The present study is intended to examine the effect of accounting conservatism on firms’ non-profitability in Tehran Stock Exchange in 48 unprofitable firms and 57 profitable firms over a period of seven years from 2001 to 2007. This study was conducted according to Givoly and Hayn model to measure accounting conservatism index in non-profitable and profitable) firms. Data analysis performed wi...

this paper aims to investigate the effect of firm reporting quality, timeliness andquantity for disclosure and reliability of financial reports on the reaction of stockprice delay. statistical population includes 111 active firms in tehran stock exchangeduring 2010-2014 using cochrane method with the confidence level of95%. totally, they were 555 firms-years. in this paper, linear and nonlinear...

Full, on-time, and with Quality disclosure of financial information can lead to the transparency of such information and decreases information asymmetry. Among the published information of firms, earnings are of priority importance attended by many users; therefore, the issue of the transparency of accounting earnings is of high importance. The aim of this study is investigating the accounting ...

Since 1999, regulators have attempted to improve the monitoring of financial reporting by exerting significant pressure on firms to appoint financial experts to their audit committees. Yet, many firms have been reluctant to do so, which has made these firms more prone to financial reporting problems. We examine appointments of financial experts to the audit committees of S&P 1500 firms during t...

the purpose of this study is presenting a model forecasting financial crisis in tehran stock exchange listed companies. to do this, productive firms that had been accepted in tehran stock exchange between 2002 and 2009, were selected as the study sample. first the independent variables were obtained based on financial ratios and then based on article 141 of the law of commerce, the insolvent an...

The ability of foreign firms to bring in additional capital to a host country together with technological and skill spillovers may relieve domestic firms of their financial constraints. Yet, some foreign firms borrow more from the local capital markets than the amount of capital they bring in, worsening the financial constraints of the domestic firms. We use a panel of 182 Ghanaian manufacturin...

The corporate sector all over the world is restructuring its operations through different types  of  consolidation  strategies  like  mergers  and  acquisitions  in  order  to  face challenges  posed  by  the  new  pattern  of  globalization,  which  has  led  to  the  greater integration of national and international markets.. The intensity of cross-border operations recorded an unprecedented ...