Objective
Managers can change the market's perception about a firm's performance through specific actions. One of these actions is the disclosure of non-GAAP financial measures and external explanations for the final results obtained. Another one of these actions is the manipulation of GAAP earnings. With my research, I will extend the literature on non-GAAP financial measures in several ways.
First, using a hand-collected set of data about the disclosure of non-GAAP financial measures by the S&P500 firms between 2001 and 2003, I will study the impact of institutional ownership on the disclosure and valuation of non-GAAP financial measures. Second, I will collect data about the disclosure of non-GAAP financial measures in the UK and compare the determinants and impact of these measures between the two countries, taking into consideration the different regulatory settings.
Thirdly, I will study how analysts determine what items should be included in the non-GAAP earnings they disclose and whether conference call ac cess impacts the calculation of these numbers. Complementary, I will examine how investors react to some of the external explanations that managers give in the earnings announcement for bad performance (like mentions of September 11 and the Iraq war).
Finally, I will analyze the level and perverseness of the manipulation of the useful life of assets, via changes in amortization and depreciation, as a way to alter earnings. This research will allow me to continue the line of study I initiated with my dissertation paper, entitled 'SEC interventions and the frequency and usefulness of non-GAAP financial measures', which is now forthcoming in Review of Accounting Studies.
Furthermore, it will allow me to extend my research into two other topics: external explanations and the manipulation of earnings. This will contribute to a smooth re-integration in Europe - more specifically, into the Faculdade de Economia of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal).
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FP6-2004-MOBILITY-12
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LISBOA
Portugal
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