本研究係以實證的方式，探討我國上市公司財務報表公告日之時間落差特性。研究主題包括： 　　1.我國上市公司財務報表公告時間特性為何？ 　　2.公司財務報表的公告時點是否因公司規模、未預期盈餘、相對獲利能力、審計作業複雜度及會計師查核報告的不同而有所差異？ 　　3.我國證券市場是否存有公告時間落差愈長，其資訊內涵愈少的現象？ 　　4.我國上市公司財務報表是否有好消息提早公告，壞消息延遲公告的現象？ 　　5.民國77年證交法的修訂，對上述特性有何影響？ 　　本研究的測試期間為民國71年至民國82年，由於民國77年1月29日證交法修訂時對財務報表公告期限有了較明確的規範，故本研究依證交法對公告期限規範的有無，將樣本區分為二組。第一組（民國71年至75年）包括46家公司，共230個觀測值，第二組（民國76年至82年）包括85家公司，共595個觀測值。實證結果彙總如下： 　　1.不論從年度別或各公司別加以測試，證交法修訂前後年度之時間落差特性皆有明顯的不同。因此，民國77年證交法的修訂應可增進財務報表公告的時效性及可預測性，利於投資者及時取得會計資訊。 　　2.不論在證交法對公告期限有無規範，公告時間落差和公司規模皆呈反向關係。 　　3.在證交法修訂前，未預期盈餘和公告時間落差呈反向關係，而在證交法修訂後，則無法偵測出此現象。 　　4.在證交法修訂前，相對獲利能力和公告時間落差呈反向關係，但在證交法修訂後，其關係不若修訂前顯著。 　　5.未發現審計作業複雜度和公告時間落差有關。 　　6.未發現會計師查核報告型態和公告時間落差有關。 　　7.不論證交法對公告期限有無規範，皆無法偵測出財務報表的資訊內涵會隨著公告時間落差的增減而改變。 　　8.在證交法修訂前，當盈餘具好消息型態時，管理當局確有提早公告的傾向；在證交法修訂後，則無法偵測出此一現象。 　　9.就股價面而言，無論在證交法修訂前或修訂後，皆未發現有好消息提早公告，壞消息延遲公告的現象。 　　10.如以盈餘、股價綜合探討。在證交法修訂後，當盈餘具好消息且提早公告者，確會有正的異常報酬，除此之外，其他各組皆無法偵測出盈餘、股價及提早（延遲）時間落差三者間有任何關係。

Die vorliegende Arbeit enthält eine statistische Analyse der Gesamtheit öffentlicher Unternehmen in Deutschland und ihrer wirtschaftlichen Lage. Für diese Untersuchung stand eine Datenbank für etwa 9000 öffentliche Unternehmen mit knapp 500 Merkmalen zur Verfügung, die im Wesentlichen den Posten der Jahresabschlüsse und verschiedenen Identifikationsmerkmalen (wie u. a. Unternehmenssitz, Wirtschaftszweig und Rechtsform) entsprechen. Die Analyse umfasst den Zeitraum von 1998 bis 2006. Die extrem umfangreiche Datengrundlage – Jahresabschlussstatistiken öffentlicher Unternehmen – ist für einen Statistiker eine große Versuchung. In der Arbeit wurden Methoden der beschreibenden Statistik und der Jahresabschlussanalyse mit Bilanzkennzahlen angewandt. Vor allem in den letzten zwanzig Jahren wurde die Entwicklung der Gesamtheit öffentlicher Unternehmen durch Wandelprozesse geprägt und von Diskussionen über ihre Leistungsfähigkeit begleitet. Die Dynamik der Gesamtheit öffentlicher Unternehmen zeigt sich v. a. an der Vielfalt ihrer Aufgabenbereiche und Organisationsformen. Daher wurde in dieser Arbeit versucht, zunächst eine Bestandsaufnahme des öffentlichen Unternehmensbereichs durchzuführen. Ein weiteres Ziel war die Beschreibung der Wirtschaftslage öffentlicher Unternehmen im letzten Jahrzehnt, wobei ihre Leistungsfähigkeit in den Vordergrund gestellt wird. Die Leistungsfähigkeit öffentlicher Unternehmen nur über die betriebswirtschaftliche Effizienz zu messen, ist gewiss einseitig und nicht ausreichend. Diese ließ sich aber im Vergleich zur volkswirtschaftlichen oder sozialen Effizienz leichter operationalisieren: Die betriebswirtschaftlichen Effizienzkriterien können gut aus den Jahresabschlüssen abgeleitet werden. Dadurch wird auch ein Vergleich mit privaten Unternehmen in gewissen Grenzen möglich. Die Beschreibung der Wirtschaftslage öffentlicher Unternehmen wurde als Analyse ihrer einzelnen Teillagen (Vermögens-, Finanz- und Ertragslage) strukturiert. Insgesamt unterstreicht die Analyse der Teillagen die enge Verflechtung zwischen öffentlichen Unternehmen und öffentlichen Haushalten. Die vorliegende Untersuchung soll die Forschung auf dem Gebiet der datengetriebenen Statistik, die im Universitätsbereich in letzten Jahren im Vergleich zur modellgetriebenen Statistik oft vernachlässigt wurde, ausweiten. / This monograph deals with state-owned companies in Germany. The study focuses on a statistical analysis of all state-owned companies in Germany and their economic situation. Approximately 9,000 state-owned companies, with nearly 500 characteristical items surveyed for every company, comprise the database for this statistical analysis. The elements examined are firstly the entries of the annual balance sheets. In addition, there are the identifying characteristics, such as the type of industry, the legal form, or the operating location, in the databank. The analysis covers the period from 1998 to 2007. It’s very tantalizing for a statistician to work with the statistics of the annual balance sheets of the state-owned companies in Germany because of the large volumes of data. Both the methods of the descriptive statistics and the financial statement analysis with the