Audited financial reporting and voluntary disclosure: International evidence on management earnings forecasts

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-267
Author(s):  
Rubing Liu ◽  
Xiangting Kong ◽  
Ziyao San ◽  
Albert Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Management Earnings Forecasts ◽  
International Evidence

scholarly journals Mandatory Financial Reporting and Voluntary Disclosure: The Effect of Mandatory IFRS Adoption on Management Forecasts

2015 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 933-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Li ◽  
Holly I. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Management Forecasts ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Management Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Ifrs Adoption ◽  
Mandatory Adoption ◽  
Disclosure Incentives

ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of the mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on voluntary disclosure. Using a difference-in-differences analysis, we document a significant increase in the likelihood and frequency of management earnings forecasts following mandatory IFRS adoption, consistent with the notion that IFRS adoption alters firms' disclosure incentives in response to increased capital-market demand. We find the increase to be larger among firms domiciled in code-law countries, suggesting a catching-up effect among firms facing low disclosure incentives pre-adoption. We then propose and test three channels through which IFRS adoption could alter firms' disclosure incentives: improved earnings quality, increased shareholder demand, and increased analyst demand. We find evidence consistent with all three channels.

Litigation Risk and Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence from Legal Changes

2019 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 247-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel F. Houston ◽  
Chen Lin ◽  
Sibo Liu ◽  
Lai Wei
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Fixed Effect ◽  
Litigation Risk ◽  
Management Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Negative News ◽  
Effect Difference ◽  
Jel Classifications

ABSTRACT This paper documents that changes in litigation risk affect corporate voluntary disclosure practices. We make causal inferences by exploiting three legal events that generate exogenous variations in firms' litigation risk. Using a matching-based fixed-effect difference-in-differences design, we find that the treated firms tend to make fewer (more) management earnings forecasts relative to the control firms when they expect litigation risk to be lower (higher) following the legal event. The results are concentrated on the earnings forecasts conveying negative news and are robust to alternative specifications, samples, and outcome variables. JEL Classifications: D80; G14; K22; K41; M41.

Restatement Disclosures and Management Earnings Forecasts

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Ettredge ◽  
Ying Huang ◽  
Weining Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Management Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Quarterly Earnings ◽  
Financial Restatements ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Information Providers

SYNOPSIS We examine the impact of financial restatements on managers' subsequent earnings forecasts. We argue that restatements create conflicting incentives. One incentive is to repair manager reputations as information providers by providing more and better guidance via earnings forecasts. The opposing incentive is to avoid risk by reducing the information in forecasts. We find that compared to control firms, restatement companies exhibit a decreased propensity to issue quarterly earnings forecasts following restatements. Those that do make forecasts issue fewer forecasts in post-restatement periods. We also find that post-restatement forecasts are less precise, and are less optimistically biased. Overall, our results suggest that, rather than increasing voluntary disclosure in the form of forecasts, managers of restatement companies exhibit risk-averting forecasting behavior following restatements.

scholarly journals Audit Committee Accounting Expertise, Analyst Following, and Market Liquidity

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Farber ◽  
Shawn X. Huang ◽  
Elaine Mauldin
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Market Liquidity ◽  
Management Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Analyst Following ◽  
Accounting Expertise

We study the relation between audit committee accounting expertise, analyst following, and market liquidity. Our main results indicate that analyst following increases subsequent to the appointment of an accounting expert to the audit committee. We also provide evidence that accrual quality, as opposed to audit quality or management earnings forecasts, is the channel through which accounting expertise increases analyst following and improves analyst forecast properties. We also show that audit committee accounting expertise is related to higher trading volume and lower liquidity risk, supporting incentives for greater analyst following. Our study extends prior literature by providing evidence that audit committee accounting expertise enhances firms’ information environment beyond the effects it has on financial reporting quality or analysts’ forecast properties. Our study also complements the literature on determinants of analyst following and market liquidity, both of which are related to cost of capital. Results from our study should be useful to firms seeking to enhance analyst following and market liquidity.

scholarly journals The Impact Of Social Capital On The Propensity And Properties Of Management Earnings Forecasts

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1803
Author(s):  
Xinyi Lu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
The United States ◽  
Earnings Forecast ◽  
Management Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Financial Factor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examines the relationship between the regional variation in social capital in the United States and the propensity and properties of the management earnings forecasts. Social capital refers to connections among individualssocial networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them (Putnam 2000). Using a comprehensive sample of companies in the United States, we find that firms located in region with higher social capital are more likely to issue a management earnings forecast and are inclined to forecast more frequently. In addition, earnings forecasts made by those firms tend to be more specific. Our findings suggest that mangers of firms in the high social capital regions are more likely to be concerned about their reputation of providing transparent information regarding their businesses because of the close connections among individuals and the greater propensities to honor obligations. This study contributes to the accounting literature by identifying a non-financial factor (i.e., social capital) that affects managements voluntary disclosure practices.

scholarly journals Corporate ownership structure and management earnings forecast

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-250
Author(s):  
Toshihiro Umezawa ◽  
Ujo Goto
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Earnings Forecast ◽  
Corporate Ownership ◽  
Management Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Management Earnings Forecast ◽  
Financial Disclosures ◽  
Corporate Ownership Structure

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the structure of corporate ownership impacts the accuracy of management earning forecasts in Japan. An evaluation of the financial reporting reform from 2000 is also presented. As a result, corporate ownership structure variables, such as managerial ownership, financial institution ownership, foreign investment ownership and corporation ownership, are negatively associated with the accuracy of management earnings forecast. We find that corporate ownership structure makes the manager announce more accurate management earnings forecasts. In addition, the reform of financial reporting system in 2000 has an influence on the quality of financial disclosures

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