Pub Date : 2024-08-31DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100770
Amanda Badger , Siqi Li , Hyungshin Park , Sang Hyun Park
This study examines the effect of adopting the principle-based revenue recognition standard, i.e., ASC 606, on the value relevance of reported revenues. We hand-collect data on the cumulative effects of ASC 606 adoption on retained earnings to identify materially impacted firms. We find that, compared to firms not materially impacted by ASC 606 adoption, the value relevance of reported revenues has improved for firms materially impacted based on long-window tests, while the informativeness of reported revenues has not improved for firms materially impacted based on short-window tests around quarterly earnings announcements. We also find that analysts' revenue forecast revisions have increased incrementally for firms materially impacted by ASC 606 adoption. Overall, our results suggest that ASC 606 adoption has generally increased the value relevance and informativeness of reported revenues.
{"title":"The effect of ASC 606 adoption on value relevance of revenues: Early evidence","authors":"Amanda Badger , Siqi Li , Hyungshin Park , Sang Hyun Park","doi":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100770","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100770","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the effect of adopting the principle-based revenue recognition standard, i.e., ASC 606, on the value relevance of reported revenues. We hand-collect data on the cumulative effects of ASC 606 adoption on retained earnings to identify materially impacted firms. We find that, compared to firms not materially impacted by ASC 606 adoption, the value relevance of reported revenues has improved for firms materially impacted based on long-window tests, while the informativeness of reported revenues has not improved for firms materially impacted based on short-window tests around quarterly earnings announcements. We also find that analysts' revenue forecast revisions have increased incrementally for firms materially impacted by ASC 606 adoption. Overall, our results suggest that ASC 606 adoption has generally increased the value relevance and informativeness of reported revenues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46906,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Accounting","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 100770"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142723818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-21DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100765
Erik Devos , Yun Ke , Kenneth Snead , Fuzhao Zhou
We examine the impact of firms' geographic locations on their tax avoidance behavior. We consider urban firms as those headquartered in the top ten metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) based on the 2000 census; all others are labeled non-urban firms. Using GAAP and cash-effective tax rates to proxy for tax avoidance, we report that non-urban firms have relatively higher tax avoidance levels. Our results are robust to propensity score matching, using alternative measures of geographic location, including additional control variables, and employing different regression specifications. Further analyses suggest that non-urban firms' tax avoidance appears to be value-increasing to shareholders. Overall, our study provides potential policy implications for the IRS.
{"title":"Firm location and tax avoidance: Urban versus non-urban firms","authors":"Erik Devos , Yun Ke , Kenneth Snead , Fuzhao Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100765","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100765","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We examine the impact of firms' geographic locations on their tax<span> avoidance behavior<span>. We consider urban firms as those headquartered in the top ten metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) based on the 2000 census; all others are labeled non-urban firms. Using GAAP and cash-effective tax rates to proxy for tax avoidance, we report that non-urban firms have relatively higher tax avoidance levels. Our results are robust to propensity score matching, using alternative measures of geographic location, including additional control variables, and employing different regression specifications. Further analyses suggest that non-urban firms' tax avoidance appears to be value-increasing to shareholders. Overall, our study provides potential policy implications for the IRS.</span></span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":46906,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Accounting","volume":"67 ","pages":"Article 100765"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141841640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-15DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100766
Alona Bilokha , Joon Ho Kong , Joseph A. Micale
This study analyzes the impact of universal demand (UD) laws, which limit shareholders' ability to initiate derivative litigation against firms and auditors, on the behavior of external auditors. After confirming that UD laws reduce the likelihood that clients (auditors) will be named in this type of litigation, we find that firms incorporated in states that have adopted UD laws have lower increases in audit fees than states that have not adopted such laws. These results are magnified for firms when the client's (auditor's) bargaining power is high (low) but not for those actively engaged in derivative litigation, suggesting that auditors are able to distinguish actively the firms that benefit from the lower risk of derivative litigation. We do not find evidence that reporting quality declines as a result of these reduced fees. Our results suggest that UD laws relieve unnecessary burdens imposed by excessive derivative litigation on firms and auditors.
{"title":"Universal demand laws and stakeholders: Evidence from the auditor's perspective","authors":"Alona Bilokha , Joon Ho Kong , Joseph A. Micale","doi":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100766","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100766","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span>This study analyzes the impact of universal demand (UD) laws, which limit shareholders' ability to initiate derivative litigation against firms and auditors, on the behavior of external auditors. After confirming that UD laws reduce the likelihood that clients (auditors) will be named in this type of litigation, we find that firms incorporated in states that have adopted UD laws have lower increases in audit fees than states that have not adopted such laws. These results are magnified for firms when the client's (auditor's) </span>bargaining power is high (low) but not for those actively engaged in derivative litigation, suggesting that auditors are able to distinguish actively the firms that benefit from the lower risk of derivative litigation. We do not find evidence that reporting quality declines as a result of these reduced fees. Our results suggest that UD laws relieve unnecessary burdens imposed by excessive derivative litigation on firms and auditors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46906,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Accounting","volume":"67 ","pages":"Article 100766"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141706620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-10DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100768
Yangmei Wang , Savannah (Yuanyuan) Guo
In this paper, we investigate the effect of the CEO horizon problem on the cost of bank loans. Prior research suggests that CEOs at the end of their tenures become myopic and have fewer incentives to act in the best interests of their firms, creating a CEO horizon problem. We predict and find that loan spreads significantly increase in the last two years, especially in the final year, of a CEO's tenure. Further analyses reveal firms with a lower credit rating, without a prior relationship with the bank, and with planned CEO departures exhibit a stronger main effect, suggesting a change in a bank's risk tolerance as a potential mechanism. Next, we find that the main effect is more pronounced for firms with weaker corporate governance. In addition, we rule out incompetent CEOs, uncertainty associated with the new CEO, and the earning management effect as alternative explanations. Our paper contributes to the recent research investigating how executive characteristics, specifically the CEO horizon problem, influence the cost of bank loans.