balance sheet ratios were applied in this study. Especially over the last twenty years, the changes in the economic sector have led to discussions about the potential performance of the companies. The population dynamics of the state-owned enterprises are seen in the variety of the types of their activities and services and new legal forms. Therefore, the first goal of this analysis was to take an inventory of the German state-owned companies. The second goal of this work was to describe the economic situation of the state-owned companies in the last decade, with the emphasis on their performance. To measure the performance of the state-owned companies using only the economic efficiency as criterion is insufficient. However, the economic efficiency is easy to operationalise compared to, for example, social efficiency, because the ratios of the economic efficiency can be easily derived from the annual balance sheets of the companies. Besides that, using the ratios of the economic efficiency makes the comparison between the state-owned companies and the private ones easier. The description of the economic situation of the state-owned companies is based on the analysis of their assets, as well as their financial and earning positions. Altogether, the analysis of different positions emphasized the interdependence between the state-owned companies and their owners (regional authorities). From the methodological point of view, this study tried to extend research in the field of the data-driven statistics, which has been a neglected topic at universities in the last years when compared to model-driven statistics.

Problem: Interim and annual reports are some of the most crucial sources of information regarding companies’ performances. Interested parties such as analysts and investors assess this information and compare it with expectations. Analysts’ expectations of companies’ interim reports are of great importance when analysing the future development of share movement. Possible deviations between analysts’ expectations and actual presented results from the individual companies might change the perceptions of specific future stock prices. Furthermore business sectors have different characteristics and might respond differently to unexpected earnings news. Over- and underperformance of the presented results in relation to analysts’ expectations could create specific stock price movements over a forthcoming period depending on the nature of the report. The authors label this phenomenon as persistent trends. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to establish whether persistency and trends could be observed in the future development of companies’ stock prices with regard to analysts’ expectations and the true result presented by the companies. Method: With a quantitative approach the authors conducted an event study aiming to fulfill the purpose of this thesis. The study consisted of all fourth quarter reports presented 2001 throughout 2004 by the companies presently listed on the Most traded section of the Stockholm stock exchange A-list. The authors defined the nature of the studied reports as positive or negative depending on whether the pre-tax earning exceeded or were lower than the analysts’ expectations. Furthermore the authors constructed a mathematical formula which distinguished if the possible deviation of actual results compared to expectations was significant. The share price performance for two months subsequent to the earnings announcement was recorded and compared with the OMXS30 development for the equivalent time, thereby the authors gathered empirical evidence to fulfill the purpose. Furthermore the data was also divided into business subcategories to provide answers to whether there was uniform response to unexpected earnings information among business sectors. Results: The authors presented empirically founded evidence for the existence of persistent trends following the presentation of both positive and negative reports. The authors also rejected the presence of a uniform response to deviating earnings information in the business sectors.

