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Les cessions d'actifs : un moyen de gérer le résultat comptable ?

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  • Yves Mard

    (ISIT - Image Science for Interventional Techniques - UdA - Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I - Clermont Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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Cet article vise à déterminer empiriquement si les dirigeants d'entreprises gèrent les résultats comptables en choisissant la date de cession de leurs actifs. Deux motivations à la gestion des résultats comptables sont envisagées : celle qui vise à lisser les résultats et celle liée à l'endettement de l'entreprise. Les résultats confirment l'utilisation de la date de cession d'actifs afin d'atténuer les fluctuations de résultats. Il apparaît que la gestion se fait, d'une part, en jouant sur le montant d'actifs cédés, et d'autre part en sélectionnant les actifs cédés en fonction des plus et moins values qu'ils dégagent. En revanche, pour les firmes endettées, la décision de cession d'actifs semble dictée plus par la nécessité que par la volonté d'augmenter les résultats.

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  • Yves Mard, 2006. "Les cessions d'actifs : un moyen de gérer le résultat comptable ?," Post-Print halshs-00558227, HAL.
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