Abstract

Recent corporate controversies have highlighted the link between accounting practices and varying levels of earnings quality. Earnings quality is critical to the valuation of a company, but in the absence of financial transparency, analysts must examine financial statements to find the truth about a company's quality of earnings. To avoid serious valuation errors, analysts need to dodge the accounting landmines buried in the areas of pension cost, employee stock option expense, and revenue recognition.

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