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dc.contributor.authorMonem, RM
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:14:15Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:14:15Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2009-11-23T06:13:47Z
dc.identifier.issn0823-9150
dc.identifier.doi10.1506/KC7W-C1VN-Y5D4-NAV4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/26797
dc.description.abstractEarnings from gold mining in Australia remained tax-exempt for almost seven decades until January 1, 1991. In the early 1980s, rapid economic prosperity induced by escalated gold prices brought the Australian gold-mining industry under intense political scrutiny. Using a variant of the modified Jones model, this paper provides evidence of significant downward earnings management by Australian gold-mining firms, which is consistent with their attempts to mitigate political costs during the period from June 1985 to May 1988. In contrast, test of earnings management over a similar period in a control sample of Canadian gold-mining firms produced insignificant results. Further, empirical results are robust to several sensitivity tests performed. During the period from June 1988 to December 1990, the Australian firms were found to have engaged in economic earnings management. This is consistent with the sample firms' incentive of maximizing economic earnings immediately prior to the introduction of income tax on gold mining. The findings of this study help to understand the impact of earnings management on the efficient resource allocation in an economy. They also contribute toward understanding the linkage between regulation of accounting for special purposes and general-purpose financial reporting.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherThe Canadian Academic Accounting Association
dc.publisher.placeToronto, Canada
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom747
dc.relation.ispartofpageto774
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalContemporary Accounting Research
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFinancial accounting
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350103
dc.titleEarnings Management in Response to the Introduction of the Australian Gold Tax
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMonem, Reza


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