Accounting-based earnings management and real activities manipulation
In the first essay, I examine the association between auditor industry specialization and earnings management choices. Prior research suggests that industry specialist auditors constrain accounting-based earnings management. But such actions may cause client companies to seek alternative means to...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24686 |