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Book-Tax Income Conformity And Earnings Quality: Egx-Based Evidence, Sara Abdallah
Book-Tax Income Conformity And Earnings Quality: Egx-Based Evidence, Sara Abdallah
Business Administration
This article aims to investigate the incremental value of book-tax differences (BTD) for the future earnings post the Egyptian revolution crisis and also examine the changes in BTD information under earnings discretionary overestimation versus underestimation by Egyptian stock exchange (EGX) listed firms. The findings show a negative incremental BTD value for the one-year ahead earnings performance. This finding is more pronounced for large BTD regardless of its sign (positive/ negative). However, large BTD negative implications are more evident in firms managing earning upward. The findings advocate that BTD are more likely to be driven by earnings manipulation incentives than tax …
Accounting Choices And The Legal Environment: The Impact Of The Ex Post Loss Rule, Teck Meng Junior Tan
Accounting Choices And The Legal Environment: The Impact Of The Ex Post Loss Rule, Teck Meng Junior Tan
Research Collection School Of Accountancy
Using a landmark Supreme Court decision as a natural experiment, I examine the impact of a fundamental requirement in securities litigation, the ex post loss rule, on income-decreasing accounting choices. Dura Pharmaceuticals v. Broudo (2005) established that plaintiffs must show that the alleged misrepresentations caused an actual economic loss. The case resolved a circuit split, allowing me to identify a treatment jurisdiction affected by Dura, and control jurisdictions in which the rule was already the prevailing legal standard. Motivated by legal analyses suggesting that Dura incentivizes firms to delay negative corrections, I hypothesize and find that treatment firms in high-litigation …