Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting and Earnings Management: The Role of Political Costs

Recently, Francis, Nanda and Olsson (2008) proposed that earnings quality influence firms’ disclosure decisions. We examine whether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosure is related to earnings management and if the relationship is mitigated by political cost considerations or by the firm’...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Erica Yip, Chris van Staden, Steven Cahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Wollongong 2011-09-01
Series:Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
Subjects:
CSR
Online Access:http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol5/iss3/3