{"title":"How does the CEO horizon problem affect the cost of bank loans?","authors":"Yangmei Wang , Savannah (Yuanyuan) Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100768","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100768","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we investigate the effect of the CEO horizon problem on the cost of bank loans. Prior research suggests that CEOs at the end of their tenures become myopic and have fewer incentives to act in the best interests of their firms, creating a CEO horizon problem. We predict and find that loan spreads<span> significantly increase in the last two years, especially in the final year, of a CEO's tenure. Further analyses reveal firms with a lower credit rating, without a prior relationship with the bank, and with planned CEO departures exhibit a stronger main effect, suggesting a change in a bank's risk tolerance as a potential mechanism. Next, we find that the main effect is more pronounced for firms with weaker corporate governance. In addition, we rule out incompetent CEOs, uncertainty associated with the new CEO, and the earning management effect as alternative explanations. Our paper contributes to the recent research investigating how executive characteristics, specifically the CEO horizon problem, influence the cost of bank loans.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":46906,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Accounting","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 100768"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141689688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-06DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100764
Tami Dinh , Helen Kang , Chang Zhao
Based on a sample of the top 200 Australian firms, we find that companies rely on non-IFRS earnings to supplement IFRS earnings in the highlights section of firms' annual reports. At the same time, firms are more likely to present non-IFRS earnings in the highlights section that beat earnings benchmarks, suggesting that they might be motivated to present their performance in a better light through non-IFRS earnings. We also show that non-IFRS earnings presented in the highlights section are more likely to be taken from the audited sections of the annual report, potentially indicating their credibility as key performance measures. Our findings add to the ongoing controversial debate on the informativeness of non-IFRS earnings with a specific focus on those reported in the highlights section of the annual report.
{"title":"Non-IFRS earnings information in financial highlights of annual reports","authors":"Tami Dinh , Helen Kang , Chang Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100764","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100764","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Based on a sample of the top 200 Australian firms, we find that companies rely on non-IFRS earnings to supplement IFRS earnings in the highlights section of firms' annual reports. At the same time, firms are more likely to present non-IFRS earnings in the highlights section that beat earnings benchmarks, suggesting that they might be motivated to present their performance in a better light through non-IFRS earnings. We also show that non-IFRS earnings presented in the highlights section are more likely to be taken from the audited sections of the annual report, potentially indicating their credibility as key performance measures. Our findings add to the ongoing controversial debate on the informativeness of non-IFRS earnings with a specific focus on those reported in the highlights section of the annual report.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46906,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Accounting","volume":"67 ","pages":"Article 100764"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141714608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100767
Bingyi Chen , Ariel Markelevich , Irene Guannan Wang
This paper examines the post-acquisition long-term performance of corporate acquisitions using merger motives inferred from ex-ante publicly available accounting information. Using pre-acquisition accounting data, we build an acquisition score (A-Score) that proxies for the net effect of the acquisition motives. We predict and find that the A-Score constructed using pre-acquisition accounting data is positively associated with acquiring firm's post-acquisition performance. The A-Score enables the screening of current and potential corporate acquisitions by predicting the impact on post-acquisition performance. The findings demonstrate the importance of accounting information in inferring merger motives and improve our understanding of the effect of the acquisition motives on post-acquisition performance.
{"title":"Using accounting information to identify corporate acquisition motives: Implications on post-acquisition performance","authors":"Bingyi Chen , Ariel Markelevich , Irene Guannan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100767","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100767","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span>This paper examines the post-acquisition long-term performance of corporate acquisitions using merger motives inferred from </span><em>ex-ante</em> publicly available accounting information. Using pre-acquisition accounting data, we build an acquisition score (A-Score) that proxies for the net effect of the acquisition motives. We predict and find that the A-Score constructed using pre-acquisition accounting data is positively associated with acquiring firm's post-acquisition performance. The A-Score enables the screening of current and potential corporate acquisitions by predicting the impact on post-acquisition performance. The findings demonstrate the importance of accounting information in inferring merger motives and improve our understanding of the effect of the acquisition motives on post-acquisition performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46906,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Accounting","volume":"68 ","pages":"Article 100767"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141704822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-06-13DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100762
Jose Elias Almeida , Devendra Kale
We examine the role of firms' life cycle stages on accrual quality (AQ). Our findings are consistent with an inverted U-shaped pattern in AQ across life cycle stages, where mature firms report the highest quality of accruals, followed by growth and shake-out firms, with firms in the introduction and decline stages reporting the lowest AQ. We further find that AQ worsens when firms move to the decline stage or when they move out of the mature stage to the shake-out and/or decline stage. Our findings are robust to several alternative specifications, subsample analyses, AQ measures, and firm life cycle proxies. We contribute to the literature on accrual quality by providing a broad view of how firm life cycle and accrual quality are intrinsically linked.
