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Journal of Accounting and Economics Vol. 45 No. 2-3 2008

Earnings management and earnings quality

Kin Lo

University of British Columbia

Abstract

Viewing the detection of earnings management from the perspective of a crime scene investigator sheds new light on prior research on earnings management and its close relative, earnings quality. The works of Ball and Shivakumar [2008. Earnings quality at initial public offerings. Journal of Accounting and Economics, in press.] and Teoh et al. [1998. Earnings management and the subsequent market performance of initial public offerings. Journal of Finance 53, 1935–1974.] are used to illustrate the application of seven components of a crime scene investigation to earnings management research.

DOI
10.1016/j.jacceco.2007.08.002
Volume
45
Issue
2-3
Pages
350-357
Language
en
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib openalex crossref

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