Accounting Conservatism and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from Taiwan

Business cycles in Iran: Evidence from asymmetry and correlated shocks

In this Paper, business cycle asymmetry in Iran has been investigated using a nonlinear unobserved component model. In this regard, according to Kim and Nelsonchr('39')s (1999) interpretation of Friedman plucking model (1993), asymmetric transitory component has been modeled and simultaneously the possibility of a correlation between transitory and permanent shocks has also been considered. The...

the link between information asymmetry and conservatism in financial reporting

the main goal of this paper is determining the link between information asymmetry among equity investors and conservatism in financial reporting. becouse we argu that information asymmetry between equeity investors generates accounting conservatism in financial statements. conservatism reduces the manager's incentives and ability to manipulate accounting numbers and so reduces agency costs...

Accounting Conservatism and Real Options

I address the interaction between accounting conservatism and real options in both a staged investment and abandonment model. An accounting policy biased towards classifying a Good (Bad) project as Bad (Good) is conservative (aggressive). The accounting signal is optimally conservative when the ex ante unconditional expected terminal value is less than the second investment (staged investment) ...

Hedge Commitments and Agency Costs of Debt: Evidence from Interest Rate Protection Covenants and Accounting Conservatism

The Impact of Conservatism in Risk Disclosure on Investment Efficiency considering Information Asymmetry

In firms with conservative risk disclosure more validity is needed to disclose good risk news and a lower standard of validity is needed to disclose bad risk news. Conservatism in risk disclosure(CRD) as a regulatory mechanism can be effective in reducing the investment inefficiency. The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of CRD on investment efficiency. The research period from ...