Zixuan Dai, Lei Xu, Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti, Zenghua Lu
{"title":"Negative interest rates and shadow banking","authors":"Zixuan Dai, Lei Xu, Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti, Zenghua Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101681","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the effects of negative interest rate policy (NIRP) on the scale of shadow banking. Utilising a Triple Differences (TD) model and a cross-country dataset of 676 non-bank financial intermediaries from 28 OECD countries over the period 2011–2017, we observe a reduction in the size of shadow banking entities. Moreover, the impact of NIRP is heterogeneous based on country- and entity-specific characteristics such as inflation, entity size, and specialisation. Larger entities in moderate to high inflation environments tend to experience more significant size contractions. Our findings remain robust across various tests.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143930698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Negotiating perceived employability as sensemaking in the context of undergraduate work integrated learning","authors":"Sylvia Dempsey, Carol Linehan, Margaret Healy","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101676","url":null,"abstract":"As labour markets shift responsibility for navigating career transitions and employability from organisations to individuals, sensemaking around their own ‘perceived employability’ gains importance. Prior research suggests work integrated learning (WIL) experiences constitute a significant route to perceived employability for potential entrants to the accounting profession. The mechanisms through which this develops are less understood. Understanding of the impact of WIL on perceived employability, shaping individual career trajectories, augments efforts to attract new members to the profession.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accounting scholarship and the Majority World: A case of epistemic injustice","authors":"Shahzad Uddin","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101679","url":null,"abstract":"In April 2024, Shahzad Uddin, the recipient of the 2022 British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA) Distinguished Accounting Academic Award, delivered the Keynote Address at the Annual BAFA Conference. This article builds on that keynote to critically examine the systemic challenges faced by scholars researching the Majority World within the field of accounting. It highlights their marginalisation and situates this issue within the broader framework of epistemic injustice in academia. The article argues that the knowledge and perspectives of these scholars are often devalued or overlooked, thereby reinforcing inequities in academic discourse.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"126 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143930702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hasibul Chowdhury, Hien Duc Han, Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti, Jiayi Zheng
{"title":"Institutional shareholder distraction and workplace safety","authors":"Hasibul Chowdhury, Hien Duc Han, Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti, Jiayi Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101671","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the impact of institutional shareholder distraction on a firm's ability to maintain a safe workplace environment. By utilising extreme returns of firms in unrelated industries of institutional shareholders' portfolios as exogenous indicators of investor distraction, we demonstrate that institutional investor distraction is associated with a higher incidence of workplace injuries. A one standard deviation increase in the institutional distraction measure is associated with an increase of about 11.16 % in injury rates compared to the mean injury rate. Our channel tests indicate that this negative relation between institutional distraction and workplace safety results from reduced monitoring efforts by distracted institutional investors, fostering managerial short-termism. Our baseline finding remains consistent across a series of robustness and endogeneity tests. Cross-sectional analysis reveals that the association between institutional distraction and workplace injuries is more pronounced in companies with weaker governance and greater information asymmetry.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin Hammer, Nikolaus Marcotty-Dehm, Jens Martin
{"title":"Use of proceeds in private equity-backed initial public offerings","authors":"Benjamin Hammer, Nikolaus Marcotty-Dehm, Jens Martin","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101672","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines differences in the disclosure and efficacy of intended use of proceeds between private equity (PE)-backed and non-PE-backed initial public offerings (IPOs). We find that PE-backed issuers have a significantly higher (lower) probability of disclosing “repayment of debt” and “repayment to selling shareholders” (“M&A”) than non-PE-backed issuers. Moreover, PE-backed issuers that disclose “repayment of debt” deleverage significantly more post-IPO to reduce their above-average debt-to-asset ratios to the level of non-PE-backed issuers. This is consistent with the idea that leveraged buyouts do not lead to a sustained change in optimal capital structure. While non-PE-backed issuers that disclose “R&D” (“M&A”) increase their R&D intensity (M&A deal volume) post-IPO, PE-backed issuers do not. Our results suggest that this is due to a trade-off with the need to repay claimholders in PE-backed IPOs. Finally, we show that PE backing reduces underpricing only if the use-of-proceeds disclosure is vague. Hence, we provide evidence that the well-documented PE “certification effect” depends on the information content of the prospectus.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143930700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Davide Calandra, Federico Lanzalonga, Silvana Secinaro, Cláudia Costa Storti