<p>Problem: Interim and annual reports are some of the most crucial sources of information regarding companies’ performances. Interested parties such as analysts and investors assess this information and compare it with expectations. Analysts’ expectations of companies’ interim reports are of great importance when analysing the future development of share movement. Possible deviations between analysts’ expectations and actual presented results from the individual companies might change the perceptions of specific future stock prices. Furthermore business sectors have different characteristics and might respond differently to unexpected earnings news. Over- and underperformance of the presented results in relation to analysts’ expectations could create specific stock price movements over a forthcoming period depending on the nature of the report. The authors label this phenomenon as persistent trends.</p><p>Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to establish whether persistency and trends could be observed in the future development of companies’ stock prices with regard to analysts’ expectations and the true result presented by the companies.</p><p>Method: With a quantitative approach the authors conducted an event study aiming to fulfill the purpose of this thesis. The study consisted of all fourth quarter reports presented 2001 throughout 2004 by the companies presently listed on the Most traded section of the Stockholm stock exchange A-list. The authors defined the nature of the studied reports as positive or negative depending on whether the pre-tax earning exceeded or were lower than the analysts’ expectations. Furthermore the authors constructed a mathematical formula which distinguished if the possible deviation of actual results compared to expectations was significant. The share price performance for two months subsequent to the earnings announcement was recorded and compared with the OMXS30 development for the equivalent time, thereby the authors gathered empirical evidence to fulfill the purpose. Furthermore the data was also divided into business subcategories to provide answers to whether there was uniform response to unexpected earnings information among business sectors.</p><p>Results: The authors presented empirically founded evidence for the existence of persistent trends following the presentation of both positive and negative reports. The authors also rejected the presence of a uniform response to deviating earnings information in the business sectors.</p>

本研究旨在依財務資訊揭露之立意，以Ohlson（1995）評價模型為基礎 ，探討採行IFRS下，綜合損益相關資訊之價值攸關性；另以採行IFRS前後之期間，探討財務報導格式改變對其他綜合損益資訊價值攸關性之影響。實證結果如下： 1. 採行IFRS下，綜合損益總額具顯著正向價值攸關性，但與當期損益相較 ，綜合損益總額並未發現具有較高之相對價值攸關性。 2. 採行IFRS下，當期其他綜合損益總額具顯著正向增額價值攸關性；其組成項目中，換算對國外子公司之淨投資產生之外幣兌換利得或損失與其他綜合損益項目─其他具顯著負向增額價值攸關性，再衡量備供出售金融資產之利益及損失與採用權益法認列之關聯企業及合資之其他綜合損益份額具顯著正向增額價值攸關性。 3. 相較於ROC GAAP之報導格式，採行IFRS下，當期其他綜合損益總額及其大部分組成項目更清楚地揭露於綜合損益表，而具較高之增額價值攸關性。 / 本研究旨在依財務資訊揭露之立意，以Ohlson（1995）評價模型為基礎 ，探討採行IFRS下，綜合損益相關資訊之價值攸關性；另以採行IFRS前後之期間，探討財務報導格式改變對其他綜合損益資訊價值攸關性之影響。實證結果如下： 1. 採行IFRS下，綜合損益總額具顯著正向價值攸關性，但與當期損益相較 ，綜合損益總額並未發現具有較高之相對價值攸關性。 2. 採行IFRS下，當期其他綜合損益總額具顯著正向增額價值攸關性；其組成項目中，換算對國外子公司之淨投資產生之外幣兌換利得或損失與其他綜合損益項目─其他具顯著負向增額價值攸關性，再衡量備供出售金融資產之利益及損失與採用權益法認列之關聯企業及合資之其他綜合損益份額具顯著正向增額價值攸關性。 3. 相較於ROC GAAP之報導格式，採行IFRS下，當期其他綜合損益總額及其大部分組成項目更清楚地揭露於綜合損益表，而具較高之增額價值攸關性。

My thesis is focused on the Business Register of Financial Statements of Companies. This thesis is divided into two parts. Firstly, the basic characters of Financial Statements are described, for example the balance sheet, the income statements, the statement of cash flow, audit of the financial statement. Companies must publish their financial statements in the business register. The practical part is focused on the analysis of this obligation. In the end this thesis has been evaluated situation in publication of the financial statements. 50 % of companies published the financial statements in 2010. There are differences in the publication of the financial statements of individual group of companies. For example it is in legal form. The publication of the financial statements for joint stock companies is around 75 %, but the publication of general partnership is only 20 %.

