Earnings Management, Equity-based Compensation, Economic Conjuncture and Governance Mechanisms: A Comparative Study between France and the United States
Based on a sample of 159 French firms and 203 U.S. firms for the period extending from 2003 to 2010, generally, we find that for both cases, managers engage in earnings' management when they have a high percentage of equity-based compensation. The financial crisis was obviously important on man...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EconJournals
2017-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijefi/issue/32035/354533?publisher=http-www-cag-edu-tr-ilhan-ozturk |