Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency Rodrigo S. Verdi The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania 1303 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia‚ PA 19104 Email: rverdi@wharton.upenn.edu Phone: (215) 898-7783 Abstract This paper studies the relation between financial reporting quality and investment efficiency on a sample of 49‚543 firm-year observations between 1980 and 2003. Financial reporting quality has been posited to improve investment efficiency‚ but there has been
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for Financial Reporting The Conceptual Framework was issued by the IASB in September 2010. It superseded the Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements. © IFRS Foundation A21 Conceptual Framework CONTENTS paragraphs FOREWORD THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR FINANCIAL REPORTING INTRODUCTION Purpose and status Scope CHAPTERS 1 2 3 4 The objective of general purpose financial reporting The reporting entity to be added Qualitative characteristics of useful financial information
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ACCT2542 Corporate Financial Reporting & Analysis Semester 2 – 2009 Version 1.0.3 Contents Page 3 Accounting for Income Tax Page 7 Consolidation Accounting – Principles Page 10 Consolidation Accounting – Wholly Owned Subsidiaries Page 15 Consolidation Accounting – Intragroup Transactions Page 19 Consolidation Accounting – Minority Interests Page 24 Consolidation Accounting – Indirect Ownership Page 26 Accounting for Asso Associates – The Equity Method
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International Financial Reporting Standards and Exposure Drafts‚ and Approve Interpretations developed by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). B. How is the IASB made up IASB is originally made up of 14 members from different countries with experience covering wide areas of accounting and business. The objectives of the ISAB are: (a) to develop‚ in the public interest‚ a single set of high quality‚ understandable and enforceable global accounting standards
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Framework for Financial Reporting I am from England‚ and here in the UK‚ unlike most countries‚ our system of government has no comprehensive written constitution. Many countries do have such constitutions and in these circumstances the laws of the land are shaped and influenced by the constitution. Now while the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is not a country it does have a sort of constitution‚ in the form of the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (the Framework)
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Ethical and Legal Obligations in Accounting Background Accounting is the “process of identifying‚ measuring‚ and communicating economic information about an organization for the purpose of making decisions and informed judgments.” (Marshall et al‚ 2003) The use of this information has widespread application to company managers‚ investors‚ creditors‚ employees and government agencies. For sound decisions to be made based on this information‚ the profession of accounting has created several agencies
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Course Outline ACCO 310/1 Financial Reporting I Summer 2013 Session 2 General Information Course Number: ACCO 310 3 credits | | | | | | |Section |Professor Robert B. Campbell | | |
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profession is a profession that encompasses other profession and that is why accounting has usually been thought of as highly technical field that can only be understood by the professionals (chartered accountants). Also‚ it has often been called ‘the language of business. Even‚ people in the business world owners‚ managers‚ banks‚ stockbrokers‚ investors‚ human resource managers‚ lawyers‚ to mention a few all uses accounting terms and concepts to describe their resources and the activity of every business
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undermined the confidence of investors and the general public in the international financial system. It has been as a result of these corporate failure that corporate governance has take center stage drawing the attention of the international financial services industry to the increasing significance of corporate governance and opened the subject to intensive and extensive discussions and debate at various international financial and economic fora. In 1999 alone there were 274 conferences in 39 countries
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy Q1. What are the factors that likely explain the equity and its reported book value of equity? Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 1999 Market Capitalisation: USD 460 Billion Book Value: USD 28 Billion MVE more than 16 times of BVE! Factor 1 Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 Intangible Assets • BVE does not reflect certain intangible assets’ value such as brand‚ customer loyalty‚ and human capital – Likely to provide tremendous earnings growth
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