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Auditor Choice and Earning Management in Saudi Joint Stock Companies

Journal of Administrative and Economics Science

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Title Auditor Choice and Earning Management in Saudi Joint Stock Companies
 
Creator Al-abbas, Mohammad A.
 
Description In Saudi Arabia  the primary focus of earnings management research  to date, however, has been on detecting whether and when earnings management takes place. Number of literature have typically examined number of  motivations to earnings management. Following this line of research, the primary purpose of this study  is to provide empirical evidence on the auditor choice decision and its relationship with the phenomenon of earning management in Saudi business environment using a sample of Saudi joint stock companies (from 2002 to 2006). More  specifically  this  research  tests whether  companies  tend  to  choice Non-Big4  auditors when  they have motivation  to  earnings management.  The result indicates no presence of a statically significant relationship  between auditor choice or auditor change and earning management  phenomenon  in  the  Saudi  business  environment  during  the  period  from  2002  to  2006.  the  study  ends  with  number  of recommendations.
 
Publisher Qassim University Academic Publishing and translation
 
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Date 2008-04-03
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://publications.qu.edu.sa/ojs/index.php/economic/article/view/125
 
Source Journal Of Administrative And Economics Science; Vol 1, No 2
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://publications.qu.edu.sa/ojs/index.php/economic/article/view/125/122