Malaysian commercial banks: Do income smoothing, capital management, signaling, and pro-cyclicality exist through loan loss provisions?

Existing literature argues that loan loss provisions are subject to managerial discretion and commonly associated with the issues of income smoothing, capital management, signaling and pro-cyclicality.The main objective of this study is to examine the evidence of income smoothing, capital managemen...

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Main Authors: Abdul Adzis, Azira, Anuar, Herman Shah, Mohd Hishamuddin, Noor Shahieda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ARPN Publishers 2015
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/15718/1/vol4no2_4.pdf