Earnings Management in the Charitable Sector: A Canadian Study

This article examines whether charitable organizations use discretionary accruals to manage their surplus or deficit. Linear regression was used to analyze the financial data of a broad sample of Canadian charitable organizations. Results showed that discretionary accruals were used to manage these...

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Main Authors: Dominic Cyr, Suzanne Landry, Anne Fortin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing 2023-04-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
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Online Access:https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/587