevance of intangibles is lower in companies with high managerial ownership, supporting the view that high managerial ownership is associated with greater levels of entrenchment. Third, this thesis analyzes the effect of institutional environments on the disclosure of information about intangibles and the subsequent valuation of that information. At comparable levels of managerial ownership, the value relevance of intangibles is greater for companies in countries that have strong institutional environments. This evidence is consistent with strong legal institutions having a positive effect on financial reporting and corporate valuation. Overall, the findings suggest that a strategy of voluntary disclosure could be beneficial in resolving information asymmetry surrounding intangibles. In addition, the effectiveness of voluntary disclosure of intangibles is conditional on the internal corporate governance infrastructure and the external legal environment.
Book Synopsis The Value Relevance of Corporate Voluntary Disclosure by : Rupjyoti Saha
Download or read book The Value Relevance of Corporate Voluntary Disclosure written by Rupjyoti Saha and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not voluntary disclosure made by Indian listed companies are value-relevant in the capital market. The sample consists of top 100 non-financial, non-utility companies based on market capitalization listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) over the period 2014-2017. Data regarding voluntary disclosure level has been collected by analyzing the contents of annual reports. In order to investigate the impact of voluntary disclosure on firm value, fixed-effect panel data regression model is employed. Furthermore, Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) regression model with instrumental variables is used as a robustness test to alleviate the endogeneity issue. The findings of the study reveal that voluntary disclosure is value-relevant, i.e., impacts the firm value. The more the voluntary disclosure made by the companies, the higher the value they have in terms of market capitalization. Therefore, this finding provides impetus to managers to disclose more information voluntarily to meet the information needs of the stakeholders. By evaluating the value relevance of overall voluntary disclosure, the study contributes to the relevant literature, as there is paucity of studies regarding how the market participants perceive voluntary disclosure in an emerging market such as India, which is subjected to market imperfections.
Book Synopsis The Value Relevance of Voluntary Disclosure in the Annual Report by : Jesper Banghøj
Download or read book The Value Relevance of Voluntary Disclosure in the Annual Report written by Jesper Banghøj and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines if the level of voluntary disclosure affects the association between current returns and future earnings. Economic theory suggests that firms might find it advantageous to provide additional pieces of information (i.e., voluntary disclosure) to investors and analysts (Verrecchia 1983). Our results indicate that more voluntary disclosure does not improve the association between current returns and future earnings; i.e. current returns do not reflect more future earnings news. This finding raises the question whether voluntary information in the annual report contains value relevant information about future earnings or if investors are simply not capable of incorporating voluntary information in the firm value estimates. Key words: Disclosure, future earnings, informativeness.
Book Synopsis Value Relevance of the Voluntary Disclosure of Advertising Expenditure by : Xuchen Hu
Download or read book Value Relevance of the Voluntary Disclosure of Advertising Expenditure written by Xuchen Hu and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advertising expenditure is one of the most important budget items supporting marketing activities for most companies, and may be treated as an intangible asset. Through the impact on demand and costs, advertising activities affect the firm's pricing and output decisions as well as the firm's market value (Tannous, 1997; Chauvin & Hirschey, 1994). Despite the significant economic importance of advertising expenditure, not much attention has been given to the value relevance of advertising expenditure and the impact of advertising expenditure disclosure on firms' market value. Most of the empirical studies for value relevance of advertising expenditure have been conducted using data from the US and UK Academic research on the value relevance of advertising expenditure in Canada is nonexistent. The accounting standard applied in Canada is different from that used in prior US and UK studies. . Canada adopts Canadian GAAP before 2011, and switches to IFRS from 2011onwards. Both regimes do not require firms in Canada to disclose advertising expenditure. However, most US studies use data before 1994 to analyze value relevance of advertising expenditure. Before 1994, disclosing advertising expenditure is mandatory for US firms under US GAAP. The UK evidence uses data before 2005, during which period UK firms still adopt UK GAAP. Although UK. GAAP does not require companies to disclose advertising expenditure, unlike IFRS, different accounting standards can lead to different financial data reporting and different results. In addition, studies on the impact of voluntary disclosure of advertising expenditure on market value are nonexistent. Furthermore, Canada has a more stable financial system than that of the US and UK In this context, the objective of this thesis is to initiate research on the important dimension of advertising expenditure among Canadian firms. The findings of this thesis will enhance understanding of the relationship between advertising expenditure and market value, and companies' decisions to voluntarily disclose advertising expenditure on their market value.
