Does Religion Mitigate Earnings Management? Evidence from China
Using a sample of 11,357 firm-year observations from the Chinese stock market for the period of 2001–2011, we investigate whether and how religion can mitigate earnings management. Specifically, based on geographic-proximity-based religion variables, we provide strong and robust evidence to show tha...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
2015
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 131, Issue: 3, Pages: 699-749 |
Further subjects: | B
Geographic proximity
B The percentage of state shareholding B Earnings management B Religion B The distance to regulators B Regulatory intensity |
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