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Accounting Conservatism or Earnings Management: A Study of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts in Chemical and Allied Products Manufacturers

Accounting Conservatism or Earnings Management: A Study of the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts in Chemical and Allied Products Manufacturers

Bryan, Timothy

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AccountingInvesting & Finance

ISBN10: 0530008416
ISBN13: 9780530008417
Publisher: Dissertation Discovery Co
Published: Aug 7 2019
Pages: 104
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.31 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Abstract:

This paper empirically examines the relationship between conservatism and earnings management in chemical and allied products manufacturers via an analysis of the allowance for doubtful accounts and bad debt expense. Results indicate that the allowance for doubtful accounts is overstated and has become more overstated since 2004. In addition, results show that firms utilized the excessive conservatism to manage earnings to achieve earnings goals throughout the study period. An important overall inference from these results is that the traditional view of the allowance for doubtful accounts as unconditional conservatism is, in fact, conditional conservatism.

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