Response to the following questions:
1 Do you think the results found will apply to most UK and US companies in the mid-2000s? Why, or why not?
2 How did Ball et al. (2000) relate earnings conservatism to code-law and common-law characteristics?
3 How do the findings of Giner and Rees (2001) differ from those of Ball et al. (2000)?
4 How do Ball et al. (2003) form their conclusions about accounting in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand before the Asian economic crisis?