The effect of financial distress on earnings management: Evidence from Egypt

نوع المستند : المقالة الأصلية

المؤلفون

1 الأكاديمية العربية للعلوم والتكنولوجيا والنقل البحرى (ِAASTMT),

2 كلية التجارة جامعة بنى سويف

المستخلص

The main research objective is to investigate the impact of financial distress on earnings management. the researcher uses secondary data available in the financial statements from a sample of 106 companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange for ten years from 2013 to 2022. The study sample was extracted from 6 main sectors and excluded banks, insurance companies, and companies in the financial service sector as they have a special nature that governs their institutions. The study uses a Generalized method of moments (GMM) to test the research hypothesis as an appropriate method compared with the destiny of the least squares method (OLS). The findings showed a curvilinear relationship (U-shape) between financial distress and earnings management. In other words, the greater the financial distress, the lower the earnings management until the distress reaches a certain point, after which the relationship becomes positive, meaning that the greater the financial distress, the greater the earnings management.

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