Malikov, K and Manson, S and Coakley, J (2018) Earnings management using classification shifting of revenues. The British Accounting Review, 50 (3). pp. 291-305. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.10.004
Malikov, K and Manson, S and Coakley, J (2018) Earnings management using classification shifting of revenues. The British Accounting Review, 50 (3). pp. 291-305. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.10.004
Malikov, K and Manson, S and Coakley, J (2018) Earnings management using classification shifting of revenues. The British Accounting Review, 50 (3). pp. 291-305. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2017.10.004
Abstract
This paper examines a novel form of classification shifting as an earnings management tool using a sample of 12,804 UK listed firm-year observations for the 1995–2014 period. It proposes a new approach to classification shifting whereby firms have scope to misclassify revenues from non-operating activities as operating revenues. The results establish that firms engage in classification shifting of non-operating revenues to inflate operating revenues. They indicate that firms in the period following mandatory IFRS adoption are associated with an increase in this practice, consistent with IFRS offering greater scope for manipulation. Further tests reveal that classification shifting of revenues is more pervasive for firms that report operating losses or have low growth.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Classification shifting of revenues; Operating revenues; Non-operating revenues; IFRS |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5601 Accounting H Social Sciences > HG Finance |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2017 14:36 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 19:07 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/20686 |
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