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Income Smoothing: The Role of Management: A Reply.

Carl R. Beidleman

The Accounting Review 1975

Presents a reply to Imhoff's commentary on the study of the extent to which firms appear to smooth reported income, or practice income smoothing. Objective in the paper; Selection of discretionary expenses; Comments on Imhoff's discussion of the accounting implications of the manipulation of income; How smoothing affects the value of the firm.

DOI
10.2308/tar-4502006
Volume
50 (1)
Pages
122-126
Language
en
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