How Does Earnings Management Interfere With the Quality of Financial Reports?
Abstract Earnings management refers to the process of altering accounting practices to misrepresent the performance of an organization. Smoothing earnings or meeting targets are achieved by taking hefty one-time charges, shifting revenues across periods and cutting discretionary expenditures. This leads to poor quality, reliability and faithful representation of financial reports and misguiding stakeholders. Academic models ... Read More
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