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Petersen, Christian; Plenborg, Thomas (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Bonus plans have become a popular tool for compensating managers and employees. While other accounting studies on bonus plans typically focus on earnings management, for example by examining the association between cash bonuses and stock returns or the incentive for management to manage earnings, our study discusses specific issues that are relevant in designing and understanding bonus plans based on financial performance measures. Bonus contracts should be designed so they align the interest of management and owners. In practice, this is far more difficult than it sounds. We discuss issues that require special attention in preparing bonus contracts: Choice of performance measure(s), accounting issues, link between performance and bonus, and bonus threshold. Our study should be of interest to managers, compensation committees, investors and others interested in bonus plans. A proper bonus plan is essential to ascertain that management compensation is closely linked to management’s ability to create value. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6740 Files in this item: 1
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Banghøj, Jesper; Plenborg, Thomas (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We explore the impact of stock pay and stock holdings on the pay to performance sensitivity in Denmark. Our research is motivated by the fact that most non-UK/US studies ignore stock based pay and stock holdings when measuring the pay to performance sensitivity. Further, most studies that explore the pay to performance relation apply the Black and Scholes approach assuming that the executive is both risk neutral due to hedge possibilities and well diversified. However, as pointed by Hall and Murphy (2002) executives are neither risk neutral nor well diversified. We adopt the certainty equivalence approach developed by Lambert et al (1991) to demonstrate that in a setting where executives are risk averse and undiversified there is a gap between the cost of granting stock options and the value, which executives receive from the same stock option program. Our findings indicate that the Danish level of pay is lower than in the UK and the US but more in line with the pay in other Scandinavian countries. Further, our results show that stock options are less frequently used to compensate Danish executives. On the other hand, stock ownership seems to be a more popular way to align the interests of the management and the shareholders than stock options. Furthermore, including stock holdings affect our four pay to performance sensitivity measures significantly. We also demonstrate that the pay to performance sensitivity is considerably lower than indicated by the Black and Scholes approach. Finally, the pay to performance sensitivity is on average smaller in Denmark than in the US. However, the pay to performance sensitivity seems similar in Denmark and the UK. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6741 Files in this item: 1
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Del 1Krogholt Hansen, Carsten; Petersen, Christian; Plenborg, Thomas (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Danske børsnoterede virksomheder overgik til internationale regnskabsstandarder pr. 1. januar 2005. Der skal således ikke længere foretages åremålsamortisering af goodwill, der til gengæld afløses af værdiforringelsestest. Såfremt den bogførte værdi af goodwill er større end genindvindingsværdien, skal der ske nedskrivning. Som en konsekvens heraf er resultat af primær drift for virksomheder med goodwill på balancen forbedret. Eksempelvis er Carlsbergs resultat af primær drift forbedret med 976 mio. kr. i 2004 som følge overgang til værdiforringelsestest af goodwill. Implementeringen af IAS 36 (impairment of assets) og IFRS 3 (business combinations) har således haft ganske store regnskabsmæssige konsekvenser for de netop aflagte årsrapporter for 2005. I denne artikel undersøger vi via en spørgeskemaundersøgelse, hvorledes danske børsnoterede virksomheder, der har indregnet goodwill, gennemfører værdiforringelsestest. Vi fokuserer på de tekniske problemstillinger, der er forbundet med værdiforringelsestest. Eksempelvis undersøger vi, hvorledes de børsnoterede virksomheder fastlægger en CGU og hvordan de estimerer kapitalomkostninger og terminalværdien ved fastlæggelse af genindvindingsværdien. Derimod adresserer vi ikke, om de foretagne skøn vurderes rimelige. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6747 Files in this item: 1
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Petersen, Christian; Plenborg, Thomas (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
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Banghøj, Jesper; Plenborg, Thomas (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines if the level of voluntary disclosure affects the association between current returns and future earnings. Economic theory suggests that firms might find it advantageous to provide additional pieces of information (i.e., voluntary disclosure) to investors and analysts (Verrecchia 1983). Our results indicate that more voluntary disclosure does not improve the association between current returns and future earnings; i.e. current returns do not reflect more future earnings news. This finding raises the question whether voluntary information in the annual report contains value relevant information about future earnings or if investors are simply not capable of incorporating voluntary information in the firm value estimates. Key words: Disclosure, future earnings, informativeness URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6742 Files in this item: 1
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Del 2Krogholt Hansen, Carsten; Petersen, Christian; Plenborg, Thomas (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
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Olsen, Jørgen Kai (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Kai Olsen, Jørgen (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
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a case study of the implementation of the EU eigth directive in Denmark 1984-2003Loft, Anne; Jeppesen, Kim K. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyses the complex process through which EU's Eighth Company Law Directive on the qualification of statutory auditors (1984) was implemented in Denmark. The Directive envisaged one group of ‘statutory auditors’ in each member state. However, in Denmark there were two groups of auditors: the state authorised auditors who had a long education and high status, and the registered auditors who had a shorter education, lower status and whose clients were mainly medium and small sized businesses. An exemption was made in the Directive to allow the registered auditors to continue to audit despite that they did not have the required ‘university level’ education. This made the issue of education central to the long-term survival of the registered auditors and it consequently became the object of a long conflict between the parties with an interest in auditor education and qualifications: the profession, the state and the educational institutions. This case illustrates the processes of audit regulation in a small European state with a highly developed economy where auditors are approved and regulated by the state but through processes heavily influenced by the profession. It provides an interesting contrast to other studies carried out on the implementation of this Directive, e.g. in the UK (Cooper et al, 1996) and in Greece (Caramanis, 1999), and perhaps some insight into the difficulties which may be encountered in implementing the new Eighth Directive proposed by the Commission in May 2003. Key Words: EU; Eighth Directive; accounting profession; Denmark; harmonisation; regulation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6739 Files in this item: 1
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