Book Synopsis Is Voluntary Disclosure Value Relevant? Evidence from Italian Listed Companies by : Davide Scaltrito
Download or read book Is Voluntary Disclosure Value Relevant? Evidence from Italian Listed Companies written by Davide Scaltrito and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper aims to assess the level of voluntary disclosure in companies listed on the Italian Stock Exchange and understand the relationship between the quality of voluntary disclosure and market value of Italian listed companies. Voluntary disclosure refers to the discretionary release of financial and non-financial information, which companies are not obliged to disclose by accounting standard setting bodies. In particular, this paper analyzes the effect that disclosure of voluntary information could have on the stock market value of Italian listed companies. To do this, 203 annual reports of Italian listed companies for the year 2012 were analyzed. A voluntary disclosure index index is created to measure the extent of disclosure. The index is used in an ordinary least squares model, as a dependent variable, to understand relationships between the above-mentioned determinants. The disclosure score is composed mainly of 38 items per firm.A total of 7,714 items were collected and analyzed.Results show the level of voluntary disclosure provided by Italian listed companies in their 2012 annual reports positively and significantly affect the value relevance of Italian listed companies.
Book Synopsis Value-Relevance of Intangibles and Intellectual Capital Disclosure on Market-to-Book Value Ratio by : Robert Rieg
Download or read book Value-Relevance of Intangibles and Intellectual Capital Disclosure on Market-to-Book Value Ratio written by Robert Rieg and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the importance of intellectual capital (IC), accounting standards are conservative concerning the capitalization of IC as assets. Thus, intangible-intensive firms disclose additional IC information, e.g. in their annual reports. The market-to-book value (MBV) ratio is regarded as an indi¬cator for IC not included in a firm's balance sheet. If IC disclosure is value-relevant, we might assume that the level of IC disclosure impacts a firm's MBV ratio. Thus, we empirically analyze the relations between firms' IC disclosure and their MBV ratio for 60 German listed firms over a five year period with multilevel regression and path analysis. On a firm level, we find no evidence for a significant influence of IC disclosure on the MBV ratio. Instead, the MBV ratio level is influenced by the level of intangibles, R&D intensity, return and stock market index. Thus, standard-setting authorities should develop guidelines to improve the quality and value-relevance of IC disclosure.
