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Usage of the Lens and Subjective Probability Paradigms for Financial Research Purposes

William F. Wright
1979

Two basic paradigms have been used by accounting researchers to model and evaluate financial judgments relative to environmental conditions; the Brunswik Lens and subjective probability (SP) paradigms. Here the Lens and SP paradigms are compared…

An Empirical Study of Subjective Probability Revision in a Financial Context

William F. Wright
1978

Bayesian consistency and accuracy of subjective probability assessments for a financial parameter are the major research hypotheses addressed here. Individuals familiar with the information and task environment provided probability assessments…

Analysis And Comparison Of The Lens And Subjective Probability Information Processing Paradigms

William F. Wright
1978

When comparisons are to be made with environmental conditions, two basic paradigms have been used by accounting researchers to model and evaluate financial judgments; the Brunswick Lens and subjective probability (SP) paradigms. Here the Lens and…

Anticipated Information Releases Reflected in Call Option Prices

James M. Patell, Mark A. Wolfson
1978

This study captures the ex ante information content of a financial reporting event (the annual earnings announcement) by examining the behavior of call option prices on dates leading up to and passing through the disclosure date. This approach…

The Cost-Effectiveness of Health Care Regionalization

Steven A. Finkler
1978

Abstract not available.

Aggregation Models for Financial Judgments

William F. Wright
1977

Abstract not available.

Analysis and Comparison of the Lens and Bayesian Information Processing Paradigms

William F. Wright
1977

Two basic paradigms have been used by accounting researchers to model and evaluate financial judgments; the Brunswick Lens and Bayesian paradigms. In this paper we analyze and compare the Lens Bayesian paradigms in terms of the typical questions…

Common Stock Price Adjustments to Rating Changes: A Methodological Emphasis

Paul A. Griffin
1977

Three methodological perspectives are used to investigate the common stock price response to the bond reclassifications of 180 New York Stock Exchange firms for the period 1960-1975. They comprise a (traditional) residuals approach, a…

The Evaluation of Internal Controls Over Payroll

Robert E. Hamilton, William F. Wright
1977

Auditors’ evaluations of internal control over payroll systems based on profiles of system characteristics were studied using a quasi-experimental research design. Specific topics considered here included inter-auditor agreement (consensus),…

An Empirical Study of the Professional Socialization of Accounting Students

William F. Wright
1976

The purpose of this paper is to investigate accounting student attitudes at one stage of the process of educating and orienting individuals to enter the profession of public accounting, i.e., the “professional socialization’ ” of accounting…

Dimensions of Professional Socialization for Accounting Students

William F. Wright, Cynthia Bjorklund
1976

Abstract not available.

Financial Information Processing Models: An Empirical Study

William F. Wright
1976

Given the objective of describing quantitatively how people use financial data to generate financial judgments, second year graduate business school students were provided with data for each of sixty companies in an experimental setting and an…

An Experimental Study of the Judgment Element in Disclosure Decisions

homas R. Hofstedt, G. David Hughes
1975

Abstract not available.

Analysis of Implied Risk-Taking Behavior Under a Goal-Based Incentive Scheme

Hiroyuki Itami
1975

The purpose of this paper is an analysis of how an incentive scheme and the subordinates risk preference interact to determine the implied risk preference criterion which are essentially used in arriving at a decision under uncertainty in a…

Behavioral Accounting Research: Pathologies, Paradigms and Prescriptions

Thomas R. Hofstedt
1975

Abstract not available.

A State-of-the Art Analysis of Behavioral Accounting Research

Thomas R. Hofstedt
1975

Abstract not available.

The Concept of the Amount of Information in Information Evaluation

Hiroyuki Itami
1975

Abstract not available.