{"title":"From traditional to digital: Unravelling performance measurement systems and accounting methods in drug treatment through a systematic review and content analysis","authors":"Davide Calandra, Federico Lanzalonga, Silvana Secinaro, Cláudia Costa Storti","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101665","url":null,"abstract":"Cost measurement strategies are crucial for healthcare organisations, particularly for illicit drug use, often a lifelong condition. Long-term treatment and innovative cost-management strategies are necessary for sustainable treatment. This study proposes integrating digital transformation into drug-related healthcare spending estimates by examining existing models in the scientific literature that estimate the costs of substance abuse treatment. We conducted a systematic study using qualitative content analysis, enhanced by a snowball process. We also considered cost estimation techniques available in the grey literature from entities responsible for monitoring drug treatment. The analysis identified 11 methods for estimating the costs of treating drug dependence that can enhance performance measurement strategies in healthcare settings; however, these require improvements to align with a complete digital ecosystem. Achieving digital transformation in drug-dependence treatment costs requires collaboration among various stakeholders. To ensure a fair accounting comparison, heterogeneity among the different methods must be reduced, and researchers and practitioners need to collaborate on estimating the costs of providing healthcare for substance abuse in a digital context.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junru Zhang, Yuan George Shan, Nirosha Dilhani Kapu Arachchilage
{"title":"Do students have satisfying educational experiences at sustainable universities? Evidence from Australian universities","authors":"Junru Zhang, Yuan George Shan, Nirosha Dilhani Kapu Arachchilage","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101649","url":null,"abstract":"Drawing on a sample of Australian universities from 2012 to 2018, we investigate the association between the extent of university sustainability disclosure and student satisfaction. University sustainability disclosures are critical for communicating with key stakeholders when seeking resources, thereby facilitating student satisfaction. Using hand-collected data from university annual reports and the Student Experience Survey, we find that the extent of university sustainability disclosure is positively associated with student satisfaction in both short and long terms. Our channel analysis suggests that sustainability disclosures help universities attract increased government funding and student income. Moreover, universities with a greater extent of sustainability disclosure offer better employee benefits and are more likely to invest in student facilities, engagement and activities. In cross-sectional tests, we find that the effect of sustainability disclosures is contingent on public monitoring, organisational culture and managerial environmental awareness. We also show that sustainability disclosures can help universities mitigate the adverse effects of reputational risks and promote university rankings through enhanced student satisfaction. Our findings remain robust to an array of endogeneity tests. The findings of this study provide important implications for policymakers and regulators, sustainability reporting standard setters and university management.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Linxi Shi, Pingli Li, Krishanthi Vithana, Bai Xue, Mahmoud Al-Sayed
{"title":"Hospital Management Accounting Systems: Evolving roles, actors, and interactions","authors":"Linxi Shi, Pingli Li, Krishanthi Vithana, Bai Xue, Mahmoud Al-Sayed","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101666","url":null,"abstract":"Seeking to offer an integrated understanding of Hospital Management Accounting Systems (HMAS) dynamics—through a synthesis of 196 studies on management accounting in public healthcare since 1980—we provide critical insights into HMAS roles—diagnostic, interactive, culture shaping, political, and symbolic—and their interconnections, shedding light on their (in)effectiveness in relation to relevant actors. The review highlights that different actors contribute significantly to the diverse roles of HMAS, while these roles—if functioning as mechanisms for meaningful change—in turn, impact their activities, managerial awareness, and power relationships. While being criticised for unintentionally intensifying value conflicts, HMAS changes reportedly have long-term impact on shaping organisational culture and reconciling values within broader public management transformations. It underscores the need for the longitudinal perspectives to better capture a holistic insight of the evolving roles and effectiveness of HMAS in empirical research. In this regard, the analytical framework we employed for examining the (in)effectiveness of HMAS and the underlying reasons through actors, roles, and interactions could provide a foundation for future empirical studies. Practically, this review advocates for greater involvement of medical professionals and patients in HMAS, promoting changes that balance flexibility with accountability while respecting medical professionals' autonomy through an interactive approach.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143930701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-run IPO performance and the role of venture capital","authors":"Anup Basnet, Magnus Blomkvist, Douglas Cumming","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101648","url":null,"abstract":"Prior literature (e.g., Brav & Gompers, 1997) establishes that the average VC-backed IPO does not outperform return based benchmarks. In this paper, we show, by accounting for VC holdings, that the average VC-backed IPO exhibits positive alphas (1.22pp) as long as the VC remains invested. The significant overperformance can be fully explained by active VC monitoring efforts, which diminishes following the VC's exit. Alternative explanations such as market timing, signaling, and portfolio company selection cannot explain the return patterns.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143873110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do generalist CEOs reduce corporate default risk?","authors":"Md Safiullah, Ghasan A. Baghdadi, Marc Goergen","doi":"10.1016/j.bar.2025.101646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2025.101646","url":null,"abstract":"We examine whether the general managerial skills of chief executive officers (CEOs) affect corporate default risk. Employing a large panel of data on US firms, we find that generalist CEOs help reduce default risk. This result is robust to using different fixed effects (i.e., firm, CEO, and industry fixed effects), propensity score matching, and a difference-in-differences analysis to address endogeneity concerns. Furthermore, a channel analysis unveils that generalist CEOs curb corporate default risk by lowering the volatility of the return on assets (ROA) and that of the stock return.","PeriodicalId":501001,"journal":{"name":"The British Accounting Review","volume":"183 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143820262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}