This study examines the prevalence of big bath accounting in an emerging market context, focusing on newly appointed CEOs of Brazilian firms. We find evidence of big bath accounting in Brazil and extends the big bath and CEO turnover literature by documenting a limit to downward earnings manipulation and by using Brazil as a source of study. Our results suggest that incumbent CEOs have incentives to manage profits downward only when the company was previously profitable, rather than risking worsening an already bad situation, in the case of unprofitable firms. We also find that they are more likely to use accrual earnings management, rather than reducing production or increasing discretionary expenditures, as tool to decrease earnings level...
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the discretionary accruals of Brazilian public compani...
This study contributes to the literature dealing with the influence of macroeconomic factors on acco...
This study examines the potential use of big bath earnings management (BBEM) techniques in the leisu...
This study examines the prevalence of big bath accounting in an emerging market context, focusing on...
Big Bath is among the types of management of results and consists in the reduction of current result...
An executive's turnover can become a plausible justification for a greater use of discretionary accu...
In this thesis, we investigate the empirical relationship between CEO turnovers and big bath account...
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether Brazilian loss-making firms manage deferred income tax as a...
A company may use different accounting techniques to adjust accounting information and thereby attra...
This Research aims to compare the earnings management which is big bath accounting model while CEO C...
This article examines whether enhanced corporate governance practices, auditing by one of the Big Fo...
ABSTRACT This study contributes to the literature dealing with the influence of macroeconomic factor...
The convergence of international accounting standards in Brazil has brought many challenges for orga...
The convergence of international accounting standards in Brazil has brought many challenges for orga...
The purpose of this essay is to investigate if the companies listed on Nasdaq/OMX Stockholm Large Ca...
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the discretionary accruals of Brazilian public compani...
This study contributes to the literature dealing with the influence of macroeconomic factors on acco...
This study examines the potential use of big bath earnings management (BBEM) techniques in the leisu...
This study examines the prevalence of big bath accounting in an emerging market context, focusing on...
Big Bath is among the types of management of results and consists in the reduction of current result...
An executive's turnover can become a plausible justification for a greater use of discretionary accu...
In this thesis, we investigate the empirical relationship between CEO turnovers and big bath account...
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether Brazilian loss-making firms manage deferred income tax as a...
A company may use different accounting techniques to adjust accounting information and thereby attra...
This Research aims to compare the earnings management which is big bath accounting model while CEO C...
This article examines whether enhanced corporate governance practices, auditing by one of the Big Fo...
ABSTRACT This study contributes to the literature dealing with the influence of macroeconomic factor...
The convergence of international accounting standards in Brazil has brought many challenges for orga...
The convergence of international accounting standards in Brazil has brought many challenges for orga...
The purpose of this essay is to investigate if the companies listed on Nasdaq/OMX Stockholm Large Ca...
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the discretionary accruals of Brazilian public compani...
This study contributes to the literature dealing with the influence of macroeconomic factors on acco...
This study examines the potential use of big bath earnings management (BBEM) techniques in the leisu...