Cha, Sang Kwon - In: Global Business & Finance Review (GBFR) 29 (2024) 5, pp. 72-87
Purpose: This research evaluates two views of the effect of income smoothing on stock overvaluation. There is a view … that income smoothing impairs the usefulness of profit information by distorting the economic substance of a company. While … another view is income smoothing can serve as a means of conveying classified information within a company. With the two views …