Consequences for Future Return with Earnings Management through Real Operating Activities

ABSTRACT This article analyzes earnings management through real operating activities by firms in the Brazilian capital market. This way of manipulating outcomes takes place when managers make suboptimal decisions in terms of timing and volume of operating activities. This study tests the hypothesis...

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Main Authors: César Medeiros Cupertino, Antonio Lopo Martinez, Newton Carneiro Affonso da Costa Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2016-08-01
Series:Revista Contabilidade & Finanças
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-70772016000200232&lng=en&tlng=en