Purpose. The study aims to examine the effect of auditor quality on real activity manipulation.
 Result. population is 20 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) listed Indonesia Stock Exchange for period 2018–2020. Using purposive sampling method, 57 observations specified were obtained. Next, we used a linear regression model as method. results showed that had no manipulation through abnormal Ope...

This study aims to determine whether Earning Asset Quality affects Profitability, Non-Performing Credit and have a simultaneous effect on Profitability. Collecting data using secondary obtained from the financial statements cross-sectional technique. The population in this is PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk. Branch Makassar Period 2011 – 2019 taken while sample amounted 36 pieces. results of such ...

We study personalized price competition with costly advertising among n quality-cost differentiated firms. Strategies involve mixing over both prices and whether to advertise. In equilibrium, only the top two firms advertise, earning “Bertrand-like” profits. Social efficiency is U-shaped in the ad cost, with losses due to excessive advertising and sales by the “wrong” firm. Quality or cost impr...