Zjawisko wygładzania dochodu na przykładzie polskich spółek publicznych
The Phenomenon of Smoothing Income on the Example of Polish Public Limited Companies

Summary/Abstract: Smoothing income is not a new phenomenon on the market however, it’s important for the assessment of companies’ performance. The problem of testing the effect of smoothing income is a tool selection. The method of measure of smoothing income should be objective and relatively simple to use. The aim of the article was to answer the question whether the Polish public limited companies also smoothing the income. In the study was used a fixed-effects panel regression method to estimate the theoretical value of non-discretionary accruals. The result was compared with total accruals. Conducted study provides some evidence that in the Polish public limited companies may have been used smoothing income process.

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