Earnings management: a three-decade analysis and future prospects

M Bansal - Journal of Accounting Literature, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper undertakes an extensive and systematic review of the literature on
earnings management (EM) over the past three decades (1992–2022). Furthermore, the …

Business strategy and classification shifting: Indian evidence

M Bansal, HA Bashir - Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of business strategy on the classification
shifting practices of Indian firms. Design/methodology/approach The study considered cost …

Forcing responsibility? Examining earnings management induced by mandatory corporate social responsibility: evidence from India

M Bansal, V Kumar - Review of Accounting and Finance, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of mandatory corporate social
responsibility (CSR) spending legislation on the earnings management strategies of firms …

Predictors of revenue shifting and expense shifting: Evidence from an emerging economy

M Bansal, A Kumar, A Bhattacharyya… - Journal of Contemporary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Prior literature established that managers engage in Revenue Shifting (RS) and Expense
Shifting (ES) with an intent to report favourable operating performance; our paper extends …

Predictive view of the value relevance of earnings in India

HA Bashir, M Bansal, D Kumar - Journal of Financial Reporting and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine the value relevance of earnings in terms of predicting
the value variables such as cash flow, capital investment (CI), dividend and stock return …

Do independent directors and big-4 audit firms limit classification shifting: evidence from Indian firms

K Mulchandani, K Mulchandani - Managerial Finance, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study investigates the moderating role of Big-4 audit firms on the association
between board independence and classification shifting (CS) in Indian firms …

Do credit market incentives drive classification shifting in emerging markets?

M Bansal - International Journal of Accounting & Information …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose To report inflated operating performance indicators, such as operating revenue and
operating profit, managers vertically reposition revenue and expense items inside the …

Does institutional ownership limit classification shifting: Evidence from Indian firms

K Mulchandani, K Mulchandani - International Journal of Disclosure and …, 2022 - Springer
Author investigates whether firms with institutional ownership limit classification shifting.
Classification shifting is new technique of earnings management wherein managers …

Earnings management using classification shifting of revenues: evidence from Chinese-listed firms

A Rehman, A Yaqub, T Ahsan, ZR Rao - Journal of Accounting in …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate earnings management practice of classification
shifting of revenues in Chinese-listed firms. Design/methodology/approach The study …

Unraveling the determinants and consequences of mandatory IFRS convergence in India: insights from systematic literature review

N MN, SS Shenoy, S Chakraborty… - Cogent Business & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The last few decades have evidenced radical changes in global standards, particularly the
International Financial Reporting Standards convergence in India has piqued the curiosity of …