Timing earnings

Since the opening of China’s securities market, there have been a number of bull and bear cycles. This paper discusses how executives use the market timing approach to manage earnings in different cycles to maximize firm value. We find that Chinese listed companies choose to release more earnings du...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Donghua Chen, Xiangqin Qi, Yongjian Shen, Huimiao Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-12-01
Series:China Journal of Accounting Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755309111000293