Book Synopsis The Positive Externalities of IFRS R&D Capitalization by : Ester Chen
Download or read book The Positive Externalities of IFRS R&D Capitalization written by Ester Chen and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies comparing IFRS with U.S. GAAP generally focus on differences in the attributes and consequences of the recognized financial items. We, in contrast, focus on voluntary disclosure resulting from arguably the most significant difference between IFRS and GAAP: the capitalization of development costs, the “D” of R&D, required by IFRS but prohibited by GAAP. We document on a sample of Israeli high-technology and science-based firms, some using IFRS and others U.S. GAAP, a significant externality of IFRS development cost capitalization in the form of extensive voluntary disclosure of forward-looking information on product pipeline development and its expected consequences. A disclosure which, we document, is value-relevant to investors beyond the mandated financial information, including the capitalized R&D asset. We also show that the capitalized development costs (an asset) is highly significant in relation to stock prices, and enhances the relevance of the voluntary disclosures. Our results are robust to controlling for self-selection, propensity to disclose voluntarily, and other confounding factors. In the on-going debate about the proper accounting for R&D (the FASB has recently placed an intangibles project on its agenda), such a value-relevant disclosure externality should be of interest to both standard-setters and researchers.#
Book Synopsis Measuring Capital in the New Economy by : Carol Corrado
Download or read book Measuring Capital in the New Economy written by Carol Corrado and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-02-15 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the accelerated technological advances of the past two decades continue to reshape the United States' economy, intangible assets and high-technology investments are taking larger roles. These developments have raised a number of concerns, such as: how do we measure intangible assets? Are we accurately appraising newer, high-technology capital? The answers to these questions have broad implications for the assessment of the economy's growth over the long term, for the pace of technological advancement in the economy, and for estimates of the nation's wealth. In Measuring Capital in the New Economy, Carol Corrado, John Haltiwanger, Daniel Sichel, and a host of distinguished collaborators offer new approaches for measuring capital in an economy that is increasingly dominated by high-technology capital and intangible assets. As the contributors show, high-tech capital and intangible assets affect the economy in ways that are notoriously difficult to appraise. In this detailed and thorough analysis of the problem and its solutions, the contributors study the nature of these relationships and provide guidance as to what factors should be included in calculations of different types of capital for economists, policymakers, and the financial and accounting communities alike.
Book Synopsis Three Essays on the Voluntary Disclosure and Managerial Incentive by : Ling Tuo
Download or read book Three Essays on the Voluntary Disclosure and Managerial Incentive written by Ling Tuo and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of an effective corporate communication with all stakeholders including shareholders has been extensively debated in the business literature in the aftermath of 2007-2009 global financial crisis. The key indicator of business value have shifted from accounting profits and stock market performance, formerly, to firm reputation and sustainability performance, currently. Therefore, the transparency and value-relevance of conventional financial reporting has been questioned in terms of its capability to satisfy increasing information needs of all stakeholders. Many doubt whether those traditional financial metrics derived from financial statements can appropriately capture firm & rsquo;s long-term value creation ability. In recent years, users of corporate reports are demanding more relevant financial and non-financial on key performance indicators and forward looking information above and beyond conventional financial statements. To satisfy the demands of information users and decision makers, companies are expected to not only increase their reporting transparency in conventional financial statements but also disclose more inside information to outside public through different types of voluntary disclosure. The first dissertation investigates the role of sustainability report through examining the associations among voluntary disclosure, earnings quality and audit fee. Recently more and more firms begin to release sustainability reports, one important channel of voluntary disclosure, to satisfy the needs of information users and increase the transparency of financial reporting. In this paper, I especially examine the effect of voluntary disclosure quality on those associations. Through Difference-in-Difference test, I find that the release of sustainability report is positively correlated with innate earnings quality and negatively correlated with discretionary earnings quality. Moreover, the positive (negative) correlation between sustainability report and innate (discretionary) earnings quality is more (less) pronounced when the voluntary disclosure quality is high. I also find that the release of sustainability report is associated with higher audit fees and thus it suggests that the sustainability report cannot substitute the traditional financial statement. My conclusions are robust through additional tests of OLS regressions. This paper has important political, academic and industry application. The second dissertation investigates how the firm & rsquo;s cost stickiness strategy is associated with the firm & rsquo;s management earnings forecast (MEF). I conjecture that