Simultaneous Releases of U.S. and Foreign GAAP Earnings

Kam Chan, Samir El-Gazzar, Philip Finn and Rudy Jacob

International Advances in Economic Research, 2006, vol. 12, issue 2, 168 pages

Abstract: Prior studies examine the incremental information content of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) reconciliation of U.S. listed foreign firms and find mixed results. One of the main methodological issues in prior studies is the uncertainty concerning the dates of the reconciliation releases. This study examines the information content of U.S.GAAP reconciliation for a sample of U.S. listed foreign firms that released both U.S. and foreign GAAP earnings information simultaneously. The findings show that there is no incremental information content for the U.S. GAAP reconciliation over foreign GAAP earnings. When added to other empirical evidence from prior studies, this studies' results of no incremental information content further support the recent SEC announcement to work towards eliminating the reconciliation by 2009 for firms using IFRS. Copyright IAES 2006

Keywords: F30; F39; M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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