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Discussions on "profit inflation" are mired in conceptual unclarities, definitional idiosyncrasies and data problems …. This article attempts to bring conceptual clarity to the debate on profit inflation, defining profit inflation strictly as … an increase in the gross output price that is caused by an increase in the profit mark-up (keeping all other unit cost …
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accounts of profit inflation, wherein U.S. firms' market power allowed them to maintain - and, for some firms, increase - their …
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The COVID-19 pandemic eventually gave rise to large increases in profits, profit shares and inflation rates. A major … controversy has developed among economists and in the media about whether this was largely caused by profit inflation, that is, by … increases in the percentage mark-ups set by firms. The paper attempts to clear some confusions regarding the issue of profit …
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Identifying the major driving factors behind variations in profitability across firms is a question addressed by many researchers, at industry, economic sector, country level, or through regional and international comparisons. Empirical approaches have shown that profitability variation across...
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This study discovers the relation between corporate governance factors and earnings quality and finds that increases in dividends and foreign ownership deter earnings management. The author shows that dividend increases and foreign ownership enhance earnings quality, but they appear to be...
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Deferred tax and accruals have the characteristic of causing reported earnings to be above or below normal. Both are permitted to be used by companies in financial reporting. This study examines whether large deferred taxes and large accruals have an impact on the relationship between earnings...
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This paper investigates whether corporate social responsibility active (CSR active) firms operate dissimilarly from other firms in their financial reporting. Specifically, we examine whether the corporate social responsibility (CSR) attitude of a firm sways its reporting incentives, in respect...
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