Earnings management in Malaysian companies during the global financial crisis and the coincidental effect of IFRS adoption

Purpose: This research examines earnings management (EM) behavior during the 2008 financial crisis in Malaysia. Both magnitude and direction of EM are studied and compared with EM during the pre-crisis period. In the case of Malaysia, the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) adopted the inter...

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Main Authors: Ayedh, Abdullah Mohamed, Fatima, Abdul Hamid, Mohamad, Muslim Har Sani
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: University of Wollongong 2019
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/77547/
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