Corporate Hypocrisy: Role of Non-Profit Corporate Foundations in Earnings Management of For-Profit Founder Firms
The purpose of this study is to examine whether for-profit firms make opportunistic use of their corporate foundations to pursue self-serving earnings objectives in China. Using data on corporate foundations and a sample of firms listed on the A-share market from 2010 to 2016, we first use the prope...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Sustainability |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/11/3991 |