Earnings Management: Emerging Insights in Theory, Practice, and ResearchEarnings Management: Theory and Research is a scholarly study of earnings management. The book is aimed for scholars in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address the following research questions: Why earnings are so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What is earnings management? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? Can truthful reporting be considered earnings management? What are the motivations for smoothing and other reporting strategies? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models? |
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... provides a discussion of the different definitions of earnings management (see our Chap. 2) and critically summarizes recent empirical developments. Her commentary appeared after a Journal of Accounting Research conference, ...
We discuss in Part 3 the theoretical contributions to the literature, dividing them according to the patterns of earnings ... The last chapter in this section contains a discussion of the modifications to the Jones model and alternative ...
We discuss the analytical research in Part 3. The empirical research formulates and examines empirically testable propositions. Again, understanding why earnings are important is crucial for formulating hypotheses, choosing controls, ...
For a further discussion, consult Sunder (1999). The raison-de-être for formally written contracts (instead of oral understandings). Fig. 1.1 The three different approaches that explain the importance of earnings.
(For further discussion, consult Hirshleifer and Teoh, 2003, and their discussant, Lambert, 2003.)8 The proponents of the positive accounting theory are closely associated with the costly-contracting approach (Watts and Zimmerman, 1978, ...
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The SarbanesOxley Act 43 The Motivation for the SarbanesOxley Act 44 Research on the SarbanesOxley Act 45 The Plan of Part2 53 3 The Manage... | 58 |
The Demand for Theory 287 The Plan of Part 3 289 Capital Markets 289 Governance 290 Product and Factor Markets 291 The LegalPoliticalRegula... | 293 |
7 5 1 The Game 336 7 5 2 Issues 339 8 Maximization and Minimization | 341 |
of Rule 10b5 363 8 4 4 The Effect of Regulation on Earnings Management 365 8 5 Summary 366 Part 4 369 | 377 |
10 The Accruals Methodology | 389 |
Bibliography 463 | 462 |
Index | 577 |
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Earnings Management: Emerging Insights in Theory, Practice, and Research Joshua Ronen,Varda Yaari Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
Earnings Management: Emerging Insights in Theory, Practice, and Research Joshua Ronen,Varda Yaari Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |