Essays about: "Decision relevance of accounting"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Decision relevance of accounting.
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1. Taking Climate into Account - Carbon Management Tools for Investment Decisions and Progress Tracking at an Energy Company
University essay from Lunds universitet/InnovationsteknikAbstract : Background: Climate change is becoming a more urgent issue, where global agreements and regulations are putting pressure on companies to calculate and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions to combat the problem. Other driving forces of carbon disclosure for companies include social, economic, and financial pressure, as well as firm specific internal factors. READ MORE
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2. Prediction of Stock Returns Using Accounting Data with a Machine Learning Approach
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The relationship between accounting data and stock price prediction has been a hot topic for over half a century. Researchers have been trying to identify the relationship and investigate how it may be useful when trying to improve prediction accuracy. READ MORE
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3. The Relevance of Expected Credit Losses: The effect of IFRS 9 on analyst forecast accuracy
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : This study examines how the adoption of the expected loss model under IFRS 9 has affected the forecast accuracy of credit losses. Specifically, we investigate the effect on absolute forecast errors and forecast dispersion. READ MORE
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4. Nearly four decades later: Is accounting still useful in predicting business failure? Probabilistic business failure prediction on Nordic manufacturing firms
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : With the aim of examining whether accounting-based failure prediction models still can be used effectively, this thesis investigates how well prediction models classify a modern sample of firms applying IFRS. In doing so, this thesis anchors on the Skogsvik (1987) study and performs a three-step plan. READ MORE
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5. Unreliable Accoutning of Intangible Assets in a Digital Era : A study on the association between reliability and value relevance of intangible assets
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)Abstract : Background: The purpose of accounting and financial reporting is to provide useful information for its users in their decision-making. The importance of intangible assets for companies in the modern digital economy has led to debates concerning how it should be presented in accounting. READ MORE
