We base our analysis on the model developed by Dechow and Dichev (2002)
and use accruals quality as a proxy for accounting quality. In this model, accruals
quality is measured by the extent to which current working capital accruals map
onto operating cash flows of the prior, current and future periods. Therefore,
Dechow and Dichev (2002) regressed current working capital accruals ( WCAt)
on cash flow from operations of the previous fiscal year (CFOt –1), of the currentyear ( CFOt), and the subsequent fiscal year ( CFO t + 1), all deflated by average total assets.