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Full-Text Articles in Business
Southern University Business Majors Understanding The Stock Market, Edwin W. Lawrence
Southern University Business Majors Understanding The Stock Market, Edwin W. Lawrence
Electronic Dissertations and Theses
This study analyzes the amount of knowledge that the business students at Southern University obtained concerning the stock market. The study reveals that while many students feel that it is important to understand the stock market, when considering their major, the majority feel that they are not as well versed on the stock market as they should be. A random sampling was performed in order to draw conclusions about the business students and to determine just how many students are knowledgeable of the stock market.
The Detection Of Fraud In Financial Reporting: Did The Treadway Commission Make A Difference?, Michael Williamson
The Detection Of Fraud In Financial Reporting: Did The Treadway Commission Make A Difference?, Michael Williamson
Honors Theses
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Earnings Management And Accounting Choices In Initial Public Offerings : Evidence From Indonesia, Tatang A. Gumanti
Earnings Management And Accounting Choices In Initial Public Offerings : Evidence From Indonesia, Tatang A. Gumanti
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
Information asymmetry about the value of the firm making initial public Offering and the potential investors exists. This thesis investigates whether issuers of initial public affairs (IPOs) use accounting discretion to increase the reported earnings through the choice of accounting methods. Anecdotal evidence •suggests that accounting numbers are used in the pricing of IPO. Further, there is an economic incentive for issuers of IPOs to sell the offering shares at the highest possible price which in tum increases their proceeds and thus their wealth. This suggests a prediction that, immediately prior to the offering, issuers exercise accounting discretion to increase …
Users And Accounting Information Preferences Of Government Department Financial Reports, Helen R. Mignot
Users And Accounting Information Preferences Of Government Department Financial Reports, Helen R. Mignot
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
The introduction of an accounting standard requiring government departments to replace fund-type, cash-based accounting statements with business-type, accrual based accounting statements has led to criticism that business-type, general purpose financial statements do not take account of the information requirements of major users. Such criticism echoes a long standing debate in which the users of public sector financial statements and their informational requirements are analysed in competing models. One view suggests that there are many users with homogeneous informational needs, who can be classified into a few broad groups. The other view maintains that there are few users who have differential …
Social Disclosure By Australian Listed Mineral Mining Companies: A Stakeholder Approach, Gary S. Kong
Social Disclosure By Australian Listed Mineral Mining Companies: A Stakeholder Approach, Gary S. Kong
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This study examines the incentives of Australian listed mineral mining companies within the stakeholder theoretical framework to disclose socially responsible information in their corporate annual report. The three dimensions of the stakeholder theory were empirically tested to explain the association of a social disclosure model comprising categories of social disclosure for environment, energy, product and services, human resources and community involvement, with nine firm-specific characteristics. The sample of 179 Australian listed mineral mining companies for the financial year ending 1994 was obtained by personal contact. The extent of social disclosure was measured by a dichotomous index against the social disclosure …