Conclusions
The UK offers a unique financial reporting environment, where classificatory choice is a powerful earnings management instrument. In this study, an incentives model grounded in contracting costs is used to explain managerial classificatory choices in terms of their effect on single-period income smoothing. We find significant positive associations with earnings variability, dividend payout, managerial share option and the diffuseness of share ownership, Our results also indicate that the incentives to smooth are positively related to the magnitude of the effect of classificatory choices, relative to expected earnings, i.e. the effect must reach a certain level before smoothing behavior is triggered.
Conclusions
The UK offers a unique financial reporting environment, where classificatory choice is a powerful earnings management instrument. In this study, an incentives model grounded in contracting costs is used to explain managerial classificatory choices in terms of their effect on single-period income smoothing. We find significant positive associations with earnings variability, dividend payout, managerial share option and the diffuseness of share ownership, Our results also indicate that the incentives to smooth are positively related to the magnitude of the effect of classificatory choices, relative to expected earnings, i.e. the effect must reach a certain level before smoothing behavior is triggered.
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