Investor Attention, Earnings Management and Stock Mispricing

This thesis first examines the determinants of earnings management in an international setting using the Limited Investor Attention Model of Hirshleifer and Teoh (2003). The model predicts that investor attention reduces earnings management. I have four key findings. First, I document that financial...

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Main Author: Jin, Yiqiang Justin
Other Authors: Richardson, Gordon
Language:en_ca
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/19197