the managerial incentive regarding the cost strategy and voluntary disclosure strategy are interdependent. When managers choose their cost management, they will also choose the corresponding management earnings forecast strategy to align their interests. Through the empirical tests with a sample between year 2005 and 2011, I find that the firm & rsquo;s level of sticky cost is positively associated with the firm & rsquo;s propensity to issue MEF and the frequency of MEF. Moreover, I find that the firm & rsquo;s level of sticky cost is associated with more good earnings news forecasted by managers. Finally, I find that the relation between cost stickiness and MEF behaviors is more pronounced when the MEF is long-horizon oriented and when the firm efficiency is high. My research builds a link between financial accounting information and managerial accounting information, and also provides new evidence to understand the managerial incentives behind each strategy chosen by managers. This third dissertation investigates how industry peer firms tend to influence the specific firm & rsquo;s voluntary disclosure strategy. Through examining the empirical example of management earnings forecast between 2005 and 2011 and implementing the 2SLS regressions, I find that the specific firm & rsquo;s disclosure frequency, disclosure horizon and the disclosure of bad news are significantly influenced by its peers firms & rsquo; disclosure behaviors. Specifically, the increase in the peers & rsquo; disclosure frequency, disclosure horizon and disclosure of bad news tend to encourage the specific firm to increase its disclosure frequency, disclosure horizon and disclosure of bad news. Moreover, certain firms (such as firms with S & P credit rating, higher profit, larger size or higher market-to-book ratio) tend to be more sensitive to their peer firms & rsquo; voluntary disclosure strategy. Finally, I find that the specific leader-follower relation doesn & rsquo;t exist in the peer effects of disclosure strategy and thus the signaling theory, litigation risk and CEO reputation are more major reasons than herding theory and free rider theory in explaining this phenomenon.
Book Synopsis What Financial and Non-Financial Information on Intangibles is Value Relevant? A Review of the Evidence by : Anne Wyatt
Download or read book What Financial and Non-Financial Information on Intangibles is Value Relevant? A Review of the Evidence written by Anne Wyatt and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper evaluates what we have learned about the relevance and reliability of financial and non-financial information on intangibles from the value relevance literature. Because value relevance studies do not easily allow judgements about the reliability of information on intangibles, and this is an issue of central interest, this paper takes a rather wide look across a range of literatures to try to piece together some indirect evidence on both relevance and reliability. The evidence from a package of value relevance and triangulation studies suggests Ramp;D is generally not reliably measured and may be less relevant in some contexts than others as well (e.g., established versus growth firms). Further purchased goodwill and some non-financial measures of brands and customer loyalty do not appear to be reliably measured. While a large number of financial and non-financial information are value relevant, it is difficult to make categorical judgements about most other items as differences in value relevance could be due to different relevance, reliability, or both. Several rich areas for future research include designing direct tests of reliability, focusing on settings where intangibles are changing due to shocks, finding new economic benchmarks to test reliability, and studying the impact of accounting discretion and factors such as strategy and capabilities on value relevance tests of information on intangibles. Two regulatory issues arising from this review paper are the gap in the reporting of separate line items of expenditures on intangibles; and the possibility that giving management discretion, with regulatory guidance, to report intangibles might facilitate more value relevant information on intangibles.
Book Synopsis Methodological issues in accounting research by : Zahirul Hoque
Download or read book Methodological issues in accounting research written by Zahirul Hoque and published by Spiramus Press Ltd. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is my theory? How do I choose a theory? Why and how should I employ a particular method for collecting the empirical data? These basic questions concern everyone involved in research. A research study can be a voyage of discovering or choice of theoretical perspective as well as gathering empirics or facts on a problem or situation. This book provides a good guideline as to why and how to choose a particular theory or method to study an organisational phenomenon such as accounting. All the chapters provide both retrospective and contemporary views by scholars in the field. Each chapter documents the latest developments and research in accounting and control systems and provides valuable insights into methodological perspectives in accounting research. This second edition has also introduced a number of new chapters covering strategy-management control as practice, grounded theory approach, institutional logic and rhetoric, social interaction theory, actor-network theory and practice theory. The book is primarily intended for research students and academic researchers. It can also be used for undergraduate Honours course as well as postgraduate accounting and business methodology courses. Research organisations and consulting firms in accounting and business fields may also find this book useful. The principal aims of this second edition are (1) to update the chapters previously published in 2006 and (2) to introduce new chapters documenting recent developments in accounting research.
