期刊名称:International Journal of Industrial Distribution and Business
印刷版ISSN:2233-4165
电子版ISSN:2233-5382
出版年度:2015
卷号:6
期号:4
页码:23-26
DOI:10.13106/ijidb.2015.vol6.no4.23
语种:English
出版社:Korea Distribution Science Association
摘要:Purpose To mislead shareholders about a firm’s actual economic performance,managers frequently manage dividends.Earnings management also affects performance reviews.Managers attempt to manage reported earnings caused by current economic events to accurately reflect their current performance.Research design,data,and methodology – The sample consisted of 312 company-years from companies in the pharmaceutical distribution industry listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange.A study period from 2004 to 2014 was selected.In this study,a model for measuring the performance of the net profits to total assets of a division of Jones was used to measure earnings management.ResultsThis study found a negative correlation between corporate performance and earnings management.Conclusions – The results for the earnings management company indicated a significant inverse relationship.Therefore,the company’s performance weakened as its earnings management activity increased.In other words,the results showed that the company’s performance-based accruals earnings management,the actual management of profits,and the general level of earnings management had significant inverse relationships.Thus,as the company’s profits declined,earnings management activity increased.
关键词:Company Performance;Earnings Management;Drug Distribution Industry.