'Creative Accounting': A Legal Approach to Earnings Management

Eu-Jin Teo

ISBN 10: 365977880X / ISBN 13: 9783659778803

Published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Performance-based remuneration theoretically is an effective way of aligning the interests of company management with those of shareholders. However, 'earnings management' is a phenomenon that has been well-documented by accounting researchers. Empirical studies suggest that corporate officers who are subject to performance-based remuneration may manage company accounting figures to improve their remuneration. In a pre-International Financial Reporting Standards context, this work contends that such practices are inconsistent with the duties of loyalty to which these officers are subject, and concludes by identifying a corporate governance role for legal advisers in light of such conduct.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 'Creative Accounting': A Legal Approach to Earnings Management
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 365977880X
• ISBN 13: 9783659778803
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 4D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 4 millimeters depth
• Weight: 102 grams

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Synopsis

Performance-based remuneration theoretically is an effective way of aligning the interests of company management with those of shareholders. However, ‘earnings management’ is a phenomenon that has been well-documented by accounting researchers. Empirical studies suggest that corporate officers who are subject to performance-based remuneration may manage company accounting figures to improve their remuneration. In a pre-International Financial Reporting Standards context, this work contends that such practices are inconsistent with the duties of loyalty to which these officers are subject, and concludes by identifying a corporate governance role for legal advisers in light of such conduct.

About the Author

Eu-Jin Teo is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Melbourne, a Chartered Tax Adviser and an Accredited Specialist in Administrative Law. Sarah Hinchliffe is a Visiting Professor of Law at the William and Mary School of Law and a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Law School, the William S Boyd School of Law and at Boston University.