Earnings Management

Emerging Insights in Theory, Practice, and Research

By: Joshua Ronen, Varda Yaari

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Paperback | 29 November 2010

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Earnings Management: Theory and Research is a scholarly study of earnings management. The book is aimed for scholars in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address the following research questions: Why earnings are so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What is earnings management? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? Can truthful reporting be considered earnings management? What are the motivations for smoothing and other reporting strategies? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models?

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"Provides a comprehensive overview of academic research ... . suited for most types of readers, from accounting researchers to managers. Still, I envision doctoral students and more experienced accounting scholars to be the primary target audience for this book. ... In my opinion, this book is very well written and executed ... . Within its scope, this book is an accounting scholar's must-have, an interesting read providing us with not only the author's perspective on earnings management but also a very useful literature overview." (Vedran Capkun, The International Journal of Accounting, Vol. 46 (2), June, 2011)

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