Assessing the Practice of Earnings Management in COVID-19 Era. Landscape of European Companies: An International Comparison
Susana CALLAO,
José I. JARNE,
David WROBLEWSKI
Abstract:Beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis holds for firms all over the world. Under these circumstances, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate the landscape of the European countries in terms of the earnings manipulation in COVID-19 era. Therefore, we compared companies from 15 European countries. The results show that the deteriorating economic conditions caused by COVID-19 are reflected in the managers’ activity for earnings management in the context of European companies. Moreover, the panorama of earnings … Show more
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