the current study aims to review the cross sectional variation in cash flow asymmetric timeliness and its effect on conditional conservatism. in this study, data from 120 firms in tehran stock exchange for the period spanning 1384- 1390 were examined. the regression model used in this research is panel data method with fixed effects approach. the most common measure of conditional conservatism ...

It is expected that more accounting conservation (environmental uncertainty) reduces manager optimism. Prior research, however, has struggled to establish this relation empirically. Moreover, some evidence points to the possibility that the manager optimism is lower for firms with more accounting conservation. In this paper, the author examine the link between accounting conservation, environme...

The present study aims to model systematic risk using financial and accounting variables. Accordingly, the data for 174 companies in Tehran Stock Exchange are extracted for the period of 2006 to 2016. First, the systematic risk index is estimated using the ARFIMA-FIGARCH model. Then, based on the research background, 35 affective financial and accounting variables are simultaneously used with t...

information asymmetry is a negative event that gives manager incentives to use his private information to attempt transferring wealth from investors by overstating financial performance and consequently, stock prices during his tenure at the firm. the manipulations generate agency costs. conservative reporting is a mechanism that reduces the managers’ ability to manipulate and overstate financi...

We examine the tradeoff between having affiliated bankers on board and conservative accounting for mitigating debtholder-shareholder conflicts. We argue that affiliated bankers on board provide lenders with private information and control rights, thereby lowering debtcontracting demand for conservatism in public financial reports. We find that firms with affiliated bankers on board have lower c...

Information asymmetry is a negative event that gives manager incentives to use his private information to attempt transferring wealth from investors by overstating financial performance and consequently, stock prices during his tenure at the firm. The manipulations generate agency costs. Conservative reporting is a mechanism that reduces the managers’ ability to manipulate and overstate financi...

This study examines the contracting benefits of accounting conservatism on international debt and equity markets. Results show that firms domiciled in countries with more conservative financial reporting systems have significantly lower cost of debt and equity capital, after controlling for differences in legal institutions and securities regulations. I use one-year-ahead interest rate to measu...