我们研究了企业的生命周期阶段对应计质量(AQ)的影响。我们的研究结果与各生命周期阶段应计项目质量的倒 U 型模式一致,即成熟企业的应计项目质量最高,其次是成长型企业和衰退型企业,而处于引入期和衰退期的企业的应计项目质量最低。我们进一步发现,当企业进入衰退阶段或从成熟阶段进入动荡和/或衰退阶段时,应计质量会恶化。我们的研究结果对几种替代规格、子样本分析、AQ 测量和企业生命周期替代物都是稳健的。我们对企业生命周期与应计质量之间的内在联系提供了一个广阔的视角,从而为应计质量方面的文献做出了贡献。
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Pub Date : 2024-06-12DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100763
Curtis Farnsel, Kelly Ha
Prior research finds socially responsible firms are less likely to engage in earnings management, suggesting that socially responsible firms seek to provide more transparent financial reports (Hong and Anderson 2011; Kim, Park, and Wier 2012; Hwang, Choi, Choi, and Lee 2022). We investigate whether managers of CSR firms demonstrate a preference for classification shifting when making trade-off decisions among earnings management methods. First, our results support prior studies that find the overall extent of earnings management is lower for CSR firms. However, this study focuses on the use of classification shifting relative to other forms of earnings management. We find a robust positive relation between CSR performance and the relative use of classification shifting. Our results suggest that while CSR firms engage in lower levels of earnings management they demonstrate a preference to choose classification shifting when engaging in earnings management. These findings are consistent with managers perceiving classification shifting as a less unethical tool relative to accruals earnings management or real activities manipulation. Subsequent analyses reveal that our results are most pronounced for firms with lower external monitoring where managers have the most freedom to make trade-off decisions among earnings management methods based on ethical considerations. Overall, by demonstrating a preference for classification shifting relative to other earnings management tools our study furthers our understanding of the role of ethical considerations in earnings management decisions.
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Pub Date : 2024-06-08DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100761
Stacie O. Kelley
The Interaction between Incentive and Opportunity in Corporate Tax Planning:Evidence from Financially Constrained Firms by Kaishu Wu (2024) examines the impact of tax planning opportunities (TPO) on the relation between tax avoidance incentives and tax avoidance. TPO is the key construct in the manuscript. It is estimated as the difference between a firm's average five-year (t-5 to t-1) actual cash effective tax rate (CETR) and its predicted five-year CETR. The predicted CETR is based on firm characteristics research has shown affect cash effective tax rates, such as size, return on assets, market-to-book, research and development, intangible assets, etc. The manuscript argues and provides evidence that the positive relation between tax avoidance incentives and tax avoidance, as shown in prior research, is significantly bigger for firms with larger TPOs.
吴开树(2024)的《企业税收筹划中激励与机会的相互作用:来自财务受限企业的证据》(The Interaction between Incentive and Opportunity in Corporate Tax Planning:Evidence from Financially Constrained Firms)研究了税收筹划机会(TPO)对避税激励与避税之间关系的影响。TPO 是手稿中的关键结构。它被估算为企业五年(t-5 至 t-1)平均实际现金实际税率(CETR)与其预测的五年 CETR 之间的差额。预测的 CETR 基于研究表明会影响现金实际税率的公司特征,如规模、资产回报率、市账率、研发、无形资产等。该手稿论证并提供证据表明,如之前的研究所示,避税激励与避税之间的正相关关系对于TPO较大的公司而言明显更大。
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Pub Date : 2024-05-09DOI: 10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100756
Yuqi Gu , Bo Ouyang
In this study, we examine whether and how debt covenant violations are related to corporate cost management, an important business operating decision. Our findings suggest that firms significantly reduce slack operating resources after debt covenant violations. Our cross-sectional tests indicate that this reduction in cost stickiness is more pronounced when creditor monitoring is stronger, and when empire building is more severe. Our evidence adds to the literature on determinants of corporate cost management and sheds new light on how creditors influence firm behavior.
{"title":"Debt covenant violations and corporate cost management","authors":"Yuqi Gu , Bo Ouyang","doi":"10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adiac.2024.100756","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we examine whether and how debt covenant violations are related to corporate cost management, an important business operating decision. Our findings suggest that firms significantly reduce slack operating resources after debt covenant violations. Our cross-sectional tests indicate that this reduction in cost stickiness is more pronounced when creditor monitoring is stronger, and when empire building is more severe. Our evidence adds to the literature on determinants of corporate cost management and sheds new light on how creditors influence firm behavior.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":46906,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Accounting","volume":"65 ","pages":"Article 100756"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140901188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}