Este trabalho investiga a utilidade e as limitações de estratégias de investimento em ações baseadas na análise de demonstrações contábeis. Inicialmente a avaliação é realizada para o conjunto total de empresas listadas na Bovespa. Na seqüência, restringe-se a investigação para os subconjuntos de empresas com alto índice PL/P (proxy de risco) ou/e com baixo BCGI (proxy de governança). De acordo com evidências apresentadas na literatura de contabilidade e finanças conjectura-se que estes grupos possuem características para que as estratégias de investimento baseadas na análise de demonstrações contábeis sejam mais úteis para a discriminação de boas e más oportunidades de investimento. As evidências encontradas apontam para uma maior utilidade da análise de balanços para a seleção de uma carteira de investimento em ações no grupo de empresas com alto PL/P e/ou baixo BCGI. Adicionalmente, incorporam-se nas análises econométricas os fatores de risco que poderiam ter relação com os resultados encontrados. Demonstra-se que a implementação da estratégia é mais realista (em termos de volume financeiro negociado das ações) para o grupo de empresas com baixo BCGI. Entretanto, há uma redução dos retornos obtidos com essa estratégia - selecionar empresas fortes financeiramente dentro do grupo de empresas com baixo BCGI - em relação à estratégia de seleção de empresas com alto PL/P e com bons indicadores financeiros. Esse resultado é consistente com a relação teórica negativa esperada entre liquidez e retorno e contribuí com a literatura para a explicação da obtenção de retornos anormais com estratégias de investimento baseadas na utilização de análise de demonstrações contábeis. / This thesis investigates the usefulness and limitations of investment strategies based on financial statement analysis. Initially I assess the usefulness of the strategy for the full sample of Brazilian public-held firms. An additional analysis considers the partition of high book-to-market (HBM) or/and poor corporate governance (CG) firms. Capital markets research in accounting and finance show evidences that permit one to posit that firms within these groups (HBM and/or poor CG) present specific features that should enhance the usefulness of financial statement analysis as an investment tool. I find evidences that the analyzed strategies significantly differentiate between winners and losers for both groups (HBM and poor CG) but not for the full sample of firms. These results confirm and expand Piotroski\'s (2000) evidences. Further I consider the possible omitted risk-factors that could explain the results obtained. I show that the practical implementation of the strategy is more realistic (regarding stock\'s trading volume) if applied for firms with poor corporate governance arrangements when compared to the HBM ones. However, the strategy returns are lower when applied to the subset of poor corporate governance firms. This evidence is consistent with the negative expected relation between liquidity and returns (Bekaert et al, 2006) and contributes to previous research (Piotroski, 2000; Mohanran, 2005) on abnormal returns obtained with financial statements analysis.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo principal avaliar a capacidade de explicação das variações dos retornos das ações de empresas que negociam seus títulos em bolsas de valores de mercados emergentes. Esta tarefa foi conduzida a partir de indicadores com o seu cálculo baseado em valores advindos das demonstrações contábeis, tais: como price-to-book, accruals, investimento, tamanho, lucro bruto e crescimento de vendas. Em adição, busca-se avaliar se o ambiente econômico e institucional afeta essa relação em países emergentes. Para isso investigaram-se empresas de capital aberto de 20 países classificados como emergentes, com base no índice elaborado pela agência Standard&Poors. Por essa via, as demonstrações contábeis das firmas nativas dessas economias foram utilizadas como insumo, restringindo-se aquelas de capital aberto que estavam disponíveis na base de dados da Capital IQ. Em paralelo, foram selecionadas informações macroeconômicas organizadas pelo International Country Risk Guide. A amostra abrangeu dados de 2004 a 2013, com a exclusão de dados faltantes (missings), variáveis consideradas outliers e daquelas empresas que apresentaram patrimônio líquido a descoberto. Os resultados demonstraram que a variável lucro bruto e price-to-book foi positivamente correlacionadas com os retornos. De outro lado, as variáveis investimento e tamanho foram estatisticamente significativas e negativamente correlacionadas com a variável retorno. As variáveis apresentaram sinais condizentes com a literatura, com exceção a variável