Political corruption and accounting choices

We examine how political corruption affects firms’ accounting choices. We hypothesize and find that firms headquartered in corrupt districts manipulate earnings downwards, relative to firms headquartered elsewhere. Our finding is robust to alternative corruption measures, alternative discretionary a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhang, Huai, Zhang, Jin
Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162885