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    Characteristics of firms which capitalise development expenditures

    Wang, Baojun

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    2006
    Citation:
    Wang, B. (2006). Characteristics of firms which capitalise development expenditures. Research Project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Professional Accountancy, Unitec New Zealand.
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    Abstract
    This project investigates the characteristics of firms in New Zealand who choose to expense versus capitalise expenditures for internally generated development projects. Using a sample of 315 NZ firm-year observations, I find that the decision to expense versus capitalize is influenced by profitability, financial health and intensity of a firm’s research and development (R&D) programme. Firms which capitalise R&D are smaller, less profitable, more likely to be in financial distress, and have higher intensity R&D programs. These results suggest that New Zealand firms are similar to firms in other countries who seem to make choices among accounting alternatives in a way to manage reported earnings
    Keywords:
    expense versus capitalize, research & development (R&D), reported earnings, management accounting
    ANZSRC Field of Research:
    150105 Management Accounting
    Degree:
    Master of Business
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