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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Disclosure standards of Chinese companies: a comparative study of companies with both A and H shares Listings.

January 1997 (has links)
by Lee Pui-Wah, Josephine. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 41-42). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Purpose of Study --- p.3 / Chapter II. --- METHODOLOG --- p.4 / Approach --- p.4 / Time Horizon Covered in the Paper --- p.5 / Assumption --- p.5 / General Problems of Studies in China --- p.5 / Chapter III. --- CHINESE SHAREHOLDING REFORM AND OPERATING ENVIRONMENT --- p.6 / Chinese Legal System --- p.6 / Hong Kong Stock Market - H Shares Profile --- p.7 / Chinese Stock Market - A Shares Profile --- p.8 / Chapter IV. --- THEORIES RELATED TO STOCK MARKET REGULATION --- p.12 / Market Failure Theory --- p.14 / Public Choice Theory --- p.15 / COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS --- p.17 / Information Disclosure Related to Important Transactions --- p.18 / Information Disclosure Related to Takeover and Merger --- p.20 / Financial Information --- p.23 / Disclosure of Directors' and Substantial Shareholders' Interests --- p.24 / Chapter V. --- EVALUATION --- p.25 / Depth and Breadth of Information --- p.25 / The Quality of Information --- p.26 / Difficulties that Issuers Confront --- p.27 / Cultural Influence --- p.27 / Lack of Motivation --- p.28 / Lack of Education and standards --- p.28 / The Importance of Information in a Speculative Market --- p.29 / Nature of Reform --- p.30 / Chapter VI. --- CONCLUSION --- p.31 / APPENDIX --- p.34 / BIBLIORGRAPHY --- p.41
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Estudo emp??rico sobre a rela????o entre IFRS mandat??rio e a cria????o de valor da empresa

Mendes, Johnny Silva 30 August 2016 (has links)
Submitted by Elba Lopes (elba.lopes@fecap.br) on 2017-06-05T17:57:25Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Johnny Silva Mendes.pdf: 695467 bytes, checksum: 217c107725d8d69be32e4766172c629d (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-05T17:57:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Johnny Silva Mendes.pdf: 695467 bytes, checksum: 217c107725d8d69be32e4766172c629d (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-30 / In order to achieve accounting convergence, improve the comparability and measurement of the economic value of the firm, established IFRS standard mandatory form in Brazil in 2010 has as one of the objectives expected to reduce the asymmetry of information reflecting lower cost of capital and thus creating value for the firms. This research aimed at the empirical investigation of the relationship between IFRS Mandatory and value creation in public traded non-financial companies in Brazil. The sample consisted of stocks regularly traded at BM&F Bovespa from 2003 to 2014. The econometric model used was the diffs-in-diffs that isolates the effect of IFRS through the features not observed. For value creation metrics were found positive and significant effects on variables Qtobin and Market to Book. And when measuring the IFRS compared with the risk of the company has used the Beta variable and found negative and significant effect. The data shows evidence that IFRS mandatory positive impact on value creation and demonstrates that increasing the quality of financial reporting reduces information asymmetry and increases the incentive disclosure in firms. / Com o intuito de alcan??ar a converg??ncia cont??bil, melhorar a comparabilidade e mensura????o do valor econ??mico da firma, a norma IFRS, estabelecida de forma mandat??ria no Brasil no ano de 2010, tem como um de seus objetivos reduzir a assimetria de informa????o, refletindo menor custo de capital e consequente cria????o de valor para as firmas. Esta pesquisa teve, como objetivo, a investiga????o emp??rica da rela????o entre IFRS Mandat??rio e cria????o de valor das empresas de capital aberto n??o financeiras brasileiras. Foi utilizada uma amostra de empresas brasileiras regularmente negociadas na BM&F Bovespa entre 2003 e 2014. O modelo econom??trico utilizado foi o m??todo diffs-in-diffs, que isola o efeito do IFRS por meio das caracter??sticas n??o observadas. Foram estimados modelos com dados agrupados e painel com efeito aleat??rio. Para as m??tricas de cria????o de valor, foram encontrados efeitos positivos e significantes nas vari??veis Qtobin e Market to Book. E para se medir a rela????o do IFRS com o risco da empresa, foi utilizado o Beta do ativo e encontrado efeito negativo e significante. Os dados evidenciam que o IFRS mandat??rio impacta positivamente a cria????o de valor e mostram que o aumento da qualidade nos demonstrativos financeiros reduz a assimetria de informa????o e, consequentemente, aumenta o incentivo de disclosure nas firmas.
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Voluntary Disclosure and the Role of Product Market Competition: A Study of Disclosures in Press Releases by U.S. Companies

