德勤－复旦会计论坛系列讲座之一百七十七
时 间：2020年10月13日（周二）下午14：00
地 点：史带楼303室
主持人：张新 副教授
演讲者：张瑞申(上海财经大学)
主 题：Accounting Measurement Intensity
摘 要：We propose an empirical measure of metering problems, i.e., the difficulties of measur-ing productivity and rewards in firms. We build on the insight that these metering
problems are reflected in the intensity with which firms apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles when preparing their financial statements to capture economic transactions. We adapt a simple computational linguistics algorithm to identify textual patterns that uniquely signify heightened use of accounting measurement in prepara-tion of accounting reports. We validate the output of this algorithm before computing time-varying, firm-level scores of accounting measurement intensity (AMI). We then show that AMI is associated with the decisions of professional users of accounting information. We also document that AMI is correlated with the cross-section of ex-pected equity returns and with the cost of debt and non-price terms in the private loan market. In CEO compensation contracts, we see lower pay-performance sensitivity to accounting performance metrics as AMI increases. Finally, we report that AMI correlates with investment and hiring decisions in firms; factor productivity, as well as the efficiency of resource allocation. Together, these findings are consistent with the predictions in Alchian and Demsetz (1972) about how metering problems affect the boundary of the firm.
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2020-9-27
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