Pacific Accounting Review: Volume 33 Issue 3

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A question of balance: study–work–life, perspectives from accounting students

Nicola J. Beatson, Paul de Lange, Heinrich Oosthuizen

Students have a finite amount of time that they can allocate between commitments of study–work–life. Striking a balance between these competing activities is an individual…

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“Look on the bright side”: CEO optimism and firms' market valuation

Salah Alshorman, Martin Shanahan

Previous research suggests that a CEO’s attitude can impact a firm’s performance. More particularly, there appears to be a link between the CEO’s revealed level of optimism and…

Ownership concentration, foreign ownership and auditing: evidence from SMEs in Latin America

Dengjun Zhang, Yuquan Cang

This paper aims to investigate the impact of ownership concentration of the largest shareholder and foreign ownership on the demand for an external audit for small and…

Do anchor investors affect long run performance? Evidence from Indian IPO markets

Abhishek Kumar, Seshadev Sahoo

Anchor investor (AI) regulation was introduced in 2009 by the Indian market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India to facilitate the price discovery process during the…

Moderating effect of investor demand: privatized IPOs and flipping activity in the Pakistan IPO market

Ayesha Anwar, Rasidah Mohd-Rashid

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of privatized initial public offerings (IPOs) on flipping activity in the Pakistan IPO market.

Option informativeness before earnings announcements and under real activity manipulation

Xiang Gao, Jiahao Gu, Yingchao Zhang

This paper aims to investigate whether single-name options trading prior to earnings announcements is more informative when there exist real activity manipulations.

The impact of corporate social responsibility on financial distress: evidence from developing economy

Muhammad Farooq, Amna Noor

This study aims to explore the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the likelihood of financial distress for a sample of 139 Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) listed firms…

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ISSN:

0114-0582

Online date, start – end:

1997

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Professor Tom Scott
  • Dr Pei-Chi Kelly Hsiao
  • Associate Professor Chelsea Liu
  • Associate Professor Sophia Su
  • Associate Professor Thu Phuong Truong
  • Dr Lily Chen