Conservatism in debt contracting: theory and empirical evidence

This paper surveys both the theoretical and the empirical archival literature on conservatism when accounting information is used for debt contracting. The theoretical literature shows mixed results whether conservative accounting is desirable, which depends on the underlying agency problem, the inf...

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Published in:Accounting and business research 2019-09, Vol.49 (6), p.619-647
Main Authors: Penalva, Fernando, Wagenhofer, Alfred
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conditional conservatism
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