Type of Earnings Management in Iranian Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)

This study investigates whether earnings management motivated by opportunistic behavior or efficient contracting, for this purpose we examine a relationship between discretionary accruals and future profitability. Based on the explanatory power (adjusted R2), one of models exist in literature is sel...

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Autores principales: Mehdi Bahar Moghaddam, Ali kouhi
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:21fbc4139e2b4fc3929c1f0fee10dd942021-11-04T19:40:22ZType of Earnings Management in Iranian Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)2008-89142476-292X10.22103/jak.2012.48https://doaj.org/article/21fbc4139e2b4fc3929c1f0fee10dd942012-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jak.uk.ac.ir/article_48_3de68ab5ebe643046a7b59c2666b805f.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-8914https://doaj.org/toc/2476-292XThis study investigates whether earnings management motivated by opportunistic behavior or efficient contracting, for this purpose we examine a relationship between discretionary accruals and future profitability. Based on the explanatory power (adjusted R2), one of models exist in literature is selected to decompose total accruals into discretionary and non-discretionary-accrual components. We measure future profitability by use of each of three variables include one-year-ahead cash flows from operation, non-discretionary net income and change in earnings. Using multiple regressions, we find evidence that the type of earnings management selected by TSE listed firms tends toward efficient earnings management.Mehdi Bahar MoghaddamAli kouhiShahid Bahonar University of Kermanarticlediscretionary accrualsearnings managementefficient earnings managementopportunistic earnings managementAccounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FAمجله دانش حسابداری, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 75-93 (2012)
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topic discretionary accruals
earnings management
efficient earnings management
opportunistic earnings management
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
spellingShingle discretionary accruals
earnings management
efficient earnings management
opportunistic earnings management
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Mehdi Bahar Moghaddam
Ali kouhi
Type of Earnings Management in Iranian Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)
description This study investigates whether earnings management motivated by opportunistic behavior or efficient contracting, for this purpose we examine a relationship between discretionary accruals and future profitability. Based on the explanatory power (adjusted R2), one of models exist in literature is selected to decompose total accruals into discretionary and non-discretionary-accrual components. We measure future profitability by use of each of three variables include one-year-ahead cash flows from operation, non-discretionary net income and change in earnings. Using multiple regressions, we find evidence that the type of earnings management selected by TSE listed firms tends toward efficient earnings management.
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author Mehdi Bahar Moghaddam
Ali kouhi
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Ali kouhi
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title Type of Earnings Management in Iranian Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)
title_short Type of Earnings Management in Iranian Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)
title_full Type of Earnings Management in Iranian Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)
title_fullStr Type of Earnings Management in Iranian Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)
title_full_unstemmed Type of Earnings Management in Iranian Companies Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)
title_sort type of earnings management in iranian companies listed in tehran stock exchange (tse)
publisher Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
publishDate 2012
url https://doaj.org/article/21fbc4139e2b4fc3929c1f0fee10dd94
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