Ramaswami, Narayanaswamy, Accounting, Australian School of Business, UNSW January 2001 (has links)
A firm provides voluntary disclosures to the financial market in order to guide the valuation of its shares by mitigating adverse selection. However, voluntary disclosures could cause detriment to the disclosing firm's prospects, as the firm's competitors in the product market observe the disclosures. Prior analytical research has conflicting positions about the role of product market competition in voluntary disclosure. One view (Verrecchia 1983) is that competitive disadvantage resulting from the existence of proprietary costs discourages firms in high competition industries from providing voluntary disclosures. Another view (Darrough and Stoughton 1990) is that firms provide voluntary disclosures to deter potential rivals from entering the industry. This paper examines the association between voluntary disclosure and product market competition after controlling for firm size, analyst following, firm performance, and access to external financing. It looks at disclosures in press releases, an issue that is relatively unexplored, even though press releases have become one of the most important channels of communication in the United States. A total of 5,587 press releases by 156 U.S. firms in 1998 are studied. Product market competition is measured by the Herfindahl- Hirschman Index. It is found that the firms in high competition industries provide, on average, greater voluntary disclosures than the firms in low competition industries. The results are found to be robust to revisions in the specification of the model and modifications in the sample.
54

Incentives for voluntary disclosures of derivative financial instruments by financial institutions in Singapore

Chew, Tong-Gunn January 2004 (has links)
Abstract not available
55

The credibility consequences of managers' disclosure decisions

Mercer, Maureen Ann 28 March 2011 (has links)
Not available / text
56

An investigation into earnings per share disclosures in South Africa.

Harrod, Keith. January 2004 (has links)
This dissertation examines Earning per share (EPS) as a disclosure requirement for listed companies by investigating firstly, EPS disclosures in annual reports of certain selected JSE listed companies and secondly, the attitudes of the preparers of those annual reports to a number of issues relating to EPS. The three mandatory EPS disclosures - Basic EPS, Diluted EPS and Headline EPS - are discussed with a view to determining their information content and reporting framework. This study also considers whether cash based measures of performance are better than earnings based measures. Due to the reliance placed on reported EPS numbers this study attempts, by an examination of annual reports, to provide evidence as to whether or not South African companies are correctly calculating and disclosing the various EPS measures. By means of a questionnaire survey into the attitudes of the preparers of annual reports, this study also attempts to provide evidence as to the importance of the EPS measures as well as the preparers' perceptions on the appropriateness of the Headline earnings definition. The annual report survey into EPS disclosures revealed that South African companies are correctly calculating and disclosing Basic EPS. Even-though all companies correctly calculate Diluted EPS, most companies do not properly disclose Diluted EPS information. As far as Headline EPS is concerned, the annual report survey revealed that many South African companies make disallowed Headline earnings adjustments with most offenders disclosing higher Headline EPS numbers as a result. The survey into the attitudes of preparers of company reports towards various matters concerning EPS revealed that preparers of annual reports consider Headline EPS to be the most important earnings based measure of performance and the adopted Headline earnings definition as being appropriate. It is therefore important that companies calculate and disclose Headline EPS correctly. / Thesis (M.Acc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2004.
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The use of earnings per share disclosures in annual financial statements by managers of South African equity unit trust portfolios as a performance indicator.

Suliman, Yasmeen. January 2000 (has links)
The earnings per share ratio is often quoted in financial publications as an indictor of how well a company has performed financially. However, there is much controversy over the usefulness of earnings per share information, especially in respect of its potential for manipulation by the preparers of financial information. Recent changes to South African accounting standards through the International Harmonisation Project resulted in a revision of the Statement of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice 104: Earnings per Share (AC104). Significant changes to the method of calculation and disclosure of both basic and diluted earnings per share were implemented. Unit trusts have gained popularity in South Africa over the past decade. Members of the public prefer to invest on the Johannesburg .Stock Exchange through intermediaries such as unit trusts rather than undertake investment decisions personally. Unit trust portfolio managers are in an important and a responsible position: they wield significant power on the stock exchange with their daily dealings in shares but they also carry the responsibility of making sound investment decisions. Research has tended to focus more on earnings than earnings per share. A review of literature and prior research revealed several controversial issues: the usefulness of earnings in making investment decisions, the susceptibility of both earnings and earnings per share to manipulation, the predictive value of earnings, the use of earnings in the valuation of securities and the use of earnings and earnings per share in performance measurement. The research problem was thus developed as follows: are the earnings per share disclosures of South African listed companies sufficient to meet the needs of equity unit trust portfolio managers in South Africa as a performance indicator, and if not, what additional information do they require? In addressing the research problem, the following four objectives were formulated: (i) to determine what changes have been made to earnings per share calculation and disclosure by the issue of the new ACI04, (ii) to determine what characteristics South African equity unit trust portfolio managers regard as indicative of a good financial performance indicator, (iii) to determine what impact the changes made to the earnings per share calculation and disclosure by the new AC104 has had on the use of earnings per share information by South African unit trust portfolio managers as a performance indicator, and (iv) to determine the extent of use of other similar performance indicators, such as headline earnings per share and cash flows per share, as compared to earnings per share. In order to meet these objectives, it was necessary to conduct a survey of South African equity unit trust portfolio managers. The descriptive survey method was identified as being appropriate and a mailed survey was undertaken. The main conclusions to this research were that: (i) the characteristics of a useful performance indicator are related to reliability, consistency, comparability, adequate disclosure and ease of computation and understanding, (ii) equity unit trust portfolio managers regard the changes to the calculation and disclosure of basic earnings per share to be improvements to the standard but their use of basic earnings per share as a performance indicator has remained unchanged, (iii) equity unit trust portfolio managers regard the changes to the calculation and disclosure of diluted earnings per share to be improvements to the standard and their use of diluted earnings per share as a performance indicator has, as a result, increased, (iv) headline earnings per share and diluted earnings per share are considered to be better performance indicators and are used more frequently as performance indicators than basic earnings per share. Thus the research project achieved its objectives. In addition, interesting findings in respect of other issues were identified. Further areas for research were also identified. / Thesis (M.Acc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2000.
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Accounting disclosure quality and synergy gains : evidence from cross-border mergers and acquisitions /

Eiler, Lisa Ann. January 2009 (has links)
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-84). Also available online in Scholars' Bank; and in ProQuest, free to University of Oregon users.
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SEC interventions and the frequency and usefulness of non-GAAP financial measures

Tavares Marques, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, January 1900 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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An Inquiry into Selected Communication Problems Inherent in Financial Statement Certification and Investor/Creditor Response in Light of the Recommendations of the Commission on Auditors' Responsibilities

Hemingway, James R. 05 1900 (has links)
Business organizations disclose financial Information to a wide range of audiences through the medium of audited financial statements. Distinct classes of readers come in contact with these statements—each reader possessing varying degrees of financial expertise. Readers as "semantic reactors" develop their own expectations and interpretations of the messages management and the auditor are attempting to convey. In the process, many readers look upon the auditor's report as a "symbol" or seal of approval. The purposes of this study were to assess the role that communication theory plays In the auditor's attestation, to examine the perceived communication effects of the expanded auditor's certificate versus the current auditor's certificate, and to recommend ways in which communication problems can be dealt with more effectively. It was concluded that a communication problem does exist in relation to the auditor's report, and communication theory can play a distinctive role in reducing the magnitude of this problem. The profession should continue to seek answers as to the proper role of the auditor and management in relation to audited financial statements, as well as to settle the question concerning whom the statements are intended to serve.

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