dc.contributor.author | Drew, Michael E | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T12:48:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T12:48:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.date.modified | 2010-06-23T05:24:43Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1035-6908 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2009.00065.x | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/30544 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study considers the controversy surrounding financial reporting and corporate short-termism as a puzzle. The question remains as to why corporate managers and investors persist in exhibiting behaviours that trade off long-term value creation for meeting short-term financial targets. Using inter-temporal choice theory, we suggest that the myopia characterising decision-making is entirely rational, given the set of incentives faced. We view the puzzle through the prism of universal owners (pension and superannuation funds), arguing that the investment policies or 'mandates' implemented by these financial behemoths is the source of the myopic behaviour. The paper explores a range of policies that universal owners may consider implementing to ensure that the payoffs to corporate managers and investors are optimised through the pursuit of long-termism. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 110398 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia | |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1035-6908 | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 295 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 302 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 4 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Australian Accounting Review | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 19 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Other economics | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Accounting, auditing and accountability | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Finance | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3899 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3501 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 350202 | |
dc.title | The puzzle of financial reporting and corporate short-termism: A universal ownership perspective | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2009 CPA Australia Ltd (CPA Australia). This is a post print of an article published in the Australian Accounting Review. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.The definitive version is available at www.interscience.wiley.com | |
gro.date.issued | 2009 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Drew, Michael E. | |