This paper investigates the relation between accounting-based earnings quality attributes and the financial status of Chinese companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2005 to 2007 by classifying them as either ‘healthy' or ‘bankrupt' firms. We find that accruals...

This paper examines whether the duration of equity overvaluation influences managers' choice to use different earnings management mechanisms, and how corporate governance and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's underlying earnings disclosure guidelines influence managers'...

This paper investigates the link between earnings management and earnings quality for the Chinese firms listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2003 to 2007. The earnings quality is measured by four separate earnings attributes: accruals quality, earnings persistence, earnings...

This paper investigates the relation between earnings quality and stress levels of Chinese companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2003 to 2007 by classifying them as financially stressed and bankrupt (SB), financially stressed and not bankrupt (SNB), and not financially...