Browsing Accounting and Finance by Subject "Corporate profits"
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THE IMPACT OF EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND EXPECTATIONS MANAGEMENT ON THE USEFULNESS OF EARNINGS AND ANALYST FORECASTS IN FIRM VALUATION
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-16)In this dissertation, I examine the impact of earnings management and expectations management on the usefulness of earnings and analyst forecasts in firm valuation. Earnings and analyst forecasts are important inputs into ... -
News Management and Earnings Management around Accelerated Share Repurchases
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)There has been a growing trend in accelerated share repurchases (ASRs) in the last decade. ASRs are an alternative to commonly used open market repurchases (OMRs). In an ASR, a firm commits itself to repurchasing an announced ...