This study aims at examining the effect of audit committee with accounting and finance expertise on earnings quality manufacturing companies in Indonesia. The measurement uses absolute value discretionary accrual. three measurements accruals, Jones model (Jones, 1991), modified (Dechow, Sloan, & Sweeney, 1995), Kasznik models (Kasznik, 1999). Further, current refers to Badolato, Donelson, E...

When a business suffers from unsuccessful competitive strategies, poor products, or pricing disadvantages, it generally tends to suffer a steady erosion of corporate value and credit quality, but no abrupt death. By contrast, revelation of large-scale earnings manipulation usually results in a quick and abrupt failure of the corporation, often in a span of just weeks or months. Thus the sudden ...

In this research using theoretical predictions from a real option-based investment framework, the present study aims to examine the effects of stock returns volatilities on changes of working capital accruals of firms. In addition, the moderating effect of variables such as, life cycle and ownership structure on the relationship between stock return volatilities and working capital accruals is ...

Objective: The main objective of this research is to explain the accrual anomaly using accruals factor (CMA) and accrual-based factor-mimicking portfolios as well as checking whether accrual anomaly is risk-based or mispricing. According to rational frictionless asset pricing model, the ability of accruals to predict returns should come from the loadings on this accrual factor loading that pred...

We investigate the effect of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) mandatory adoption on earnings quality, and how auditor type (Big 4 vs. non-Big 4) could moderate this relationship. Standard setters argue that IFRS would lead to improving accounting information quality. our findings suggest is associated with higher quality (lower abnormal accruals). However, results do not provi...

Abstract This study investigates the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores potential tendencies to manipulate earnings of telecommunication companies. We assumed a negative ESG management since companies with higher are more responsible expected prevent manipulation. used from Refinitiv as sustainability measures discretionary accruals indicator management. con...

the purpose of this study is to examine the possible impact of value systems on earnings management in france, tunisia and canada. cultural values include power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, masculinity and long-term orientation. the cross-cultural study uses the method of structural equations trough lisrel approach. the examination covers the period between 2003 and 2009. fin...