Do accounting standards matter? An exploratory analysis of earnings management before and after IFRS adoption

Journal of Accounting and Public Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 480-494

  Jeanjean, Thomas ^a   Stolowy, Hervé ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Earnings management; IFRS; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

EID: 55649111598     PISSN: 02784254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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