THE EXTENT OF EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IN THE U.S. AND GERMANY
THE EXTENT OF EARNINGS MANAGEMENT IN THE U.S. AND GERMANY
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美国和德国盈余管理的范围
DOI:
10.2308/jiar.2004.3.2.45
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Jens Lindemann
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作者:
M. Glaum;Karl Lichtblau;Jens Lindemann
This paper compares the extent to which U.S. and German companies manage their earnings in order to exceed earnings thresholds. Following Burgstahler and Dichev (1997), we analyze the distribution of earnings to discover whether U.S. and German firms have managed reported earnings in order to avoid losses, decreases in earnings, or earnings below the forecasts of analysts. The data for our tests have been taken from the Worldscope and the Osiris databases. The sample comprises 38,714 firm‐year observations for U.S. companies and 3,524 firm‐year observations for German companies for the years 1991 to 2000. Given the pronounced differences between the institutional environments of U.S. and German firms, we expect the extent of thresholdoriented earnings management to differ between the two countries. However, differences between the extent of earnings management to avoid losses and earnings decreases in the U.S. and in Germany are not statistically significant. By contrast, earnings management in order to a...
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
Mary E. Barth;John A. Elliott;Mark W. Finn
通讯作者:
Mary E. Barth;John A. Elliott;Mark W. Finn
DOI:
10.1119/1.14146
发表时间:
1984-01
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作者:
F. Halzen;Alan D. Martin
通讯作者:
F. Halzen;Alan D. Martin
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.247435
发表时间:
1999-03
期刊:
Financial Accounting
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作者:
Eli Bartov;Dan Givoly;Carla K. Hayn
通讯作者:
Eli Bartov;Dan Givoly;Carla K. Hayn