Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim

This paper presents the findings of a comparative study of income smoothing practices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand. The objective of this study is to identify the factors associated with the incidence of income smoothing in these countries. The sample comprises 1,028 l...

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Main Authors: Wan Ismail, Wan Adibah, Kamarudin, Khairul Anuar, Ibrahim, Muhd Kamil
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Research, Development and Commercialization (IRDC) 2005
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13221/1/AJ_WAN%20ADIBAH%20WAN%20ISMAIL%20SMRJ%20%2005%201.pdf
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description This paper presents the findings of a comparative study of income smoothing practices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand. The objective of this study is to identify the factors associated with the incidence of income smoothing in these countries. The sample comprises 1,028 listed companies during the period 1999 to 2003. Five hypotheses, which relate income smoothing to company age, growth, size, leverage and earnings are tested in the study. Descriptive statistics indicate that income smoothing is practiced in South-east Asia countries.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:132212022-06-14T05:04:54Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13221/ Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim smrj Wan Ismail, Wan Adibah Kamarudin, Khairul Anuar Ibrahim, Muhd Kamil Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product This paper presents the findings of a comparative study of income smoothing practices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand. The objective of this study is to identify the factors associated with the incidence of income smoothing in these countries. The sample comprises 1,028 listed companies during the period 1999 to 2003. Five hypotheses, which relate income smoothing to company age, growth, size, leverage and earnings are tested in the study. Descriptive statistics indicate that income smoothing is practiced in South-east Asia countries. Institute of Research, Development and Commercialization (IRDC) 2005-12 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13221/1/AJ_WAN%20ADIBAH%20WAN%20ISMAIL%20SMRJ%20%2005%201.pdf Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim. (2005) Social and Management Research Journal (SMRJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Social_and_Management_Research_Journal_=28SMRJ=29/>, 2 (2). pp. 103-119. ISSN 1675-7017 https://smrj.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
Wan Ismail, Wan Adibah
Kamarudin, Khairul Anuar
Ibrahim, Muhd Kamil
Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim
title Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim
title_full Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim
title_fullStr Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim
title_short Determinants of income smoothing practices : evidence from South East Asia countries / Wan Adibah Wan Ismail, Khairul Anuar Kamarudin and Muhd Kamil Ibrahim
title_sort determinants of income smoothing practices evidence from south east asia countries wan adibah wan ismail khairul anuar kamarudin and muhd kamil ibrahim
topic Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13221/1/AJ_WAN%20ADIBAH%20WAN%20ISMAIL%20SMRJ%20%2005%201.pdf
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