Book Synopsis Corporate Intangibles, Value Relevance and Disclosure Content by : John Holland
Download or read book Corporate Intangibles, Value Relevance and Disclosure Content written by John Holland and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Accounting for Intangible Assets, Firm Life Cycle and the Value Relevance of Intangible Assets by : Hartini Jaafar
Download or read book Accounting for Intangible Assets, Firm Life Cycle and the Value Relevance of Intangible Assets written by Hartini Jaafar and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers by : Baruch Lev
Download or read book The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers written by Baruch Lev and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative new valuation framework with truly useful economic indicators The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers shows how the ubiquitous financial reports have become useless in capital market decisions and lays out an actionable alternative. Based on a comprehensive, large-sample empirical analysis, this book reports financial documents' continuous deterioration in relevance to investors' decisions. An enlightening discussion details the reasons why accounting is losing relevance in today's market, backed by numerous examples with real-world impact. Beyond simply identifying the problem, this report offers a solution—the Value Creation Report—and demonstrates its utility in key industries. New indicators focus on strategy and execution to identify and evaluate a company's true value-creating resources for a more up-to-date approach to critical investment decision-making. While entire industries have come to rely on financial reports for vital information, these documents are flawed and insufficient when it comes to the way investors and lenders work in the current economic climate. This book demonstrates an alternative, giving you a new framework for more informed decision making. Discover a new, comprehensive system of economic indicators Focus on strategic, value-creating resources in company valuation Learn how traditional financial documents are quickly losing their utility Find a path forward with actionable, up-to-date information Major corporate decisions, such as restructuring and M&A, are predicated on financial indicators of profitability and asset/liabilities values. These documents move mountains, so what happens if they're based on faulty indicators that fail to show the true value of the company? The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers shows you the reality and offers a new blueprint for more accurate valuation.
Download or read book Losing the Excess Baggage written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Intangibles written by Baruch Lev and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive, scientifically based study of the nature and impact of intangibles. Weaving case studies and real-world examples with contemporary business theory, Baruch Lev - establishes an economic framework to analyze managerial and investment issues concerning intangibles; - surveys the impact of intangibles on corporate performance and market values, including management difficulties, risk, questions of property rights, marketability, and cost structure; - analyzes information deficiencies associated with intangibles, including the major economic principles governing intangible investments, limits of management information systems, and recommendations for improved accounting disclosure; - sets forth a comprehensive information system—aimed at satisfying the needs of both internal and external decision makers—to reflect the impact and value of intangibles within the context of enterprise performance.
Book Synopsis Earnings Quality by : Jennifer Francis
Download or read book Earnings Quality written by Jennifer Francis and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review lays out a research perspective on earnings quality. We provide an overview of alternative definitions and measures of earnings quality and a discussion of research design choices encountered in earnings quality research. Throughout, we focus on a capital markets setting, as opposed, for example, to a contracting or stewardship setting. Our reason for this choice stems from the view that the capital market uses of accounting information are fundamental, in the sense of providing a basis for other uses, such as stewardship. Because resource allocations are ex ante decisions while contracting/stewardship assessments are ex post evaluations of outcomes, evidence on whether, how and to what degree earnings quality influences capital market resource allocation decisions is fundamental to understanding why and how accounting matters to investors and others, including those charged with stewardship responsibilities. Demonstrating a link between earnings quality and, for example, the costs of equity and debt capital implies a basic economic role in capital allocation decisions for accounting information; this role has only recently been documented in the accounting literature. We focus on how the precision of financial information in capturing one or more underlying valuation-relevant constructs affects the assessment and use of that information by capital market participants. We emphasize that the choice of constructs to be measured is typically contextual. Our main focus is on the precision of earnings, which we view as a summary indicator of the overall quality of financial reporting. Our intent in discussing research that evaluates the capital market effects of earnings quality is both to stimulate further research in this area and to encourage research on related topics, including, for example, the role of earnings quality in contracting and stewardship.
