IFRS Effect on earnings management in Peruvian corporations

Abstract

Earnings quality is a multi-dimensional concept with no agreed-upon definition in the accounting literature. Several metrics have been developed to assess earnings quality (Zeghal et al., 2012). According to Francis and Wang (2004), the earnings attributes can be divided into two classes: accounting-based measures and marketbased measures. Four earnings quality constructs are widely used in the accounting literature, i.e., earnings management, timeliness, conservatism, and value relevance. This chapter focuses on earnings management.