dc.contributor.author | Jarne, José I. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wroblewski, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Callao, Susana | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-10T11:20:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-03-10T11:20:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2025-03-10 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1508-2008 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11089/54926 | |
dc.description.abstract | The coronavirus pandemic has caused the world’s worst crisis. No other situation in recent history has had such a negative impact on the global economy. Consequently, companies have been forced to adapt to the new circumstances and strive in this drastically changing world.The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on earnings management practices in the context of European Union countries. We applied accruals-based methodology, and to estimate discretionary part of accruals we used Dechow, Sloan, and Sweeney model.Our results confirm that companies reduced earnings management activities during COVID compared to pre-pandemic. This reduction is influenced by the economic situation of the country and companies, as well as by whether or not they are listed on the stock markets. In particular, we observed that the impact of COVID-19 on the change in manipulation is lower in countries with higher GDP, as well as in listed companies and those with negative results.Our findings have both theoretical and practical implications for the practices of earnings management in European Union countries in times of pandemic. We contribute to the literature by improving understanding of the quality of corporate financial reporting during the COVID-19 period, one of the most important crisis occurred in recent history. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Pandemia COVID-19 spowodowała najgorszy kryzys w skali światowej. Żadna inna sytuacja w najnowszej historii nie miała tak negatywnego wpływu na globalną gospodarkę. W związku z tym firmy musiały dostosować się do nowych okoliczności i przetrwać w tym drastycznie zmieniającym się świecie. Celem niniejszego badania jest analiza wpływu pandemii COVID-19 na praktykę kształtowania wyniku finansowego w krajach Unii Europejskiej. Zastosowano metodologię opartą na rozliczeniach międzyokresowych, a do oszacowania uznaniowej części rozliczeń międzyokresowych wykorzystano model Dechowa, Sloana i Sweeneya.Wyniki badania potwierdzają, że firmy ograniczyły działania związane z kształtowaniem wyniku finansowego w czasie pandemii COVID-19 w porównaniu do okresu przed pandemią. Wpływ na to miała sytuacja gospodarcza państw i firm, a także to, czy firmy te były notowane na giełdach. W szczególności zaobserwowano, że wpływ pandemii na zmiany w kształtowaniu wyniku finansowego był mniejszy w krajach o wyższym PKB, a także w spółkach giełdowych i tych osiągających niekorzystne wyniki finansowe.Zaprezentowane wyniki badań mają zarówno teoretyczne, jak i praktyczne implikacje dla praktyki kształtowania wyniku finansowego w krajach Unii Europejskiej w czasie pandemii. Wnoszą również wkład do literatury przedmiotu, zwiększając poziom zrozumienia wagi jakości sprawozdawczości finansowej firm w okresie pandemii COVID-19, jednego z najważniejszych kryzysów, jakie miały miejsce w najnowszej historii. | pl |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego | pl |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe;1 | pl |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 | |
dc.subject | earnings management | en |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en |
dc.subject | discretionary accruals | en |
dc.subject | comparative analysis | en |
dc.subject | European Union | en |
dc.subject | kształtowanie wyniku finansowego | pl |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | pl |
dc.subject | uznaniowe rozliczenia międzyokresowe | pl |
dc.subject | analiza porównawcza | pl |
dc.subject | Unia Europejska | pl |
dc.title | Earnings Manipulation in Times of COVID-19: Evidence from European Union Countries | en |
dc.title.alternative | Kształtowanie wyniku finansowego w czasach COVID-19. Doświadczenia krajów Unii Europejskiej | pl |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.page.number | 75-95 | |
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | Jarne, José I. - University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain | en |
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | Wroblewski, David - University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain | en |
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation | Callao, Susana - University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2082-6737 | |
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dc.contributor.authorEmail | Jarne, José I. - jijarne@unizar.es | |
dc.contributor.authorEmail | Wroblewski, David - david.wroblewski@cretateologia.es | |
dc.contributor.authorEmail | Callao, Susana - scallao@unizar.es | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.18778/1508-2008.28.05 | |
dc.relation.volume | 28 | |