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Earnings management around mergers and acquisitions: evidence from a range of French absorbing firms' accounting policy

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  • Mouna Njah
  • Anis Jarboui

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The objective of this study consists in implementing an empirical assessment with regard to the validity of the earnings management hypothesis within the specific mergers and absorptions' context. Using a sample of 76 French undertaken mergers and absorptions occurring over the period ranging from 2000 to 2010, the achieved empirical results reveal that the discretionary-accruals average value for the acquiring firms turns out to be positive with regard to the year preceding a merger conclusion. Indeed, the absorbing firms' average discretionary accruals prove to vary between 5.99% and 7.34% of the total assets, depending on the adopted earnings-management evaluation model.

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  • Mouna Njah & Anis Jarboui, 2016. "Earnings management around mergers and acquisitions: evidence from a range of French absorbing firms' accounting policy," Global Business and Economics Review, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 18(5), pages 550-566.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:gbusec:v:18:y:2016:i:5:p:550-566
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