Determinants of the prevalence of special items in revenue and expense of Philippine listed firms: Purely accounting or economics?

Date of Publication

2015

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Accountancy

College

Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business

Department/Unit

Accountancy

Thesis Adviser

Nimpha M. Aquino

Defense Panel Member

Mark Vincent B. Bendo

Herminigilda E. Salendrez

Abstract/Summary

This paper explores the role of special items in the mismatching of revenues and expenses, and their causes- whether they are due to changes in accounting standards or occurrences of economic events- in selected publicly-listed firms in the Philippines. First, through careful examination of the revenue-expense relationship, this paper identifies periods which have exhibited cases of mismatching. Second, it determines the role of special items in the mismatch by analyzing the relationship of individual special items to revenues. Then, this paper looks into the effect of individual economic events and changes in accounting standards in the prevalence of special items, and explores possible relationships between these variables. Lastly, this paper divides sample firms into two industry categories and analyzes industrys GDP contribution to determine which industry is more vulnerable to economic events.

In exploring the causes and relationships, theoretical explanations and empirical analysis were used. Specifically, financial statements of 112 publicly-listed firms in the Philippines were examined for quantitative data, thereby shedding a noteworthy breakthrough on Philippine corporate environment in the midst of a Western-oriented body of literature on mismatching and special items. Using multiple regression analyses, this study identified mismatching across all time periods covered by the study, with special items being one of the causes of mismatching, specifically liability extinguishment, which were mostly caused by economic events, specifically mergers and acquisitions. Using Chi-Square tests of independence, this study discovered that on an aggregate level, industry categories do not affect the number of economic events experienced. Lastly, using Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney and Binomials Tests, this study determined that there is an indeterminate relationship between changes in accounting standards and economic events.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU23400

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

xi, 337 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. + 1 computer disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Keywords

Financial statements--Philippines; Misleading financial statements--Philippines

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