price-to-book e a variável mudança de ativos. A análise fatorial gerou quatro fatores, para controlar as condições macroeconômicas que poderiam afetar o preço das ações no período analisado. Por essa via, mesmo após a inclusão dos fatores, as variáveis analisadas permaneceram estatisticamente significativas e com o sinal esperado. A inclusão de variáveis relacionadas ao ambiente informacional da contabilidade ofereceu indícios de que quanto mais opaco o ambiente da contabilidade no país, menor a capacidade dos lucros em retratar as variações dos retornos das ações. Em outra linha, a origem legal do país exibiu influência significativa sobre a variável dependente. Ainda, os resultados sugerem que a transição para normas internacionais ampliou a relevância da informação contábil / The thesis aim was to assess how variables calculated from financial statements affect stock return (such as Price-to-Book, Accruals, Investments, Size, Gross Profit, and Sales Changes). The research also investigates whether firms\' economic and institutional environments affect this relationship in emerging countries. We have investigated listed companies in 20 markets that are classified as emerging in Standard & Poor\'s index. Financial statement data were collected from the Capital IQ database. We also have collected macroeconomic information from the International Country Risk Guide. The sample comprised data from 2004 to 2013. Firms with missing data, outliers, and those with negative equity were excluded. The results showed that the variables Gross Profit and Price-to-Book were positively correlated with stock returns. On the other hand, Investment and Size were statistically significant and negatively correlated to returns. All variables reached the expected sign except Price-to-Book. Further research is needed to understand this result and determine if this signal is systematically achieved. We used principal component analysis to estimate macroeconomic risk and to address problems related to excess variables and multicollinearity. Four main factors were reached in principal component analysis to control the macroeconomic conditions that could affect stock prices during the period. In this way, even after the inclusion of factors, variables calculated from financial statements remained statistically significant and with expected signs. After analyzing variables related to the country\'s information environment it was sugested that the more opaque the accounting environment in the country, the lower the ability of earnings to portray variations in stock returns. The legal origin of the country also significantly influenced the results: Countries that follow laws originating from the French code has the weakest explanatory power. This finding supports the argument of La Porta et al. (1998, 1997) that such countries has the weakest legal protection and enforcement, compared with the German code or common law. The results also suggest that the relation between the adoption of international accounting standards and the ability of accounting information to portray variations in stock returns.

This master’s thesis deals with a comparison of applied methods of consolidation in connection with evaluation of impact of their difference on a financial situation of capitally connected enterprises through a financial analysis. Theoretical background describes fundamental characteristics of a consolidated financial statement and representative indicators of a financial analysis, but also deals with a procedure of a consolidation. In the practical part of the thesis the acquired knowledge is applied on the evaluation of the current and newly chosen method of consolidation in connection with execution of the financial analysis of both methods. The thesis also deals with the assessment of concrete results and complete evaluation of methods in relation to the financial position and performance of the consolidated enterprise.

Diploma thesis Analysis of cross border mergers in Czech Republic and Hungary consists of two parts theoretical and practical one. The first part briefly describes general terms that are necessary for better understatement in terms of mergers and acquisitions. The first half of the theoretical part focuses on key steps and regulations (law, accounting and taxes) that need to be fulfilled to make a cross border merger in Czech Republic. In the second half, the same steps are being analyzed, but from the Hungarian point of view. The last part, the practical one, shows the accomplished cross border mergers in Hungary from years 2013 to 2017. The main goal of the thesis is to explore the legal, accounting and tax aspects of cross border mergers in Czech Republic and in Hungary.