A review of markets‐based international accounting research

GK Meek, WB Thomas - Journal of International Accounting …, 2004 - publications.aaahq.org
This paper discusses challenges and opportunities facing international accounting
researchers and demonstrates the relevance of markets‐based international accounting …

Empirical research on accounting choice

TD Fields, TZ Lys, L Vincent - Journal of accounting and economics, 2001 - Elsevier
We review research from the 1990s that examines the determinants and consequences of
accounting choice, structuring our analysis around the three types of market imperfections …

International diversification, ownership structure, legal origin, and earnings management: Evidence from Taiwan

CL Chin, YJ Chen, TJ Hsieh - Journal of Accounting …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate
internationalization on earnings management. We also explore the mitigating roles of …

Managerial empire building and firm disclosure

O Hope, WB Thomas - Journal of Accounting Research, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This study tests the agency cost hypothesis in the context of geographic earnings
disclosures. The agency cost hypothesis predicts that managers, when not monitored by …

Tax avoidance and geographic earnings disclosure

OK Hope, MS Ma, WB Thomas - Journal of accounting and economics, 2013 - Elsevier
This study tests the relation between corporate tax avoidance and disclosure of geographic
earnings for US multinational companies. We find that after the adoption of Statement of …

Tax havens and disclosure aggregation

H Akamah, OK Hope, WB Thomas - Journal of International Business …, 2018 - Springer
Multinational firms have been accused by politicians, regulators, and citizen groups of
shifting profits to low-tax geographic areas. We present evidence that multinational firms with …

The valuation of the foreign income of US multinational firms: A growth opportunities perspective

GM Bodnar, J Weintrop - Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1997 - Elsevier
We demonstrate the value-relevance of foreign earnings for US multinational firms by
examining the associations between annual abnormal stock performance and changes in …

Domestic and foreign earnings, stock return variability, and the impact of investor sophistication

JL Callen, OK Hope, D Segal - Journal of Accounting Research, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the importance of foreign earnings relative to domestic earnings for a sample of
US multinationals using variance decomposition. Our methodology represents an alternative …

A test of the market's mispricing of domestic and foreign earnings

WB Thomas - Journal of Accounting and Economics, 1999 - Elsevier
This study investigates whether abnormal returns can be earned using public information
about firms' domestic and foreign earnings. The results indicate that the market understates …

The effects of SFAS 131 geographic segment disclosures by US multinational companies on the valuation of foreign earnings

OK Hope, T Kang, WB Thomas, F Vasvari - Journal of International …, 2009 - Springer
Foreign operations are becoming increasingly important for US companies. We investigate
whether the market's valuation of foreign earnings is a function of the firm's geographic …