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Consistency as a Means to Comparability : Theory and Evidence

This paper studies financial statement consistency — the purported means to comparability — from an information perspective. We model consistency as firms’ required propensity to apply common accounting methods to individual transactions and show that consistency creates information spillover through correlated measurements (“spillover channel”) while potentially reducing the informativeness of one’s own report (“standalone channel”). The model generates two central predictions. First, optimal consistency decreases with a transaction’s fundamental correlation as high correlation diminishes information gains via the spillover channel. Second, optimal consistency decreases with a transaction’s fundamental volatility as high volatility exacerbates information losses via the standalone channel. Empirical evidence supports both predictions. Overall, this paper contributes a framework for studying comparability and draws useful policy implications.

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Judul Seri

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; Vol.68 No.6 June 2022

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

: .,

Deskripsi Fisik

p. 4279-4300

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

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Klasifikasi

NONE

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

COMPARABILITY
INFORMATIVENESS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT CONSISTENCY
INFORMATION SPILLOVER
FUNDAMENTAL CORRELATION
FUNDAMENTAL VOLATILITY

Info Detail Spesifik

https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4052

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Vivian W. Fang, Michael Iselin, Gaoqing Zhang

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